Christer Fuglesang
Physicist, Astronaut
1957 –
Who is Christer Fuglesang?
Arne Christer Fuglesang 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 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.
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- Born
- Mar 18, 1957
Stockholm - Spouses
- Elisabeth Fuglesang
(1983 - )
- Elisabeth Fuglesang
- Religion
- Atheism
- Nationality
- Sweden
- Profession
- Education
- Stockholm University
Particle physics
( - 1987) - Master of Science in Engineering Physics, Royal Institute of Technology
( - 1981)
- Stockholm University
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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