Hans Schlegel
German - (ESA)
Retired
Date of Birth: Aug. 3, 1951
Age: 73
Hans Wilhelm Schlegel (Überlingen, 3 August 1951) is a German physicist, an ESA astronaut, and a veteran of two NASA Space Shuttle missions. From 1995 to 1997, he trained as the backup crew member for the German-Russian Mir'97 mission, and afterwards received additional training in Russia to become qualified as a second board engineer for the Mir space station. In 1998, he became a member of the European Astronaut Corps. Schlegel was a Mission Specialist on the STS-122 Space Shuttle mission. The mission was charged with the responsibility of putting the Columbus laboratory in orbit, in addition to its connection to the International Space Station.
Spaceflight Record
No spaceflights found for Hans Schlegel.
The European Space Agency is an intergovernmental organisation of 22 member states. Established in 1975 and headquartered in Paris, France, ESA has a worldwide staff of about 2,000 employees. ESA's space flight programme includes human spaceflight (mainly through participation in the International Space Station program); the launch and operation of unmanned exploration missions to other planets and the Moon; Earth observation, science and telecommunication; designing launch vehicles; and maintaining a major spaceport, the Guiana Space Centre at Kourou, French Guiana.
Falcon 9
Starlink Group 17-3
Space Launch Complex 4E - Vandenberg SFB, CA, USAA batch of 24 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
Falcon 9
Project Kuiper (KF-01)
Space Launch Complex 40 - Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USAFirst of a three launches contract for Amazon's Kuiper low Earth orbit satellite internet constellation, with 24 satellites on board.
Falcon 9
Starlink Group 15-2
Space Launch Complex 4E - Vandenberg SFB, CA, USAA batch of 26 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
Long March 7
Tianzhou-9
201 - Wenchang Space Launch Site, People's Republic of ChinaEighth cargo delivery mission to the Chinese space station.
Falcon 9
Dror-1
Space Launch Complex 40 - Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USANote: SpaceX identifies the mission as "Commercial GTO 1". Dror-1 is a geostationary communication satellite built and developed by Israel Aerospa…
