MaceTimothy Kristian CharlesUnited Kingdom |
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Birthdate: | 20.11.1955 |
Birthplace: | Catterick / Yorkshire |
Marital status: | married |
Children: | two |
Selection date: | 25.11.1989 |
Selection group: | Juno |
Position: | Research Cosmonaut (RC) / LS / SS |
Status: | Ret. ??.09.1998 |
Date of death: | 14.09.2014 |
Place of death: | Tutzing / Germany |
No. | Mission | Position | Time | Duration |
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No. | Mission | Position |
1 | Soyuz TM-12 | Research Cosmonaut |
Bachelor of science in aeronautical
engineering, Military University in Shrivenham, Swindon, 1977; Major, Royal
Airforce; helicopter instructor pilot and parachutist; was selected as backup
for
Soyuz TM-12; not selected in 1992 from
ESA; was
married to the daughter of former Soviet Cosmonaut V.
Zholobov; later he lived in South-Africa as
helicopter-pilot for the former President of South Africa, Nelson Mandela; one
of three candidates from the United Kingdom in the 1992
ESA
selection; he was noticed on the shortlist of 25 candidate applicants by the
European Astronauts Board Selection (EASB), but was not selected in 1992 and
again in 1998; died of cancer. |
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