Bidspirit auction | NASA Astronaut Wubbo Ockels signed

NASA Astronaut Wubbo Ockels signed STS-27 Atlantis OV-104 Dec 2nd 1988 Space envelope. In September 1981 Ockels withdrew from training to focus on Spacelab, and did not become a NASA mission specialist.[1] He rejoined the Spacelab 1 crew for training as a back-up payload specialist to operate experiments. This mission of a reusable, scientific research facility built by the European Space Agency (ESA) took place aboard the Space Shuttle in November 1983. Spacelab 1 was a joint NASA/ESA mission. He was the first Dutch citizen astronaut, not the first Dutch-born astronaut, as he is preceded by the naturalized American Lodewijk van den Berg, who flew on STS-51-B. Having served his role as back-up payload specialist for German astronaut Ulf Merbold, he took his place in Mission Control in Houston as the primary communicator between the astronauts working in Spacelab and the Mission Management Team in Houston. Ockels flew as a payload specialist on the crew of STS-61A Challenger (30 October to 6 November 1985). STS-61A was the West German D-1 Spacelab mission. It was the first to carry eight crew members, (five Americans, two Germans and Ockels); the largest to fly in space; and was also the first in which payload activities were controlled from outside the United States: from the DLR control center in Germany. More than 75 scientific experiments were completed in the areas of physiological sciences, materials science, biology, and navigation. At mission conclusion Ockels had travelled 2.5 million miles in 110 Earth orbits, and logged over 168 hours in space. Good condition. Part of Single Vendor collection. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide.