Claude Nicollier took part in two servicing missions to the Hubble Space Telescope.
10 Facts About Claude Nicollier
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Claude Nicollier was appointed full professor of Spatial Technology at the Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne on 28 March 2007.
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Claude Nicollier was an expert board member of Swiss Space Systems, until the company's dissolution.
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Claude Nicollier then worked as a graduate scientist from 1970 to 1973 at the Institute of Astronomy at the University and at the Geneva Observatory, before obtaining a MSc degree in astrophysics from the University of Geneva in 1975.
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Claude Nicollier is a member of the Swiss Astronomical Society, the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, the Swiss Air Force Officers Society, and the Swiss Academy of Engineering Sciences and fellow of the British Interplanetary Society.
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Claude Nicollier is an honorary member of the Swiss Aero Club, the Swiss Society of Engineers and Architects, and the Swiss Astronomy Day Society.
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Claude Nicollier has spent over 1000 hours in space, including one space walk lasting 8 hours and 10 minutes.
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Claude Nicollier served as mission specialist on four missions with four different space shuttles.
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Claude Nicollier's final spaceflight was an eight-day mission aboard Space Shuttle Discovery, called STS-103, in 1999.
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Claude Nicollier made a cameo appearances on the TV show Home Improvement by Touchstone Television.