HANS SCHLEGEL

NAME OF ASTRONAUTDESCRIPTION
HANS SCHLEGELHans Wilhelm Schlegel (Überlingen, 3 August 1951) is a German physicist, a former ESA astronaut, and a veteran of two NASA Space Shuttle missions. ( STS 55, STS 122 )
NAMEDESCRIPTIONCITYSTATE
BIRTHPLACEHOSPITALUBERLIGINGERMANY
MUSEUMDEUTCHES MUSEUMMUNICHGERMANY
MUSEUMTECHNICK MUSEUMSPEYERGERMANY
ALMA MATERLEWIS CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOLCOUNCIL BLUFFSIOWA
ALMA MATERHANSA GYMNASIUMCOLOGNEGERMANY
ALMA MATERRWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITYAACHENGERMANY
WORKEDGERMAN AEROSPACE CENTERCOLOGNEGERMANY
NAME OF VEHICLENAME OF ORBITERMISSION NUMBERMISSION DESCRIPTIONLOCATIONCITYSTATE/COUNTRY
SPACE SHUTTLESPACE SHUTTLE COLUMBIASTS 55Columbia carried to orbit the second reusable German Spacelab D-2 and demonstrated the shuttle’s ability for international cooperation, exploration, and scientific research in space. N/AN/AN/A
SPACE SHUTTLESPACE SHUTTLE ATLANTISSTS 122 It was a NASA Space Shuttle mission to the International Space Station (ISS), flown by the Space Shuttle Atlantis. STS-122 marked the 24th shuttle mission to the ISS, and the 121st Space Shuttle flight overall. The mission was also referred to as ISS-1E by the ISS program. The primary objective of STS-122 was to deliver the European Columbus science laboratory, built by the European Space Agency (ESA), to the station.KENNEDY SPACE CENTERMERRIT ISLANDFLORIDA