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.
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Selection Year In the Other Atlases
- Also in Geography Atlas: Germany, nationality there.
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1. Wikipedia (space and spaceflight articles)
Wikimedia FoundationUlf Merbold, Wikipedia - lead section, astronaut roleQuote, 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.
2. Ulf Merbold (Wikipedia)
Wikipedia Ulf Merbold lead section infobox, selection field (w-bbfill-edspace5-0927)View the Source 3. Ulf Merbold - Wikipedia
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1941-06-20
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20 June 1941
Introduction, first sentence, description
a German physicist
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STS-9, STS-42
View the SourceWikidata: Ulf Merbold
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