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European astronauts in space

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Name  Country   Mission Spacecraft                                                                            Date                                                           
Vladimír Remek CZ Interkosmos Soyuz 28 / Salyut 6 02/03/78 - 10/03/78
Mirosław Hermaszewski PL Interkosmos Soyuz 30 27/06/78 - 05/07/78
Sigmund Jähn DE Interkosmos Soyuz 31 / Salyut 6 / Soyuz 29 26/08/78 - 03/09/78
Georgi Ivanov BG Interkosmos Soyuz 33 10/04/79 - 12/04/82
Bertalan Farkas HU Interkosmos Soyuz 36 26/05/80 - 03/06/80
Dumitru Prunariu RO Interkosmos Soyuz 40 14/05/81 - 22/05/81
Jean-Loup Chrétien FR Premier Vol Habité Soyuz T-6 / Salyut 7 24/06/82 - 02/07/82
Ulf Merbold DE Spacelab 1 STS-9 28/11/83 - 08/12/83
Patrick Baudry FR Spartan-1 STS-51 G 17/06/85 - 24/06/85
Reinhard Furrer DE Spacelab D-1 STS-61 A 30/10/85 - 06/11/85
Ernst Messerschmid DE Spacelab D-1 STS-61 A 30/10/85 - 06/11/85
Wubbo Ockels NL Spacelab D-1 STS-61 A 30/10/85 - 06/11/85
Alexander Alexandrov BG Interkosmos Soyuz TM-5 / Soyuz TM-4 26/11/88 - 21/12/88
Jean-Loup Chrétien FR Aragatz Soyuz TM-7 / Soyuz TM-6 26/11/88 - 21/12/88
Helen Sharman UK Juno Soyuz TM-12 /Soyuz TM-11 18/05/91 - 26/05/91
Franz Viehböck AT Austromir Soyuz TM-13 / Soyuz TM-12 02/10/91 - 10/10/91
Ulf Merbold DE Spacelab International Microgravity Lab IML-1 STS-42 22/01/92 - 30/01/92
Klaus-Dietrich Flade DE MIR'92 Soyuz TM-14 / Soyuz TM-13 17/03/92 - 25/03/92
Dirk Frimout BE ATLAS-1 STS-45 24/03/92 - 02/04/92
Michel Tognini FR Antares Soyuz TM-15 / Soyuz TM-14 27/07/92 - 10/08/92
Franco Malerba IT EURECA-1, Tethered Satellite System STS-46 31/07/92 - 08/08/92
Claude Nicollier CH EURECA-1, Tethered Satellite System STS-46 31/07/92 - 08/08/92
Hans Schlegel  DE Spacelab D-2 STS-55 26/04/93 - 06/05/93
Ulrich Walter DE Spacelab D-2 STS-55 26/04/93 - 06/05/93
Jean-Pierre Haigneré FR Altaïr Soyuz TM-17 / Soyuz TM-16 01/07/93 - 22/07/93
Claude Nicollier CH Hubble Space Telescope
 1st Servicing Mission
STS-61 02/12/93 - 13/12/93
Ulf Merbold DE EUROMIR 94 Soyuz TM-20 / Soyuz TM-19 03/10/94 - 04/11/94
Jean-François Clervoy FR ATLAS-3, CRISTA SPAS 1 STS-66 03/11/94 - 14/11/94
Thomas Reiter DE EUROMIR 95 Soyuz TM-22 03/09/95 - 29/02/96
Claude Nicollier CH Tethered Satellite System-1
Reflight USMP-3
STS-75 22/02/96 - 09/03/96
Maurizio Cheli IT Tethered Satellite System-1
Reflight USMP-3
STS-75 22/02/96 - 09/03/96
Umberto Guidoni IT Tethered Satellite System-1
Reflight USMP-3
STS-75 22/02/96 - 09/03/96
Jean-Jacques Favier FR Spacelab LMS-1 STS-78 20/06/96 - 07/07/96
Claudie Haigneré FR Cassiopée Soyuz TM-24 / Soyuz TM-23 17/08/96 - 02/09/96
Reinhold Ewald DE MIR'97 Soyuz TM-25 / Soyuz TM-24 10/02/97 - 02/03/97
Jean-François Clervoy FR 6th Shuttle flight to MIR STS-84 15/05/97 - 24/05/97
Jean-Loup Chrétien FR 7th Shuttle flight to MIR STS-86 25/09/97 - 06/10/97
Léopold Eyharts FR Pégase Soyuz TM-27 / Soyuz TM-26 29/01/98 - 19/02/98
