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Astronauts resident in Europe
This is an incomplete list of astronauts who are resident in any of the countries of
Europe , who have reached Earth's orbit, exclusive of the former Soviet republics of
Russia ,
Belarus , and
Ukraine . People who are "
space tourists " rather than working
astronauts may be included, indicated by italics .
Alphabetical list
EAC =
European Astronaut Corps
Aleksandar Panayotov Aleksandrov (
Intercosmos ) —
Soyuz TM-5
Patrick Baudry , second Frenchman in space, born in Douala, Cameroon —
STS-51-G
Ivan Bella , first
Slovak in space —
Soyuz TM-29 /
28
Maurizio Cheli , EAC —
STS-75
Jean-Loup Chrétien ,
CNES (
Intercosmos ), first
French person in space and first non-Soviet
European to walk in space —
Soyuz T-6 ,
Soyuz TM-7 /
6 ,
STS-86
Jean-François Clervoy , EAC —
STS-66 ,
STS-84 ,
STS-103
Samantha Cristoforetti , EAC —
Soyuz TMA-15M (
Expedition 42 ,
SpaceX Crew-4 (
Expedition 67 )
Frank De Winne , EAC —
Soyuz TMA-1 /
TM-34 ,
Soyuz TMA-15
Pedro Duque , EAC, first
Spaniard in space —
STS-95 ,
Soyuz TMA-3 /
2
Reinhold Ewald , EAC —
Soyuz TM-25 /
24
Léopold Eyharts , EAC —
Soyuz TM-27 /
26 ,
STS-122 /
123
Bertalan Farkas (
Intercosmos ), first
Hungarian in space —
Soyuz 36 /
35
Jean-Jacques Favier , born in Kehl, Germany —
STS-78
Klaus-Dietrich Flade —
Soyuz TM-14 /
13
Dirk Frimout , first
Belgian in space —
STS-45
Christer Fuglesang , EAC, first
Swede in space —
STS-116 ,
STS-128
Reinhard Furrer , born in Wörgl, Austria (1940–1995) —
STS-61-A (flew for
West Germany )
Umberto Guidoni , EAC, first
European on the International Space Station —
STS-75 ,
STS-100
Claudie André-Deshays Haigneré
, EAC, first
Frenchwoman in space (Mir, 1996) —
Soyuz TM-24 /
23 ,
Soyuz TM-33 /
32
Jean-Pierre Haigneré , EAC —
Soyuz TM-17 /
16 ,
Soyuz TM-29
Mirosław Hermaszewski (
Intercosmos ), first
Pole in space —
Soyuz 30
Georgi Ivanov (
Intercosmos ), first
Bulgarian in space —
Soyuz 33
Sigmund Jähn (
Intercosmos ), first
German in space —
Soyuz 31 /
29 (flew for
East Germany )
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André Kuipers , EAC —
Soyuz TMA-4 /
3
Franco Malerba , first
Italian in space —
STS-46
Matthias Maurer ,
SpaceX Crew-3
Ulf Merbold , EAC —
STS-9 ,
STS-42 ,
Soyuz TM-20 /
19 (flew for both
West Germany and united Germany)
Ernst Messerschmid —
STS-61-A (flew for
West Germany )
Andreas Mogensen , EAC, first
Dane in space —
Soyuz TMA-18M ,
SpaceX Crew-7
Paolo A. Nespoli , EAC —
STS-120
Claude Nicollier , EAC, first
Swiss in space —
STS-46 ,
STS-61 ,
STS-75 ,
STS-103
Wubbo Ockels , EAC, first
Dutchman in space —
STS-61-A
Luca Parmitano , EAC —
Soyuz TMA-09M (
Expedition 36 )
Philippe Perrin , EAC, born in Meknes, Morocco —
STS-111
Thomas Pesquet , EAC, —
ISS
Dumitru Prunariu (
Intercosmos ), first Romanian in space —
Soyuz 40
Thomas Reiter , EAC, first
German to walk in space and first
ESA astronaut to stay on the
ISS —
Soyuz TM-22 ,
STS-121 /
116
Vladimír Remek (
Intercosmos ), first
Czech and first non-Soviet
European in space —
Soyuz 28
Hans Schlegel , EAC —
STS-55 ,
STS-122
Helen Sharman
, first
Briton in space —
Soyuz TM-12 /
11
Mark Shuttleworth , second "
space tourist " and first
South African in space —
Soyuz TM-34 /
33
Gerhard Thiele , EAC —
STS-99
Michel Tognini , EAC —
Soyuz TM-15 /
14 ,
STS-93
Franz Viehböck , first
Austrian in space —
Soyuz TM-13 /
12
Roberto Vittori , EAC —
Soyuz TM-34 /
33 ,
Soyuz TMA-6 /
5
Ulrich Walter —
STS-55
Walter Villadei —
Axiom Mission 3
/
Marcus Wandt , EAC —
Axiom Mission 3 (2024)
Alper Gezeravcı —
Axiom Mission 3 (2024)
Resident outside Europe
Other European astronauts now residing or holding citizenship outside Europe include:
Michael Foale , born in
Louth ,
England , dual British and American citizen.
Nicholas Patrick , born in
Saltburn-by-the-Sea , England.
Piers Sellers , born in
Crowborough , England. Resident in US, died 2016.
Charles Simonyi , born in
Budapest ,
Hungary . Fifth
space tourist .
Lodewijk van den Berg , born in
Sluiskil ,
Netherlands . Resident in US, died 2022.
See also
References