Claude Nicollier quotes

Claude Nicollier is a Swiss astrophysicist and astronaut who became the first Swiss citizen to travel to space. His career includes participating in four NASA Space Shuttle missions, including two servicing missions to the Hubble Space Telescope. He continues to inspire many with his contributions to space exploration and science education. Here are 12 of his quotes:

Hubble is very close to my heart, and going back to Hubble, because I was there once already in 1993, is really a great privilege for me.

Claude Nicollier

In general, the objects in the universe that are very high-energy objects, or the processes that are high-energy processes, will radiate more in the short wavelength range towards the gamma rays or the x-rays.

Claude Nicollier

As far as the radio waves part of the spectrum, we can do these adequately from the ground because the atmosphere is basically transparent to our radio waves.

Claude Nicollier

My first dream as a child was to become a pilot. My second dream was to become an astronomer, and I pursued in parallel efforts and studies in these two areas.

Claude Nicollier

Then, much later, my next dream was to become an astronaut, and I was fortunate to realize that dream, also.

Claude Nicollier

My name was on the list very early after these announcements were made through the newspapers in Europe.

Claude Nicollier

The Next Generation Space Telescope, which will be located much further away from the Earth than the Hubble Space Telescope presently is, will also explore the infrared part of the spectrum.

Claude Nicollier

The objects that are of moderate energy, like our sun or most of the stars that we see in the night sky with the naked eye, are objects in which relatively moderate energy processes are taking place.

Claude Nicollier

We have the Fine Guidance Sensors, one of which we will exchange out of three. Another one we changed on the last servicing mission, and on the fourth servicing mission in 2003 or 2004, the third one will be exchanged.

Claude Nicollier

I think a benefit is that we try to put it up in a short time. From the decision to do this mission until we fly, it's six months and one week or so, so it's a very short time.

Claude Nicollier