Ulf Merbold

Ulf Dietrich Merbold is a German physicist and astronaut who flew to space three times, becoming the first West German citizen in space and the first non-American to fly on a NASA spacecraft. Merbold flew on two Space Shuttle missions and on a Russian mission to the space station Mir, spending a total of 49 days in space.

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1941  Wikimedia, Wikidata
Ulf D. Merbold; Ulf Dietrich Merbold
physicist, astronaut, payload specialist, Officer's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany, Medal "For Merit in Space Exploration", Order of Friendship, Order of Merit of Baden-Württemberg, Order of Merit of North Rhine-Westphalia, Nazi Germany, German Democratic Republic, Germany, 

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  STS-9 ⓘ
  human spaceflight

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  STS-42 ⓘ
  human spaceflight

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  Soyuz TM-19 ⓘ
  1994 Russian crewed spaceflight to Mir

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  Soyuz TM-20 ⓘ
  Spaceflight mission to Mir

Mir, 

1941-06-20T00:00:00Z

1941-06-20T00:00:00Z

1941 Ulf Merbold

1983-11-28T00:00:00Z

1983-11-28T00:00:00Z

1983 STS-9

1992-01-22T00:00:00Z

1992-01-22T00:00:00Z

1992 STS-42

1994-07-01T00:00:00Z

1994-07-01T00:00:00Z

1994 Soyuz TM-19

1994-10-03T00:00:00Z

1994-10-03T00:00:00Z

1994 Soyuz TM-20

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Ulf Merbold on the STS-42 mission

Ulf Merbold in the IML-1.on STS-42 mission

Ulf Merbold in the IML-1.on STS-42 mission

STS009-126-445

S09-10-613 - STS-009 - Ulf Merbold on flight deck - DPLA - d53b7f2b160c6ecd73ff8d18ba5c831e

Europese astronauten in Utrechts ruimtevaartlaboratorium Ulf Merbold, Bestanddeelnr 929-5966

Europese astronauten in Utrechts ruimtevaartlaboratorium v.l.n.r. Ulf Merbold, , Bestanddeelnr 929-5963

Europese astronauten in Utrechts ruimtevaartlaboratorium v.l.n.r. Ulf Merbold, , Bestanddeelnr 929-5964

Vice President Bush with Spacelab Astronauts - GPN-2002-000072

Portrait of STS-9 crew in the Spacelab

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
event	spaceflight	1983	STS-9	human spaceflight	Wikidata
event	spaceflight	1992	STS-42	human spaceflight	Wikidata
event	spaceflight	1994	Soyuz TM-19	human spaceflight, Soyuz-TM	Wikidata
event	spaceflight	1994	Soyuz TM-20	human spaceflight, Soyuz-TM	Wikidata
commons	image		Ulf Merbold on the STS-42 mission		Commons
commons	image		Ulf Merbold in the IML-1.on STS-42 mission		Commons
commons	image		Ulf Merbold in the IML-1.on STS-42 mission		Commons
commons	image		STS009-126-445		Commons
commons	image		S09-10-613 - STS-009 - Ulf Merbold on flight deck - DPLA - d53b7f2b160c6ecd73ff8d18ba5c831e		Commons
commons	image		Europese astronauten in Utrechts ruimtevaartlaboratorium Ulf Merbold, Bestanddeelnr 929-5966		Commons
commons	image		Europese astronauten in Utrechts ruimtevaartlaboratorium v.l.n.r. Ulf Merbold, , Bestanddeelnr 929-5963		Commons
commons	image		Europese astronauten in Utrechts ruimtevaartlaboratorium v.l.n.r. Ulf Merbold, , Bestanddeelnr 929-5964		Commons
commons	image		Vice President Bush with Spacelab Astronauts - GPN-2002-000072		Commons
commons	image		Portrait of STS-9 crew in the Spacelab		Commons