List of European astronauts
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This is an incomplete list of astronauts who are resident in any of the countries of Europe, exclusive of the former Soviet republics of Russia, Belarus, and Ukraine.
Alphabetical list[]
EAC = European Astronaut Corps
Aleksandar Panayotov Aleksandrov (Intercosmos) — Soyuz TM-5
Patrick Baudry, second Frenchman in space, born in Douala, Cameroon — STS-51-G
Ivan Bella, first Slovak in space — Soyuz TM-29/28
Maurizio Cheli, EAC — STS-75
Jean-Loup Chrétien, CNES (Intercosmos), first French person in space and first non-Soviet European to walk in space — Soyuz T-6, Soyuz TM-7/6, STS-86
Jean-François Clervoy, EAC — STS-66, STS-84, STS-103
Samantha Cristoforetti, EAC — Soyuz TMA-15M (Expedition 42)
Frank De Winne, EAC — Soyuz TMA-1/TM-34, Soyuz TMA-15
Pedro Duque, EAC, first Spaniard in space — STS-95, Soyuz TMA-3/2
Reinhold Ewald, EAC — Soyuz TM-25/24
Léopold Eyharts, EAC — Soyuz TM-27/26, STS-122/123
Bertalan Farkas (Intercosmos), first Hungarian in space — Soyuz 36/35
Jean-Jacques Favier, born in Kehl, Germany — STS-78
Klaus-Dietrich Flade — Soyuz TM-14/13
Dirk Frimout, first Belgian in space — STS-45
Christer Fuglesang, EAC, first Swede in space — STS-116, STS-128
Reinhard Furrer, born in Wörgl, Austria (1940–1995) — STS-61-A (flew for West Germany)
Umberto Guidoni, EAC, first European on the International Space Station — STS-75, STS-100
Claudie André-Deshays Haigneré
, EAC, first Frenchwoman in space (Mir, 1996) — Soyuz TM-24/23, Soyuz TM-33/32
Jean-Pierre Haigneré, EAC — Soyuz TM-17/16, Soyuz TM-29
Mirosław Hermaszewski (Intercosmos), first Pole in space — Soyuz 30
Georgi Ivanov (Intercosmos), first Bulgarian in space — Soyuz 33
Sigmund Jähn (Intercosmos), first German in space — Soyuz 31/29 (flew for East Germany)
André Kuipers, EAC — Soyuz TMA-4/3
Franco Malerba, first Italian in space — STS-46
Ulf Merbold, EAC — STS-9, STS-42, Soyuz TM-20/19 (flew for both West Germany and united Germany)
Ernst Messerschmid — STS-61-A (flew for West Germany)
Paolo A. Nespoli, EAC — STS-120
Claude Nicollier, EAC, first Swiss in space — STS-46, STS-61, STS-75, STS-103
Wubbo Ockels, EAC, first Dutchman in space — STS-61-A
Luca Parmitano, EAC — Soyuz TMA-09M (Expedition 36)
Philippe Perrin, EAC, born in Meknes, Morocco — STS-111
Thomas Pesquet, EAC, — ISS
Dumitru Prunariu (Intercosmos), first Romanian in space — Soyuz 40
Thomas Reiter, EAC, first German to walk in space and first ESA astronaut to stay on the ISS — Soyuz TM-22, STS-121/116
Vladimír Remek (Intercosmos), first Czech and first non-Soviet European in space — Soyuz 28
Hans Schlegel, EAC — STS-55, STS-122
Helen Sharman
, first Briton in space — Soyuz TM-12/11
Mark Shuttleworth, second "space tourist" and first South African in space — Soyuz TM-34/33
Gerhard Thiele, EAC — STS-99
Michel Tognini, EAC — Soyuz TM-15/14, STS-93
Franz Viehböck, first Austrian in space — Soyuz TM-13/12
Roberto Vittori, EAC — Soyuz TM-34/33, Soyuz TMA-6/5
Ulrich Walter — STS-55
Resident outside Europe[]
Other European astronauts now residing or holding citizenship outside Europe include:
Michael Foale, born in Louth, England, dual British and American citizen.
Nicholas Patrick, born in Saltburn-by-the-Sea, England.
Piers Sellers, born in Crowborough, England.
Charles Simonyi, born in Budapest, Hungary. Fifth space tourist.
Lodewijk van den Berg, born in Sluiskil, Netherlands.
See also[]
- List of Soviet human spaceflight missions
- List of Russian human spaceflight missions
- List of space travelers by nationality
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