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Topic: Wife of Claude Nicollier passes away
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spaceflori Member Posts: 1007 From: Germany Registered: May 2000
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posted January 10, 2008 12:06 AM
Sad year-end for astronaut Claude Nicollier, as unofficial sources from Switzerland report the wife of Nicollier passed away December 28th 2007 at age 62 after a short illness.Florian IP: Logged |
Robert Pearlman Editor Posts: 13056 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999
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posted January 10, 2008 12:20 AM
The Swiss website Hommages has printed an obituary for Susana Perez Nicollier (English translation via Google).IP: Logged |
spaceflori Member Posts: 1007 From: Germany Registered: May 2000
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posted January 10, 2008 12:27 AM
Thanks for the confirmation. IP: Logged |
cspg Member Posts: 1393 From: Geneva, Switzerland Registered: May 2006
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posted January 10, 2008 12:30 AM
Sad news indeed. Nicollier has a website.Claude Nicollier was recently interviewed on a local tv channel, a show which focuses on personalities with extraordinary careers and accomplishments. I remember him saying that the only regret he had about his astronaut career was it took him away too often from his family and he wished that he'd had more time to spend with them, something he was planning to do now that he was "retired"... Chris. . IP: Logged |
GACspaceguy Member Posts: 205 From: Guyton, GA Registered: Jan 2006
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posted January 10, 2008 05:19 AM
.The pain is all to real for me. IP: Logged |
Apollo-Soyuz Member Posts: 521 From: Shady Side, Md Registered: Sep 2004
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Scott Member Posts: 3113 From: Houston, TX Registered: May 2001
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mark plas Member Posts: 256 From: the Netherlands Registered: Aug 2000
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KSCartist Member Posts: 1347 From: Titusville, FL USA Registered: Feb 2005
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cddfspace Member Posts: 347 From: Morris County, NJ, USA Registered: Jan 2006
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randy Member Posts: 729 From: West Jordan, Utah USA Registered: Dec 1999
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Delta7 Member Posts: 247 From: Bluffton IN USA Registered: Oct 2007
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sts205cdr Member Posts: 353 From: Sacramento, CA Registered: Jun 2001
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Rick Mulheirn Member Posts: 1080 From: England Registered: Feb 2001
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Jim Member Posts: 66 From: Dallas TX Registered: Mar 2006
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NavySpaceFan Member Posts: 252 From: Norfolk, VA Registered: May 2007
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ejectr Member Posts: 942 From: Brimfield, MA Registered: Mar 2002
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Moonwalker1954 Member Posts: 176 From: Montreal, Canada Registered: Jul 2004
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East-Frisian Member Posts: 161 From: Germany Registered: Apr 2005
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Rick Mulheirn Member Posts: 1080 From: England Registered: Feb 2001
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eurospace Member Posts: 1778 From: Berlin, Germany Registered: Dec 2000
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