Flight record
first and only flightFirst and only flight year 1985.
1Flight
7dTime in space
Not recordedEVA time
0Spacewalks
Flights count launches with a definitive outcome — the same basis as the Stats page.
Biography
Dr Wubbo Johannes Ockels (28 March 1946 – 18 May 2014) was a Dutch physicist and an astronaut of the European Space Agency (ESA). In 1985 he participated in a flight on the Space Shuttle Challenger, STS-61-A, making him the first Dutch citizen in space.
Biography from Launch Library 2.
Background
- Born in
- Almelo
- Education
- University of Groningen
- Awards
- Officer of the Order of Orange-Nassau; Officer's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
From Wikidata.
Flights
- Space Shuttle Challenger / OV-099 | STS-61-AOctober 30, 1985
Born 1946-03-28 · died 2014-05-18, aged 68