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Ulf Merbold

Germany

Ulf Merbold is a German physicist and European Space Agency astronaut who became the first West German citizen to fly in space and the first non-American to fly aboard the Space Shuttle, serving as a payload specialist on the STS-9 mission in 1983, which carried the first Spacelab science module. He flew two additional missions later in his career, including a 1994 flight aboard a Russian Soyuz spacecraft to the Mir space station.

Facts
Birth Date
1941-06-20 3
Birth Year
1941 3
Nationality
German 3
Notable Mission
STS-9 3
Classification
Astronaut Role
Payload Specialist 1
Dating
Selection Year
1978 2
Connections

Associated With

European Space Agency, Space Agencies and Companies
Source Ulf Merbold - Wikipedia

Operated By

European Space Agency, Space Agencies and Companies
Source Ulf Merbold - Wikipedia
In the Other Atlases

Nationality

Germany

Also in Geography Atlas: the nationality of this subject.

Source Wikidata: Ulf Merbold
Sources
1. Wikipedia (space and spaceflight articles)
Wikimedia Foundation
2. Ulf Merbold (Wikipedia)
Wikipedia Ulf Merbold lead section infobox, selection field (w-bbfill-edspace5-0927)View the Source
3. Ulf Merbold - Wikipedia
  • Infobox, birth_date
    1941-06-20
  • Introduction, first sentence, parenthetical
    20 June 1941
  • Introduction, first sentence, description
    a German physicist
  • Infobox, mission
    STS-9, STS-42
  • Ulf Merbold, Wikipedia - lead section, astronaut role
    In 1983, Merbold flew to space for the first time as a payload specialist or science astronaut on the first Spacelab mission, STS-9, aboard the Space Shuttle Columbia.
  • Operated By: European Space Agency, Lead paragraph, operated-by
    In 1977, Merbold successfully applied to the European Space Agency (ESA) to become one of their first astronauts.
  • Associated With: European Space Agency, Lead paragraph, associated-with
    In 1977, Merbold successfully applied to the European Space Agency (ESA) to become one of their first astronauts.
  • In Group: German Astronauts, Lead sentence
    Ulf Dietrich Merbold (German: [ʊlf ˈdiːtrɪç ˈmɛrbɔlt]; born 20 June 1941) is a German physicist and astronaut who flew to space three times, becoming the first West German citizen in space and the first non-American to fly on a NASA spacecraft.
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Wikidata: Ulf Merbold
Wikidata Q215124, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source
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