Thomas Arthur Reiter (born 23 May 1958 in Frankfurt, West Germany) is a retired European astronaut and is a Brigadier General[1] in the German Air Force currently working as ESA Interagency Coordinator and Advisor to the Director General at the European Space Agency (ESA).

During his 179 days aboard Mir, he carried out two EVAs and became the first German astronaut to perform a spacewalk.

[2] Discovery then departed on 15 July, leaving Reiter on the ISS continuing to work on Expedition 13.

This included the operation and exploitation of the European International Space Station elements, ESA's Automated Transfer Vehicle, the responsibility for the European Astronaut Centre, EAC, and ESA's uncrewed missions and ground-based mission infrastructure.

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