Christer Fuglesang

Astronaut, Cosmonaut
Nationality	Swedish
Born	March 18, 1957 Stockholm, Sweden
Occupation1	Physicist
Rank	Astronaut, ESA
Space time	12d 20h 52m
Selection	1996 NASA Group
Mission(s)	STS-116
Mission insignia
1 previous or current

Arne Christer Fuglesang (born March 18, 1957) is the first and only Swedish astronaut. He was launched aboard the STS-116 Shuttle mission on 10 December 2006, at 01:47 GMT, making him the first Swede and the first Scandinavian in space.^[1][2] He is trained both as a Russian Cosmonaut and as an American Astronaut. Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (3256x4072, 2004 KB) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Christer Fuglesang ... March 18 is the 77th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (78th in leap years). ... 1957 (MCMLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...   (IPA: ; UN/LOCODE: SE STO) is the capital of Sweden, and consequently the site of its Government and Parliament as well as the residence of the Swedish head of state, King Carl XVI Gustaf. ... ... U.S. Space Shuttle astronaut Bruce McCandless II using a manned maneuvering unit (MMU) outside the Challenger in 1984. ... ESA redirects here. ... 1958 1959 1960 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1976 1978 1979 1980 1982 1984 1985 1987 1990 1992 1994 1995 1996 1997 2000 2003 2004 1958 June 25 - Man In Space Soonest - USA The first group of American astronaut candidates were selected... STS-116 was a flight of the Space Shuttle Discovery to the International Space Station (ISS). ... Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (1941x2720, 2771 KB) Summary STS-116 Patch Licensing File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): STS-116 ... March 18 is the 77th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (78th in leap years). ... 1957 (MCMLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... U.S. Space Shuttle astronaut Bruce McCandless II using a manned maneuvering unit (MMU) outside the Challenger in 1984. ... STS-116 was a flight of the Space Shuttle Discovery to the International Space Station (ISS). ... December 10 is the 344th day (345th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar, 21 days before the next year. ... The introduction to this article provides insufficient context for those unfamiliar with the subject matter. ... For alternate meanings of GMT, see GMT (disambiguation). ... Scandinavia is a region in Northern Europe. ... U.S. Space Shuttle astronaut Bruce McCandless II using a manned maneuvering unit. ... U.S. Space Shuttle astronaut Bruce McCandless II using a manned maneuvering unit (MMU) outside the Challenger in 1984. ...

Personal and education

Christer Fuglesang was born in Stockholm to a Swedish mother and a Norwegian father, who became a Swedish citizen shortly before Fuglesang's birth. Fuglesang received 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 Stockholm University in 1987. He became an associate professor (docent) of particle physics at Stockholm University in 1991.   (IPA: ; UN/LOCODE: SE STO) is the capital of Sweden, and consequently the site of its Government and Parliament as well as the residence of the Swedish head of state, King Carl XVI Gustaf. ... Engineering physics (EP) is an academic degree, usually at the level of Bachelor of Science. ... The Royal Institute of Technology or Kungliga tekniska högskolan (KTH) is a university in Stockholm, Sweden. ... 1981 (MCMLXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Thousands of particles explode from the collision point of two relativistic (100 GeV per nucleon) gold ions in the STAR detector of the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider. ... Stockholm University (Stockholms universitet) is a state university in Stockholm, Sweden. ... 1987 (MCMLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A docent (the word being derived from the Latin word docere, meaning to teach) is officially defined as a professor or university lecturer, but the term has been expanded to designate the corps of volunteer guides who staff many of the museums and other educational institutions in the world. ... A particle is Look up Particle in Wiktionary, the free dictionary In particle physics, a basic unit of matter or energy. ... 1991 (MCMXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

He married Elisabeth (Lisa) Fuglesang (née Walldie) in 1983, whom he met at the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH). They have three children. 1983 (MCMLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

He also holds an honorary doctorate at Umeå University in Sweden. An Honorary degree (Latin: honoris causa ad gradum) is a degree awarded to someone by an institution that he or she may have never attended, it may be a bachelors, masters or doctorate degree - however, the latter is most common. ... UmeÃ¥ University UmeÃ¥ Universitet : UmeÃ¥ University (Swedish: UmeÃ¥ universitet) is a university in UmeÃ¥ in the Midnorth of Sweden. ...

