Who is the first astronaut from Switzerland, Claude Nicollier or Charles Simonyi?
Charles Simonyi Charles Simonyi ( ; Hungarian: "Simonyi Károly" , ] ; born September 10, 1948), son of Károly Simonyi, is a Hungarian-born American computer programmer, businessman, and space tourist. He was head of Microsoft's application software group, where he oversaw the creation of Microsoft's flagship Office suite of applications. He now heads his own company, "Intentional Software", with the aim of developing and marketing his concept of intentional programming. In April 2007, aboard Soyuz TMA-10, he became the fifth space tourist and the second Hungarian in space. In March 2009, aboard Soyuz TMA-14, he made a second trip to the International Space Station. His estimated net worth is US$1.4 billion.
Georgy Dobrovolsky Georgiy Timofeyevich Dobrovolsky (Russian: Гео́ргий Тимофе́евич Доброво́льский ; June 1, 1928June 30, 1971) was a Soviet cosmonaut who served on the three-man crew of the Soyuz 11 spacecraft. They became the world's first space station crew aboard Salyut 1, but died in space due to asphyxiation due to an erroneously opened valve. They were the first and, as of 2017, the only humans to have died in space.