ESA group 1Date of selection: 22. December 1977 |
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| No. | Name | Nation | Profession | Age | Retirement | Age |
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| 01 | Franco E. Malerba | Italy | Physicist | 31 | 18.05.1978 | 31 |
| 02 | Ulf D. Merbold | Germany | Physicist | 36 | 30.08.1998 | 57 |
| 03 | Claude Nicollier | Switzerland | Physicist | 33 | ??.03.2007 | 62 |
| 04 | Wubbo J. Ockels | Netherlands | Physicist | 31 | ??.??.1994 | 47 |
| Start training: | |
| 18.05.1978 | Merbold, Nicollier, Ockels (Spacelab-Training) |
| ??.08.1980 | Nicollier, Ockels (NASA training as MSP) |
| Examination: | |
| ??.08.1981 | Nicollier, Ockels (NASA training as MSP) |
| ??.09.1982 | Merbold, Ockels (Spacelab-Training) |
| Note: | |
| The NASA declined in 1980 a training as MSP of Merbold for healthy reasons. Early 1982 Merbold and Ockels continued the Spacelab-training in Huntsville, while Nicollier should be trained as MSP in Houston for the EOM-Mission. Spacelab selected Merbold, Ockels to take parth at D-1. | |
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