ESA's EuroMir astronauts
From left: Thomas Reiter, Ulf Merbold, Pedro Duque, and Christer Fuglesang.
Ulf Merbold and Thomas Reiter were named as prime crew members for EuroMir ‘94 and ’95 respectively, with Pedro Duque and Christer Fuglesang as back-ups.
Merbold completed the EuroMir ‘94 mission on the Russian space station Mir between 3 October and 4 November 1994, becoming the first ESA astronaut to fly into space with Russia.
On his 179-day EuroMir '95 flight, which ended on 29 February 1996, Reiter carried out two EVAs and became the first German astronaut to perform a spacewalk.
Previously, Merbold became the first non-American to fly on the Space Shuttle during the STS-9 mission (28 November to 8 December 1983.) He also flew on STS-42/Discovery in 1992, the International Microgravity Laboratory-1 flight.
Between 4 July and 22 December 2006, Reiter took part in the Astrolab mission, ESA’s first long-duration mission to the International Space Station. Following the launch aboard Space Shuttle Discovery on flight STS-121, Thomas spent 166 days on the Space Station as Flight Engineer 2 for Expedition crews 13 and 14.
During his stay, he also ran 19 experiments on behalf of a number of European institutions and research centres, focusing on areas such as human physiology and psychology, microbiology, plasma physics and radiation dosimetry as well as technology demonstrations.
On 3 August 2006, together with NASA astronaut Jeff Williams, he participated in a 5 hour 54 minute spacewalk to install hardware outside to support Space Station assembly.
After 171 days in space, Reiter returned to Earth with STS-116, landing at Kennedy Space Center, Florida, on 22 December 2006.
Duque flew as Mission Specialist on the Space Shuttle Discovery for STS-95 mission from 29 October to 7 November 1998. The nine-day mission was dedicated to research in weightlessness and the study of the Sun.
He was responsible for the five ESA scientific facilities and for the computer system on the Space Shuttle.
From 18 to 28 October 2003, Duque flew the 10-day Cervantes mission on the International Space Station. He was Flight Engineer on the Soyuz-TMA as part of Expedition 8 and landed back on Earth as part of Expedition 7.
Duque ran an extensive experiment programme in life and physical sciences, Earth observation, education and technology, including experiments in the Microgravity Science Glovebox, a research facility developed in Europe.
From 9 to 22 December 2006, Christer Fuglesang flew as Mission Specialist on Space Shuttle Discoveryfor STS-116 to the International Space Station. He became the first Swedish astronaut to fly in space.
During his Celsius mission, Fuglesang conducted three spacewalks. His tasks were to attach new hardware to the Station and to reconfigure the Station’s electrical power system.
The unscheduled third spacewalk freed the Station’s jammed P6 solar array. His total spacewalk time during the mission was 18 hours 14 minutes.
Fuglesang‘s second spaceflight lasted from 29 August to 12 September 2009. He was Mission Specialist on Space Shuttle Discoveryfor STS-128 to the International Space Station.
On this Alissé mission, Fuglesang made two spacewalks, installing an ammonia tank and preparing for the installation of the European-built Node-3 module. He spent 13 hours and 40 minutes spacewalking, bringing his total time spent spacewalking to 31 hours and 54 minutes.
Fuglesang was also responsible for overseeing cargo transfers from the Leonardo Multi-Purpose Logistics Module that was brought to the Station in Discovery. He also performed experiments and educational and public relations activities.
Of the four, I had bought a photo of Duque, so this replaces that. (I also have a purchased photo of Reiter, but it is a candid shot so I'm keeping that.) Fuglesang signed a picture for me in 2015 through a friend (also a candid), and while I successfully wrote Merbold, that signature is with a silver pen which did not adhere to the photo as well as it could have.
All in-person, Vienna, Austria, during the 29th ASE Planetary Conference, Vienna, Austria, early October 2016..
ESA's EuroMir astronauts
From left: Thomas Reiter, Ulf Merbold, Pedro Duque, and Christer Fuglesang.
Ulf Merbold and Thomas Reiter were named as prime crew members for EuroMir ‘94 and ’95 respectively, with Pedro Duque and Christer Fuglesang as back-ups.
Merbold completed the EuroMir ‘94 mission on the Russian space station Mir between 3 October and 4 November 1994, becoming the first ESA astronaut to fly into space with Russia.
On his 179-day EuroMir '95 flight, which ended on 29 February 1996, Reiter carried out two EVAs and became the first German astronaut to perform a spacewalk.
Previously, Merbold became the first non-American to fly on the Space Shuttle during the STS-9 mission (28 November to 8 December 1983.) He also flew on STS-42/Discovery in 1992, the International Microgravity Laboratory-1 flight.
Between 4 July and 22 December 2006, Reiter took part in the Astrolab mission, ESA’s first long-duration mission to the International Space Station. Following the launch aboard Space Shuttle Discovery on flight STS-121, Thomas spent 166 days on the Space Station as Flight Engineer 2 for Expedition crews 13 and 14.
During his stay, he also ran 19 experiments on behalf of a number of European institutions and research centres, focusing on areas such as human physiology and psychology, microbiology, plasma physics and radiation dosimetry as well as technology demonstrations.
On 3 August 2006, together with NASA astronaut Jeff Williams, he participated in a 5 hour 54 minute spacewalk to install hardware outside to support Space Station assembly.
After 171 days in space, Reiter returned to Earth with STS-116, landing at Kennedy Space Center, Florida, on 22 December 2006.
Duque flew as Mission Specialist on the Space Shuttle Discovery for STS-95 mission from 29 October to 7 November 1998. The nine-day mission was dedicated to research in weightlessness and the study of the Sun.
He was responsible for the five ESA scientific facilities and for the computer system on the Space Shuttle.
From 18 to 28 October 2003, Duque flew the 10-day Cervantes mission on the International Space Station. He was Flight Engineer on the Soyuz-TMA as part of Expedition 8 and landed back on Earth as part of Expedition 7.
Duque ran an extensive experiment programme in life and physical sciences, Earth observation, education and technology, including experiments in the Microgravity Science Glovebox, a research facility developed in Europe.
From 9 to 22 December 2006, Christer Fuglesang flew as Mission Specialist on Space Shuttle Discoveryfor STS-116 to the International Space Station. He became the first Swedish astronaut to fly in space.
During his Celsius mission, Fuglesang conducted three spacewalks. His tasks were to attach new hardware to the Station and to reconfigure the Station’s electrical power system.
The unscheduled third spacewalk freed the Station’s jammed P6 solar array. His total spacewalk time during the mission was 18 hours 14 minutes.
Fuglesang‘s second spaceflight lasted from 29 August to 12 September 2009. He was Mission Specialist on Space Shuttle Discoveryfor STS-128 to the International Space Station.
On this Alissé mission, Fuglesang made two spacewalks, installing an ammonia tank and preparing for the installation of the European-built Node-3 module. He spent 13 hours and 40 minutes spacewalking, bringing his total time spent spacewalking to 31 hours and 54 minutes.
Fuglesang was also responsible for overseeing cargo transfers from the Leonardo Multi-Purpose Logistics Module that was brought to the Station in Discovery. He also performed experiments and educational and public relations activities.
Of the four, I had bought a photo of Duque, so this replaces that. (I also have a purchased photo of Reiter, but it is a candid shot so I'm keeping that.) Fuglesang signed a picture for me in 2015 through a friend (also a candid), and while I successfully wrote Merbold, that signature is with a silver pen which did not adhere to the photo as well as it could have.
All in-person, Vienna, Austria, during the 29th ASE Planetary Conference, Vienna, Austria, early October 2016..