May 18, 2014
Former ESA astronaut Wubbo Ockels is Sunday, May 18th deceased to the effects of cancer. Ockels flew in 1985 with Space Shuttle Challenger (STS-61-A) to space, where he stayed for a week and scientific tests performed. Thus he became the first astronaut with a Dutch passport and only the second astronaut who was doing outside the atmosphere. Worked in research for ESA.
Wubbo Ockels
In 1986 Wubbo Ockels joined ESTEC. He was professor of the Faculty of Aerospace Engineering of the Delft University of Technology and professor in Groningen. Wubbo Ockels became 68 years.
ESA Astronaut biography: http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Human_Spaceflight/Astronauts/Wubbo_J._Ockels
Image, Text, Credit: ESA Netherlands / Translation: Orbiter.ch Aerospace.
Condolences, Orbiter.ch
