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Christer Fuglesang

Swedish physicist and astronaut
Also known as: Arne Christer Fuglesang
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Christer Fuglesang (born March 18, 1957, Stockholm, Sweden) is a Swedish physicist and astronaut, the first Swedish citizen in space. Fuglesang earned a master’s degree in engineering physics from the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) in Stockholm in 1981 and received a doctorate in experimental particle physics from the University of Stockholm in 1987. In May 1992 he was selected for the European Space Agency’s (ESA’s) astronaut corps and began training at the European Astronaut...

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