European astronauts in space
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.