Arne Christer Fuglesang is a Swedish physicist and an ESA astronaut. He was first launched aboard the STS-116 Space Shuttle mission on 10 December 2006, making him the first Swedish citizen in space.
Christer Fuglesang in January 2003
Christer Fuglesang participating in EVA on STS-116
Fuglesang at work, floating through a hatch on Space Shuttle Discovery during flight on day two of Mission STS-116.
Fuglesang greeting Sweden, Norway and Europe from the launch pad.
STS-116 was a Space Shuttle mission to the International Space Station (ISS) flown by Space Shuttle Discovery. Discovery lifted off on December 9, 2006, at 20:47:35 EST. A previous launch attempt on December 7 had been canceled due to cloud cover. It was the first night launch of a Space Shuttle since STS-113 in November 2002.
Discovery's Canadarm hands the P5 truss segment to Canadarm2, prior to its installation on the ISS.
Back (L-R): Curbeam, Patrick, Williams, Fuglesang Front (L-R): Oefelein, Higginbotham, PolanskySpace Shuttle program← STS-115STS-117 →
A photograph of the International Space Station after STS-116 with the new P5 truss segment
In the Space Station Processing Facility, an overhead crane moves the P5 truss for mission STS-116 to the payload transfer container.
