Christer Fuglesang
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| ESA Astronaut | |
| Nationality | Swedish |
| Status | Active |
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March 18, 1957 , Sweden |
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Other names
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Arne Christer Fuglesang |
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Other occupation
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Physicist |
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Royal Institute of Technology (MSc) |
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Time in space
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26d 17h 38 m |
| Selection | 1992 ESA Group |
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Total EVAs
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5 |
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Total EVA time
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31 hours 54 minutes |
| Missions | STS-116, STS-128 |
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Mission insignia
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Royal Institute of Technology (MSc)
Arne Christer Fuglesang (Swedish pronunciation: [ɑ:ɳɛ krɪstɛr fʉ:glɛsaŋ]) (born March 18, 1957 in ) is a Swedish physicist and an ESA astronaut. He was first launched aboard the STS-116 Space Shuttle mission on December 10, 2006, at 01:47 GMT, making him the first Swedish citizen in space.
Married with three children, he was a Fellow at CERN and taught mathematics at the Royal Institute of Technology before being selected to join the European Astronaut Corps in 1992. He has participated in two Space Shuttle missions and five spacewalks, and is the first person outside of the United States or Russian space programs to participate in more than three spacewalks.
Fuglesang was born in to a Swedish mother and a Norwegian father, who became a Swedish citizen shortly before Fuglesang's birth. Fuglesang graduated from the Bromma Gymnasium, Stockholm in 1975, earned a Master of Science degree in engineering physics from the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), in Stockholm in 1981, and received a doctorate in experimental particle physics from in 1987. He became an associate professor (docent) of particle physics at Stockholm University in 1991.
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