By Astrophilatelie Martin
On 20 June 1941, birth of Ulf Dietrich Merbold in Greiz, Germany, German astronaut selected on 18 May 1978 in ESA 1 group.
First West German astronaut and first non-American astronaut to fly space shuttle.
He participated in three space missions:
-STS 9 Columbia November 18 to December 8, 1983
-STS 42 Discovery January 22-30, 1992.
-Soyouz TM 20 from October 3 to November 4, 1994 and back with Soyouz TM 19.
He was part of the backup crew of Flight STS 61A Challenger.
He left the group of astronauts on August 30, 1998 with 49 days 21 hours 36 minutes spent in space.
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