Ulf Merbold was born on June 20, 1941 in Germany and is best known for being the first West German citizen and second German to fly in space. He flew on the Space Shuttle Columbia in 1983 and the Spacelab mission in 1992. He was also the first European Space Agency astronaut to fly in space. Merbold has received numerous awards and honors for his contributions to space exploration.
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Age, Biography and Wiki
💰 Net worth: $4.4 billion (2024)
About
The first West German citizen and second German to fly in space.
Before Fame
He earned his PhD in physics from the University of Stuttgart in 1976.
Trivia
He is the first non-U.S. citizen to orbit the Earth in a U.S. spacecraft, and has been to space three times.
Family Life
He married and had two children.
Associated With
He and Ludwig Van Beethoven are from Germany.