Michael L. Lampton and Wubbo J. Ockels
Michael L. Lampton (left) was the alternate US payload specialist for STS-9/Spacelab 1. He was to have flown on STS-61-K, the combined EOM-1/2 Spacelab mission which would have reflown some Spacelab-1 experiments, but that flight was postponed after Challenger.
That flight was later remanifested as STS-45/ATLAS-1, but Lampton was replaced by alternate payload specialist Dirk D. Frimout due to medical problems.
Wubbo J. Ockels, representing the European Space Agency, was selected in 1978 by ESA as one of three European payload specialists (science astronauts) to train for the Spacelab missions, together with Ulf Merbold and Claude Nicollier.
In May 1980, Ockels began the basic astronaut training for mission specialist at NASA’s Johnson Space Center, Houston, United States. He successfully completed the training in August 1981 and joined the Spacelab 1 crew for training as a back-up payload specialist for the first mission of ESA's Spacelab. During the mission (28 November – 8 December 1983) he served as ground-communicator and liaison-scientist for the crew on board STS-9/Spacelab 1.
Between 30 October and 6 November 1985, Ockels flew as a payload specialist on flight STS-61-A with Space Shuttle Challenger.
STS-61-A was the German D-1 Spacelab Mission, a joint German/ESA mission with three European astronauts on board - besides Ockels, these were Ernst Messerschmid (then DLR/Germany) and Reinhard Furrer (DLR/Germany).
The D1 Mission was the first to carry a crew of eight, and was also the first in which payload activities were controlled from outside the United States, namely from the German Space Operations Centre (GSOC) in Oberpfaffenhofen. More than 75 scientific experiments were completed in the areas of physiological sciences, materials science, biology, and navigation.
At the conclusion of the Spacelab D-1 mission Ockels had travelled 110 Earth orbits, and logged over 168 hours in space.
I sent the photo first to Ockels and then to Lampton. I also sent the cover of my STS-61-K flight file to Lampton, but he didn't autograph that. Maybe he thought the cover was a cardboard protector?
Michael L. Lampton and Wubbo J. Ockels
Michael L. Lampton (left) was the alternate US payload specialist for STS-9/Spacelab 1. He was to have flown on STS-61-K, the combined EOM-1/2 Spacelab mission which would have reflown some Spacelab-1 experiments, but that flight was postponed after Challenger.
That flight was later remanifested as STS-45/ATLAS-1, but Lampton was replaced by alternate payload specialist Dirk D. Frimout due to medical problems.
Wubbo J. Ockels, representing the European Space Agency, was selected in 1978 by ESA as one of three European payload specialists (science astronauts) to train for the Spacelab missions, together with Ulf Merbold and Claude Nicollier.
In May 1980, Ockels began the basic astronaut training for mission specialist at NASA’s Johnson Space Center, Houston, United States. He successfully completed the training in August 1981 and joined the Spacelab 1 crew for training as a back-up payload specialist for the first mission of ESA's Spacelab. During the mission (28 November – 8 December 1983) he served as ground-communicator and liaison-scientist for the crew on board STS-9/Spacelab 1.
Between 30 October and 6 November 1985, Ockels flew as a payload specialist on flight STS-61-A with Space Shuttle Challenger.
STS-61-A was the German D-1 Spacelab Mission, a joint German/ESA mission with three European astronauts on board - besides Ockels, these were Ernst Messerschmid (then DLR/Germany) and Reinhard Furrer (DLR/Germany).
The D1 Mission was the first to carry a crew of eight, and was also the first in which payload activities were controlled from outside the United States, namely from the German Space Operations Centre (GSOC) in Oberpfaffenhofen. More than 75 scientific experiments were completed in the areas of physiological sciences, materials science, biology, and navigation.
At the conclusion of the Spacelab D-1 mission Ockels had travelled 110 Earth orbits, and logged over 168 hours in space.
I sent the photo first to Ockels and then to Lampton. I also sent the cover of my STS-61-K flight file to Lampton, but he didn't autograph that. Maybe he thought the cover was a cardboard protector?