Wubbo Ockels

Astronaut

Birthday March 28, 1946

Birth Sign Aries

Birthplace Almelo, Netherlands

DEATH DATE May 18, 2014 (68)

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About

Physicist and European Space Agency astronaut who became the first Dutchman to travel to space. He later joined the faculty of the Delft University of Technology.

Before Fame

He earned degrees in physics and mathematics from the University of Groningen.

Trivia

He was a Payload Specialist on STS-61-A, a Space Shuttle Challenger mission that was the first spaceflight to carry eight crew members.

Family Life

His marriage produced two children. He died of kidney cancer at the age of sixty-eight.

Associated With

He flew with Bonnie Dunbar on STS-61-A.