Pedro Duque ES SpaceHab STS-95 29/10/98 - 07/11/98
Jean-Pierre Haigneré FR Perseus Soyuz TM-29 20/02/99 - 28/08/99
Ivan Bella SK Interkosmos Soyuz TM-29 20/02/99 - 28/08/99
Michel Tognini FR Chandra X-Ray Observatory STS-93 22/07/99 - 27/07/99
Claude Nicollier CH Hubble Space Telescope 3rd Servicing Mission STS-103 19/12/99 - 27/12/99
Jean-François Clervoy FR Hubble Space Telescope 3rd Servicing Mission STS-103 19/12/99 - 27/12/99
Gerhard Thiele DE Shuttle Radar Topography Mission STS-99 11/02/00 - 22/02/00
Umberto Guidoni IT 9th ISS flight (6A) Raffaello MPLM STS-100 19/04/01 - 01/05/01
Claudie Haigneré FR Andromède Soyuz TM-33 / Soyuz TM-32 21/10/01 - 31/10/01
Roberto Vittori IT Marco Polo Soyuz TM-34 / Soyuz TM-33 25/04/02 - 05/05/02
Philippe Perrin FR ISS assembly flight UF-2 STS-111 05/06/02 - 19/06/02
Frank De Winne BE Odissea Soyuz TMA-1 / Soyuz TM-34 30/10/02 - 10/11/02
Pedro Duque ES Cervantes Soyuz TMA-3 / Soyuz TMA-2 18/10/03 - 28/10/03
André Kuipers NL DELTA Soyuz TMA-4 19/04/04 - 30/04/04
Roberto Vittori IT Eneide Soyuz TMA-5 15/04/05 - 25/04/05
Thomas Reiter DE Astrolab STS-121 / STS-116 04/07/06 - 22/12/06
Christer Fuglesang SE Celsius STS-116 09/12/06 - 22/12/06
Paolo Nespoli IT Esperia STS-120 23/10/07 - 07/11/07
Hans Schlegel DE Columbus STS-122 07/02/08 - 20/02/08
Léopold Eyharts FR Columbus STS-122 / STS-123 07/02/08 - 27/03/08
Frank De Winne  BE OasISS Soyuz TMA-15 27/05/09 - 01/12/09
Christer Fuglesang SE Alissé STS-128 29/08/09 - 12/09/09
Paolo Nespoli IT MagISStra Soyuz TMA-20 15/12/10 - 24/05/11
Roberto Vittori IT DAMA STS-134 16/05/11 - 01/06/11
André Kuipers NL PromISSe Soyuz TMA-03M 21/12/11 - 01/07/12
Luca Parmitano IT Volare Soyuz TMA-09M 28/05/13 - 11/11/13
Alexander Gerst DE Blue Dot Soyuz TMA-12M 29/05/14 - 10/11/14
Samantha Cristoforetti IT Futura Soyuz TMA-15M 23/11/14 - 11/05/15
Andreas Mogensen DK iriss Soyuz TMA-18M / Soyuz TMA-16M 02/09/15 - 12/10/15
Tim Peake UK Principia Soyuz TMA-19M 15/12/15 - 18/06/16
Thomas Pesquet FR Proxima Soyuz MS-03 17/11/16 - 01/06/17
Paolo Nespoli IT Vita Soyuz MS-05 28/07/17 - 14/12/17
Alexander Gerst DE Horizons Soyuz MS-09 06/06/18 - 20/12/18
Luca Parmitano IT Beyond Soyuz MS-13 20/07/19 - 06/02/20
Thomas Pesquet FR Alpha Crew-2 Dragon Endeavour 23/04/21 - 09/11/21
Matthias Maurer DE Cosmic Kiss Crew-3 Dragon Endurance 11/11/21 - 06/05/22
Samantha Cristoforetti IT Minerva Crew-4 Dragon Freedom 27/04/22 - 14/10/22
Andreas Mogensen DK Huginn Crew-7 Dragon Endurance 26/08/23 - 12/03/24
Marcus Wandt SE Muninn Ax-3 Dragon 18/01/24 - 09/02/24

Mission assignments

ESA project astronaut Sławosz Uznański-Wiśniewski from Poland has been assigned to Axiom Mission 4 (Ax-4) to the International Space Station, called Ignis, scheduled for no earlier than May 2025.

Note: This overview includes missions of astronauts/cosmonauts who are nationals of countries which are, or have since become, ESA Member States.

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