European astronauts

Aleksandr Panayotov Aleksandrov (born December 1, 1951, Omurtag, Bulgaria) is a Bulgarian cosmonaut. ...more on Wikipedia about "Aleksandr Panayotov Aleksandrov"

André Kuipers (born October 5, 1958, in Amsterdam) is the second Dutch astronaut (the first one being Wubbo Ockels) to engage on a space flight, on April 18 2004. Using the Soyuz spacecraft Soyuz TMA-4, Gennady Padalka from Russia, Michael Fincke from the USA and Kuipers flew to the International Space Station. Kuipers returned to earth 9 days later together with ISS crew 8 with the Soyuz TMA-3. The other two will stay as ISS crew 9. The Soyuz TMA-4 will also stay. ...more on Wikipedia about "André Kuipers"

Bertalan Farkas (born August 2, 1949) was the first Hungarian cosmonaut and the first Esperantist in space. He is currently the president of Airlines Service and Trade. To date he is the only Hungarian who was in space. ...more on Wikipedia about "Bertalan Farkas"

Claude Nicollier (born September 2, 1944) is an Swiss astronaut who has flown on several Space Shuttle missions. ...more on Wikipedia about "Claude Nicollier"

Claudie Haigneré (formerly Claudie André-Deshays; born 13 May 1957) is a former French cosmonaut. She is a rheumatologist with a doctorate in science, majoring neurosciences. ...more on Wikipedia about "Claudie Haigneré"

Dirk Dries David Damiaan Frimout (Ph.D.) (* March 21 1941 in Poperinge Belgium) ...more on Wikipedia about "Dirk Frimout"

Dumitru Dorin Prunariu (born September 27 1952) is a Romanian cosmonaut. ...more on Wikipedia about "Dumitru Prunariu"

Ernst Willi Messerschmid (born May 21, 1945) is a German physicist and veteran astronaut. ...more on Wikipedia about "Ernst Messerschmid"

Franz Artur Viehböck (born August 24 1960 in Vienna) is an Austrian electrical engineer, and Austria's first astronaut. ...more on Wikipedia about "Franz Viehböck"

Georgi Ivanov (né Kakalov, born July 2, 1940) is the first Bulgarian cosmonaut. Member of the National Assembly of Bulgaria (1990). ...more on Wikipedia about "Georgi Ivanov"

Gerhard Thiele (born September 2 1953) is a German astronaut. ...more on Wikipedia about "Gerhard Thiele"

Hans Wilhelm Schlegel (born 3 August 1951) is a German astronaut and a veteran of one NASA space shuttle mission. ...more on Wikipedia about "Hans Schlegel"

Helen Patricia Sharman OBE (born May 30, 1963), is a former British astronaut. She was the first Briton in space, and the first non-Soviet, non-American woman in space on Soyuz TM-12 which took off on May 18, 1991. ...more on Wikipedia about "Helen Sharman"

Jean-François André Clervoy (born 19 November 1958) is a French spationaut and a veteran of three NASA space shuttle missions. ...more on Wikipedia about "Jean-François Clervoy" Fast shortopedia

Jean-Jacques Favier ( Ph.D.)
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Jean-Loup J.M. Chrétien, is a retired Général de Brigade (brigadier general) of the Armée de l'Air (French air force), spationaut on several Franco-Soviet space missions, and former NASA mission specialist. Chrétien was the first Frenchman and Western European in space. ...more on Wikipedia about "Jean-Loup Chrétien"

Jean-Pierre Haigneré (born 19 May 1948 ) is a French astronaut. ...more on Wikipedia about "Jean-Pierre Haigneré"

Klaus-Dietrich Flade (born August 23 1952) is a German pilot and former cosmonaut. ...more on Wikipedia about "Klaus-Dietrich Flade"

Léopold Eyharts ( Colonel, French Air Force) is (accurate at February 2003) an ESA astronaut (Mission Specialist). ...more on Wikipedia about "Léopold Eyharts"

Maurizio Cheli (born in Modena, 4 May 1959) is an Italian astronaut and a veteran of one NASA space shuttle mission. ...more on Wikipedia about "Maurizio Cheli"

Brigadier General Michel Tognini of the French Air Force (born September 30, 1949, in Vincennes, France) is a French test pilot and astronaut who currently serves as Head of the Astronaut Division of the European Space Agency. A veteran of two space flights, Tognini has logged a total of 19 days in space. Tognini has 4000 flight hours on 80 types of aircraft (mainly fighter aircraft including the MiG-25, Tupolev 154, Lightning MK-3 and MK-5, Gloster Meteor, and F-104). He is fluent in English and Russian. ...more on Wikipedia about "Michel Tognini"

Mirosław Hermaszewski (born September 15, 1941), was a Polish astronaut, the first citizen of Poland to make a spaceflight. He was an astronaut onboard the Soyuz 30 spacecraft. ...more on Wikipedia about "Mirosław Hermaszewski"

Nicholas J. M. Patrick is a British-born NASA astronaut. ...more on Wikipedia about "Nicholas Patrick"

Patrick Baudry (born March 6, 1946 in Cameroon, then a French colony), retired Lieutenant Colonel, French Air Force, is a CNES Spationaut. In 1985, he became the second citizen of France in space, after Jean-Loup Chrétien, when he flew aboard the NASA's Space Shuttle Mission STS-51-G. ...more on Wikipedia about "Patrick Baudry"

Pedro Francisco Duque (born 14 March 1963) is a Spanish astronaut and a veteran of two space missions. ...more on Wikipedia about "Pedro Duque"

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