Claude Nicollier
ABOUT CLAUDE NICOLLIER
As the first astronaut from Switzerland, he flew on four Space Shuttle missions.
He was Captain in the Swiss Air Force and became a test pilot.
He is the first European Space Agency astronaut to participate in a spacewalk while on a Space Shuttle mission.
He is a widower; his wife Susanna Perez died in 2007.
He is an ESA astronaut, like Andre Kuipers .
