A summary of the spaceflight activities of the Swiss ESA astronaut Claude Nicollier.
Born in Vevey, in September 1944,Claude Nicollier received a bachelor of science (""Licence"") in Physics from the
University of Lausanne in 1970 and a master of science degree in Astrophysics from the University of Geneva in 1975. He also graduated as a Swiss Air Force pilot in 1966, as
airline pilot in 1974, and as Test Pilot in 1988.
From 1970 to 1973, Nicollier worked as a graduate scientist with the Institute of Astronomy at Lausanne University and at the Geneva Observatory. He then joined the Swiss Air Transport School in Zurich and was assigned as DC-9 pilot for Swissair, concurrently participating part-time in research activities of the Geneva Observatory. At the end of 1976 he accepted a Fellowship at the European Space Agency's (ESA) Space Science Department at Noordwijk, The Netherlands, where he worked as a research scientist in various airborne infrared astronomy programs.
In July 1978 he was selected by ESA

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10:00:00:00 rights agreement
10:00:08:00 ESA opening titles
10:00:39:00 title: Claude Nicollier Index 1998
10:00:44:00 European Spacelab Astronaut Selection 1977
10:01:07:00 shuttle simulator training, Houston, Texas
10:02:10:00 neutral buoyancy training in the Mediterranean Sea
10:03:15:00 shuttle simulator training, Houston, Texas
10:04:16:00 underwater EVA training, Houston, Texas
10:07:56:00 STS-75 mission (TSS/USLM-3), February 1996
10:10:54:00 STS-61 mission (ATLAS-3), November 1994
10:12:47:00 STS-46 mission (Eureca-1), January 1992
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