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    Ulf Dietrich Merbold (German: [ʊlf ˈdiːtrɪç ˈmɛrbɔlt]; born 20 June 1941) is a German physicist and astronaut who flew to space three times, becoming the first West German citizen in space and the first non-American to fly on a NASA spacecraft.

  2. Ulf Merbold became the first non-American to fly on the Space Shuttle during the STS-9 mission (28 November to 8 December 1983). In 1984 he was involved in the Space Shuttle Spacelab German D-1 mission, as both back-up Payload Specialist and Crew Interface Coordinator (CIC).

  3. Nov 26, 2013 · Ulf Merbold was the first ESA astronaut to fly in space, and the first non-US citizen to fly on a Space Shuttle, as part of the crew of the STS-9 Spacelab 1 mission on Space Shuttle Columbia in 1983.

  4. Apr 26, 2024 · Ulf Merbold (born June 20, 1941, Greiz, Ger.) is a German physicist who was the first European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut to go into space, as a payload specialist aboard the U.S. Spacelab-1 flight from Nov. 28 to Dec. 8, 1983. He was also the first ESA astronaut to fly to the Russian space station Mir, in 1994.

  5. 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 28 November 1983 from the Kennedy Space Centre aboard Space Shuttle Columbia, he was the first foreigner to fly into orbit on a US space vehicle.

  6. Aug 25, 2018 · Ulf Merbold became the first non-American to fly on the Space Shuttle during the STS-9 mission (November 28, to December 08, 1983). In 1984 he was involved in the Space Shuttle Spacelab German D-1 mission, as both back-up Payload Specialist and Crew Interface Coordinator (CIC).

  7. Nov 28, 2023 · Not only did German Ulf Merbold become the first ESA astronaut in space, but along with him travelled the European-made Spacelab. Carried in the Space Shuttle’s cargo bay, Spacelab converted the Shuttle into a highly productive orbital laboratory.