Flight record
first and only flightFirst and only flight year 1997.
1Flight
19d 16hTime in space
Not recordedEVA time
0Spacewalks
Flights count launches with a definitive outcome — the same basis as the Stats page.
Biography
Dr. Reinhold Ewald (born December 18, 1956) is a German physicist and ESA astronaut. In 1990, he was selected to the German astronaut team, training for the Mir '92 mission. He was the backup of Klaus-Dietrich Flade for the Soyuz TM-14 mission. In 1995 he began training for the second German Mir mission. In February 1997 he flew to the space station Mir with Soyuz TM-25, spending 20 days in space. He performed experiments in biomedical and material sciences, and carried out operational tests in preparation for the International Space Station.
Biography from Launch Library 2.
Background
- Born in
- Mönchengladbach
- Education
- University of Cologne
- Awards
- Order of Merit of North Rhine-Westphalia; Medal "For Merit in Space Exploration"; Officer's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany; Order of Courage; Order of Friendship of Peoples
From Wikidata.
Flights
- Soyuz-U | Soyuz TM-25February 10, 1997
Born 1956-12-18 · age 69