ESA group 1Date of selection: 18. May 1978 |
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No. | Name | Nation | Profession | Age | Retirement | Age |
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01 | Ulf D. Merbold | Germany | Physicist | 36 | 30.08.1998 | 57 |
02 | Claude Nicollier | Switzerland | Physicist | 33 | ??.03.2007 | 62 |
03 | Wubbo J. Ockels | Netherlands | Physicist | 31 | ??.??.1994 | 47 |
Start training: | |
18.05.1978 | Merbold, Nicollier, Ockels (Spacelab training) |
??.08.1980 | Nicollier, Ockels (NASA training as MSP) |
Examination: | |
??.08.1981 | Nicollier, Ockels (NASA training as MSP) |
??.09.1982 | Merbold, Ockels (Spacelab training) |
Note: | |
The NASA declined in 1980 a training as MSP of Merbold for healthy reasons. Early 1982 Merbold and Ockels continued the Spacelab training in Huntsville, while Nicollier should be trained as MSP in Houston for the EOM-Mission. Spacelab selected Merbold, Ockels to take parth at D-1. |
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