Ulf Dietrich Merbold
131 Worldwide / 2 Germany
Date of birth: June 20, 1941.
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The 1st Space Flight: 28.11.1983 – 08.12.1983.
• Launch: November 28, 1983 at 16:00; "Columbia” (STS-9). Payload Specialist.
• Landing: December 08, 1983 at 23:47; "Columbia” (STS-9). Payload Specialist.
Flight duration: 10 days, 07 hours, 47 minutes, 24 seconds.
The first foreigner in the crew of an American Space Shuttle.
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The 2nd Space Flight: 22.01.1992 – 30.01.1992.
• Launch: January 22, 1992 at 14:52; "Discovery” (STS-42). Payload Specialist.
• Landing: January 30, 1992 at 16:07; "Discovery” (STS-42). Payload Specialist.
Flight duration: 08 days, 01 hours, 14 minutes, 44 seconds.
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The 3rd Space Flight: 03.10.1994 – 04.11.1994.
• Launch: October 03, 1994 at 22.42 (October 04, 1994 at 01.42 Moscow time); "SoyuzTM-20”. Cosmonaut-researcher.
• Docking of the "SoyuzTM-20” with "Mir” station on October 06, 1994.
• Undocking of "SoyuzTM-19” from "Mir” station on November 04, 1994.
• Landing: November 04, 1994 at 11:18; "SoyuzTM-19”. Cosmonaut-researcher.
Flight duration: 31 days, 22 hours, 35 minutes, 56 seconds.
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Total space flights – 3.
Total time in space: 50 days, 07 hours, 38 minutes, 04 seconds.
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