ASTRONAUT

Ulf Merbold

1941 - Today

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Ulf Dietrich Merbold (German: [ʊlf ˈdiːtrɪç ˈmɛrbɔlt]; born 20 June 1941) is a German physicist and astronaut who flew to space three times, becoming the first West German citizen in space and the first non-American to fly on a NASA spacecraft. Merbold flew on two Space Shuttle missions and on a Russian mission to the space station Mir, spending a total of 49 days in space. Merbold's father was imprisoned in NKVD special camp Nr. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ulf Merbold has received more than 230,152 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Ulf Merbold is the 139th most popular astronaut (down from 93rd in 2019), the 4,018th most popular biography from Germany (down from 3,145th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular German Astronaut.

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  • 28

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  • 3.61

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ASTRONAUTS

Among astronauts, Ulf Merbold ranks 139 out of 556. Before him are Vance D. Brand, Sunita Williams, Gennady Sarafanov, Dumitru Prunariu, Roberta Bondar, and Mae Jemison. After him are Kenneth Cockrell, Yuri Gidzenko, Wubbo Ockels, Christer Fuglesang, Viktor Savinykh, and William R. Pogue.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1941, Ulf Merbold ranks 330. Before him are Rosalind E. Krauss, Erkin Koray, Gabriel Zubeir Wako, Nicolae Neagoe, Julia McKenzie, and Jessica Walter. After him are Beatrice Tinsley, Martine Beswick, Buffy Sainte-Marie, Kornel Morawiecki, Ana Maria Machado, and Christopher Hogwood.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Ulf Merbold ranks 4,018 out of 7,253. Before him are Birgit Fischer (1962), Martina Gedeck (1961), Hermann Gunkel (1862), Georg Marcgrave (1610), Carl Graebe (1841), and Justus Möser (1720). After him are Leopold, Hereditary Prince of Anhalt (1855), Edgar Jung (1894), Princess Eleonore Juliane of Brandenburg-Ansbach (1663), Hans-Jürgen von Blumenthal (1907), Josef Fischer (1865), and Laura Perls (1905).

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Among ASTRONAUTS In Germany

Among astronauts born in Germany, Ulf Merbold ranks 2. Before him are Sigmund Jähn (1937). After him are Thomas Reiter (1958), Hans Schlegel (1951), Ernst Messerschmid (1945), Jean-Jacques Favier (1949), Jasmin Moghbeli (1983), Klaus-Dietrich Flade (1952), Reinhold Ewald (1956), Ulrich Walter (1954), Gerhard Thiele (1953), and Alexander Gerst (1976).

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