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Cheli, Maurizio
Selection Year:1992Group:14Status:Former (ESA)

Clervoy, Jean-François
Selection Year:1992Group:14Status:Returned to home agency (ESA)

Doi, Takao
Selection Year:1995Group:15Status:Active, Mission Specialist(NASDA)

Duque, Pedro
Selection Year:1996Group:16Status:Returned to home agency(ESA)

Eyharts, Léopold
Selection Year:1998Group:17Status:Active, Mission Specialist Candidate (ESA)

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Fuglesang, Christer
Selection Year:1996Group:16Status:Active, Mission Specialist (ESA)

Garneau, Marc
Selection Year:1992Group:14Status:Returned to home agency(CSA)

Guidoni, Umberto
Selection Year:1996Group:16Status:Returned to home agency (ESA)

Hadfield, Chris A.
Selection Year:1992Group:14Status:Active, Mission Specialist(CSA)

MacLean, Steven G.
Selection Year:1996Group:16Status:Active, Mission Specialist(CSA)

Mohri, Mamoru
Selection Year:1996Group:16Status:Returned to home agency(NASDA)

Nespoli, Paolo
Selection Year:1998Group:17Status:Active, Mission Specialist Candidate (ESA)

Nicollier, Claude
Selection Year:1980Group:9Status:Active, Mission Specialist (ESA)

Noguchi, Soichi
Selection Year:1996Group:16Status:Active, Mission Specialist(NASDA)

Payette, Julie
Selection Year:1996Group:16Status:Active, Mission Specialist(CSA)

Perrin, Philippe
Selection Year:1996Group:16Status:Returned to home agency(CNES)

Pontes, Marcos
Selection Year:1998Group:17Status:Active, Mission Specialist Candidate(Brazi;)

Schlegel, Hans
Selection Year:1998Group:17Status:Active, Mission Specialist Candidate (ESA)

Thiele, Gerhard
Selection Year:1996Group:16Status:Returned to home agency (ESA)

Thirsk, Robert B.
Selection Year:1998Group:17Status:Active, Mission Specialist Candidate(CSA)

Tognini, Michel
Selection Year:1995Group:15Status:Active, Mission Specialist (ESA)

Tryggvason, Bjarni V.
Selection Year:1998Group:17Status:Returned to home agency(CSA)

Vittori, Roberto
Selection Year:1998Group:17Status:Active, Mission Specialist Candidate (ESA)

Wakata, Koichi
Selection Year:1992Group:14Status:Active, Mission Specialist(NASDA)

Williams, David R.
Selection Year:1995Group:15Status:Active, Mission Specialist(CSA)

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