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Claude Nicollier

Claude Nicollier (born 2 September 1944 in Vevey, Switzerland) is the first astronaut from Switzerland. He has flown on four Space Shuttle missions. His first spaceflight (STS-46) was in 1992, and his final spaceflight (STS-103) was in 1999. He took part in two servicing missions to the Hubble Space Telescope (called STS-61 and STS-103). During his final spaceflight he participated in a spacewalk, becoming the first European Space Agency astronaut to do so during a Space Shuttle mission (previous ESA astronauts conducted spacewalks aboard Mir, see List of spacewalks and moonwalks 1965–1999). In 2000 he was assigned to the Astronaut Office Extravehicular Activity Branch, while maintaining a position as Lead ESA Astronaut in Houston. Nicollier retired from ESA in April 2007.

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Then, much later, my next dream was to become an astronaut, and I was fortunate to realize that dream, also.

Dream, Next, Realizing, Realize, Astronaut, Become

The Next Generation Space Telescope, which will be located much further away from the Earth than the Hubble Space Telescope presently is, will also explore the infrared part of the spectrum.

Earth, Explore, Further, Generations, Presently, Space

I would say the most help I got was from my dad. My dad is a civil engineer in Switzerland; he's 90 years old now, so he's no longer active as a civil engineer, but still a very active person.

Dad, Years, Switzerland, Say, Civil, Old

My name was on the list very early after these announcements were made through the newspapers in Europe.

Announcements, Europe, List, Lists, Name, Names

As far as the radio waves part of the spectrum, we can do these adequately from the ground because the atmosphere is basically transparent to our radio waves.

Atmosphere, Basically, Ground, Radio, Radio Waves, Spectrum

Hubble is very close to my heart, and going back to Hubble, because I was there once already in 1993, is really a great privilege for me.

Already, Heart, Hubble, Privilege

My first dream as a child was to become a pilot. My second dream was to become an astronomer, and I pursued in parallel efforts and studies in these two areas.

Areas, Children, Dream, Parallel, Pursued, Two

In general, the objects in the universe that are very high-energy objects, or the processes that are high-energy processes, will radiate more in the short wavelength range towards the gamma rays or the x-rays.

Energy, Radiate, Rays, Towards, Universe, Wavelength

The objects that are of moderate energy, like our sun or most of the stars that we see in the night sky with the naked eye, are objects in which relatively moderate energy processes are taking place.

Energy, Eye, Night, See, Sky, Stars

The future infrared space telescope will cover that area in a much more efficient manner.

Cover, Future, Infrared, Manner, Space, Telescopes