Experience

As a graduate student, Fuglesang worked at CERN (European Research Center on Particle Physics) in Geneva on the UA5 experiment, which studied proton-antiproton collisions. In 1988 he became a Fellow of CERN, where he worked on the CPLEAR experiment studying the subtle CP-violation of kaon particles. After a year he became a Senior Fellow and head of the particle identification subdetector. In November 1990, Fuglesang obtained a position at the Manne Siegbahn Institute of Physics, Stockholm, but remained stationed at CERN for another year working towards the new Large Hadron Collider project. Since 1990, when stationed in Sweden, Fuglesang taught mathematics at the Royal Institute of Technology. CERN logo The Organisation Européenne pour la Recherche Nucléaire (English: European Organization for Nuclear Research), commonly known as CERN, pronounced (or in French), is the worlds largest particle physics laboratory, situated just west of Geneva on the border between France and Switzerland. ... Geneva (pronunciation //; French: Genève //, German:   //, Italian: Ginevra) is the second most populous city in Switzerland (after Zürich), and is the most populous city of Romandy (the French-speaking part of Switzerland). ... // For alternative meanings see proton (disambiguation). ... The antiproton (aka pbar) is the antiparticle of the proton. ... 1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... CP-symmetry is a symmetry obtained by a combination of the C-symmetry and the P-symmetry. ... In particle physics, Kaons (also called K-mesons and denoted K) are a group of four mesons distinguished by the fact that they carry a quantum number called strangeness. ... This article is about the year. ... The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is a particle accelerator and collider located at CERN, near Geneva, Switzerland ( ). Currently under construction, the LHC is scheduled to begin operation (at reduced energies) in November 2007. ...

In May 1992, Fuglesang was selected to join the Astronaut Corps of the European Space Agency (ESA) based at the European Astronaut Centre (EAC) in Cologne, Germany. In 1992 he attended an introductory training programme at EAC and a four-week training program at TsPK (Cosmonauts Training Center) in Star City, Russia, with a view to future ESA-Russian collaboration on the Mir Space Station. In July 1993, he completed the basic training course at EAC. 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday. ... ESA redirects here. ... The European Astronaut Centre (EAC) is a center of the European Space Agency and home of the European Astronaut Corps. ... For other uses, see Cologne (disambiguation). ... Star City (Звёздный Городок, Zvyozdny gorodok) is a small town northeast of Moscow located at 55. ... Mir (Мир, which can mean both world and peace in Russian) was a highly successful Soviet (and later Russian) orbital station. ... 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ...

In May 1993, Fuglesang and fellow ESA astronaut Thomas Reiter were selected for the Euromir 95 mission and commenced training at TsPK (Moscow) in preparation for their onboard engineer tasks, extra-vehicular activities (spacewalks) and operation of the Soyuz spacecraft. The Euromir 95 experiment training was organized and mainly carried out at EAC. Thomas Reiter Thomas Reiter (born May 23, 1958 in Frankfurt, Germany) is an astronaut with the European Space Agency and is a colonel in the Luftwaffe. ... Soyuz TMA-6 spacecraft approaching the International Space Station Soyuz (Russian: Союз, pronounced sah-YOUS, meaning union) is a series of spacecraft designed by Sergey Korolyov for the Soviet Unions space program. ...

On 17 March 1995, he was selected as a member of Crew 2, the backup crew for the Euromir 95 mission, joining Gennadi Manakov and Pavel Vinogradov. During the mission, which lasted 179 days, Fuglesang was the prime crew interface coordinator. From the Russian Mission Control Center (TsUP) in Kaliningrad, he was the main contact with ESA Astronaut, Thomas Reiter, on Mir, and acted as coordinator between Mir and the Euromir 95 Payloads Operations Control Center, located in Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany, and project management. Between March and June 1996, he underwent specialized training in TsPK on Soyuz operations for de-docking, atmospheric re-entry and landing. March 17 is the 76th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (77th in leap years). ... 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Born in Yefimovka, Orenburg Oblast, Russian SFSR on June 1, 1950. ... Pavel Vladimirovich Vinogradov (Russian: Павел Владимирович Виноградов) (born August 31, 1953 in Magadan, Russia) is a cosmonaut. ... Government Russia District Subdivision Russia Northwestern Federal District Kaliningrad Oblast Mayor Yuri Savenko (2005) Geographical characteristics Area  - City 215. ... Oberpfaffenhofen is a village which is part of the municipality of Weßling in the district of Starnberg, Bavaria, Germany. ... 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ...

NASA experience

Christer Fuglesang participating in EVA on STS-116

Christer Fuglesang entered the Mission Specialist Class at NASA Johnson Space Center, Houston, in August 1996, and qualified for flight assignment as a mission specialist in April 1998. From May to October 1998, he resumed training at TsPK on Soyuz-TM spacecraft operations for de-docking, atmospheric re-entry and landing. He was awarded the Russian Soyuz Return Commander certificate, which qualifies him to command a three-person Soyuz capsule on its return from space. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (3032x2008, 2568 KB) Original Description: European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Christer Fuglesang, STS-116 mission specialist, participates in the missions second of three planned sessions of extravehicular activity (EVA) as construction resumes on the International Space Station. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (3032x2008, 2568 KB) Original Description: European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Christer Fuglesang, STS-116 mission specialist, participates in the missions second of three planned sessions of extravehicular activity (EVA) as construction resumes on the International Space Station. ... STS-116 was a flight of the Space Shuttle Discovery to the International Space Station (ISS). ... Front gate of Johnson Space Center. ... Houston redirects here. ... A Mission Specialist is a function of an astronaut within a manned space mission. ... 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ...

