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German Astronauts at :envihab opening

Das sieht man nicht allzu oft: 10 deutsche Astronauten auf einem Bild! Anlass war die heutige Eröffnung der weltweit einzigartigen neuen Forschungsanlage :envihab des DLR. Von links nach rechts: Gerhard Thiele (SRTM/STS-99), Reinhold Ewald (Mir'97), Klaus-Dietrich Flade (Mir'92), Ulrich Walter (D2), Hans Schlegel (D2, Columbus), Ernst Messerschmid (D1), Thomas Reiter (Euromir 95, Astrolab), Sigmund Jähn (Saljut 6), Ulf Merbold (STS-9, STS-42, Euromir 94).

 

Now this is something you don't see very often: 10 German astronauts together in a picture! The occasion was today's opening of the globally unique DLR research facility :envihab. From left to right: Gerhard Thiele (SRTM/STS-99), Reinhold Ewald (Mir'97), Klaus-Dietrich Flade (Mir'92), Ulrich Walter (D2), Hans Schlegel (D2, Columbus), Ernst Messerschmid (D1), Thomas Reiter (Euromir 95, Astrolab), Sigmund Jähn (Saljut 6), Ulf Merbold (STS-9, STS-42, Euromir 94) and - last not least - our new german ESA astronaut Alexander Gerst!

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Uploaded on July 5, 2013
Taken on July 5, 2012