It doesn't seem out of place today, but the sight 30 years ago of a cylindrical module mounted inside the space shuttle's cargo bay was described as an "odd-appearing assemblage" in 1983. The unusual ...

I am writing in response to the Feb. 3 letter, “Natural forces, not man, are driving climate change.” After seeing our Earth from out in space, astronaut Dr. Ulf Merbold commented, “For the first time ...

Thirty years ago this week the first European-built Spacelab was launched on the Space Shuttle. ESA’s first astronaut, Ulf Merbold, flew on the mission, marking ESA’s entry into human spaceflight. On ...

Ulf Merbold has logged 55 days in space over three missions. This makes him the German with the highest number of spaceflights, although that is not his only historic distinction. When he took off on ...

Ulf Merbold was on his maiden flight and it made him the first non-American to travel on a US space vehicle. Spacelab conducted more than 70 experiments during a 10-day work period. Their scientific ...

”I have the feeling that people are sometimes a little bit too pushy and they shouldn`t forget that we are human beings. So far, we haven`t had any minute to see the world.” -German ...

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