In October 1998 he returned to NASA-JSC and was assigned technical duties in the Astronaut Office Station Operations System Branch on Russian Transfer Vehicles (i.e. Soyuz and Progress). Later he worked as prime Increment Crew Support Astronaut for the Expedition Corps of the 2nd International Space Station increment crew. Christer Fuglesang has continued with some scientific work and was involved with the SilEye experiment which investigated light flashes in astronauts' eyes on Mir between 1995 and 1999. This work is continuing on the International Space Station (ISS) with the Alteino and ALTEA apparatuses. The former is on ISS since 2002, the latter is planned to fly to the ISS in 2005. He has also initiated the DESIRE project to simulate and estimate the radiation environment inside ISS. 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... ISS redirects here. ... For album titles with the same name, see 2002 (album). ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Christer Fuglesang is a member of ESA’s European Astronaut Corps, whose home base is the European Astronaut Center located in Cologne, Germany. He is assigned collateral duties in the NASA-JSC Astronaut Office and most recently was assigned to the ISS Payload Branch. Currently, he is assigned to the crew of STS-116, an assembly and crew-rotation mission to the International Space Station. This flight is called the Celsius Mission by ESA in recognition of Anders Celsius, the Swedish 18th century astronomer who invented the Celsius temperature scale. The European Astronaut Corps is the group of astronauts of ESA who are currently considered as active. ... The article about perfume can be found at Eau de Cologne. ... STS-116 was a flight of the Space Shuttle Discovery to the International Space Station (ISS). ... Anders Celsius The observatory of Anders Celsius, from a contemporary engraving. ... (17th century - 18th century - 19th century - more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 18th century refers to the century that lasted from 1701 through 1800. ... A giant Hubble mosaic of the Crab Nebula, a supernova remnant. ...

Spacewalks during STS-116 Mission STS-116 was a flight of the Space Shuttle Discovery to the International Space Station (ISS). ...

• EV2 during first spacewalk with the primary task of Installation of the P5 truss segment performed together with Astronaut Robert Curbeam as EV1
• EV2 during second spacewalk which included first part of rewiring the power system of the ISS specifically channel 2 and 3. Also performed together with Astronaut Robert Curbeam as EV1.
• EV2 during an extra spacewalk attempting, succsessfully, to fix a problem when retracting a solar panel. Also performed together with Astronaut Robert Curbeam as EV1. EVA duration: 6h 38min

Total EVA time during STS-116:18 hours and 15 minutes ISS elements as of September 2006 The Integrated Truss Structure forms the backbone of the International Space Station, with mountings for unpressurized logistics carriers, radiators, solar arrays, and other equipment. ... Robert Lee Curbeam, Jr. ...

Trivia

Fuglesang greeting Sweden, Norway and Europe from the launch pad.

• His surname Fuglesang means bird song in Danish and Norwegian. In this case the name is of Norwegian origin since Christer Fuglesang's father comes from Norway.
• He was once a Swedish national Frisbee champion, holding the national title in "maximum time aloft" in 1978, and subsequently competed in the 1981 World Frisbee Championship.^[3] Fuglesang took one of his personal frisbees to the International Space Station. On Dec 15 he set a new "world record" for Time Aloft by freefloating a spinning frisbee for 20 seconds. It was done during a live broadcast interview with a space exhibition in Stockholm Sweden.^[4]
• He is an Amateur Radio Operator, holding the US callsign KE5CGR and the Swedish callsign SA0AFS.^[5]
• He took dried moose meat (his first choice of dried reindeer meat was rejected by NASA),^[6][7] crisp bread and ginger snaps with him into space^[8]
• Fuglesang, who waited fourteen years before finally entering space, was the inspiration for the eponymous character in Percy tårar, a 1996 Swedish television comedy; one of the show's storylines was about Fuglesang's futile attempts to get into space.^[9]
• He is an outspoken atheist.^[10]
• He has run the Stockholm Marathon three times, 1986, 1987 and 1988, with a best time of 3.15.05, placing him among the 10% best participants. He brought a medal from the race into space.^[11]

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Notes and references

Fuglesang at work, floating through a hatch on Space Shuttle Discovery during flight on day two of Mission STS-116.

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External links

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• NASA biography
• ESA biography
• The Celsius Mission page at ESA
• Presentation at the Swedish National Space Board (Swedish)
• Fuglesang's newsletter (Swedish)
• Fuglesang's blog (Swedish)
• Spacefacts biography of Christer Fuglesang