Marianne Merchez
Marianne Merchez | |
|---|---|
| Born | 25 November 1960 Uccle, Belgium |
| Status | Retired |
| Nationality | Belgian |
| Occupation | Medical Doctor |
| Space career | |
| ESA astronaut | |
| Selection | 1992 ESA Group |
| Missions | None |
Marianne Merchez (born 25 October 1960 in Uccle) is a Belgian doctor from the Catholic University of Louvain and a former European Space Agency astronaut. She is certified in aerospace medicine and in industrial medicine, and she is also a professional pilot (holds a Belgian Air Transport Pilot License from Civil Aviation School, former co-pilot Boeing 737).
She is married to former Italian ESA astronaut Maurizio Cheli with whom she co-authored Tutto in un istante: le decisioni che tracciano il viaggio di una vita.