Merbold

Ulf Dietrich

Germany

International order n°: 131

Germany astr. n°: 1

First German astronaut

Personal data:

Birthdate:	20.06.1941
Birthplace:	Greiz
Marital status:	married
Children:	two
Selection date:	18.05.1978
Selection group:
Job:	PSP
Status:	Ret. 30.08.1998

Spaceflights:

Ord. num.	Startup spacecraft	Date and time of launch (UT)	Status while launch	Spacecraft of landing	Date and time of landing (UT)	Duration
1	STS-9 (Columbia/6)	16h.00m.00s. Nov 28, 1983	PS	STS-9 (Columbia/6)	23h.48m.17s. Dec 08, 1983	10d.07h.48m.17s.
2	STS-42 (Discovery/14)	14h.52m.33s. Jan 22, 1992	PS	STS-42 (Discovery/14)	16h.08m.16s. Jan 30, 1992	8d.01h.15m.43s.
3	Soyuz-TM20	22h.42m.30s. Oct 03, 1994	AI VE-12/MIR	Soyuz-TM19	11h.18m.26s. Nov 04, 1994	31d.12h.35m.56s.
Total duration:						49d.21h.39m.56s.

STS-9

STS-9 - Payload Specialist Ulf Merbold working in the Spacelab - Credit: NASA.

Additional information

Diploma in physics and doctorate in science (Dr. rer. nat) from Stuttgart University, 1968 and 1976, respectively; staff member, Max-Planck-Institute for Metals Research, Stuttgart; was Chief of German Astronaut Office at times; hobbies: Skiing, soaring, playing the piano; since January 1995 acting head of the Astronaut Division at EAC (European Astronauts Centre, Cologne, Germany.

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