Thomas Reiter

Thomas Arthur Reiter
Born (1958-05-23) 23 May 1958 (age 66)
StatusRetired
NationalityGerman
OccupationTest pilot
Awards
Space career
ESA astronaut
RankBrigadier General, Luftwaffe (Bundeswehr)
Time in space
350d 05h 44min
Selection1992 ESA Group
MissionsSoyuz TM-22, (Euromir 95), STS-121/116 (Expedition 13/14)
Mission insignia
RetirementSeptember 30, 2007

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). He was one of the top 25 astronauts in terms of total time in space. With his wife and two sons he lives near Oldenburg in Lower Saxony.