Biographies of International Astronauts

Köllner

Eberhard "Eb"

Germany (GDR)

Eberhard Köllner
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Personal data

Birthdate:  29.09.1939
Birthplace:  Stassfurt
Marital status:  married
Children:  two
Selection date:  25.11.1976
Selection group:  Interkosmos-1
Position:  Research Cosmonaut (RC)
Status:  Ret. 03.09.1978

Spaceflights

No. Mission Position Time Duration
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Backup assignments

No. Mission Position
1  Soyuz 31  Research Cosmonaut

Additional information

Colonel, Airforce; pilot; graduated from Higher Air Force School "Franz Mehring" Kamenz, near Dresden; graduatet from Gagarin Academy, Moscow, 1970; was selected as backup for Soyuz 31; later in leading position with Society for Sports and Technic as a flight instructor; in the following of reunion of Germany out of work (wanted not to be transferred to German Airforce); currently working for a private transport company near Berlin.

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