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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 209,849 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Ulf Merbold is the 93rd most popular astronaut (up from 96th in 2019), the 3,148th most popular biography from Germany (down from 3,042nd in 2019) and the 2nd most popular German Astronaut.

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  • 24

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Among ASTRONAUTS

Among astronauts, Ulf Merbold ranks 93 out of 524. Before him are Pyotr Klimuk, Stuart Roosa, Alfred Worden, Gennady Padalka, Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Volkov, and Walter Cunningham. After him are Vladimir Lyakhov, Nikolay Rukavishnikov, Sunita Williams, Toyohiro Akiyama, Oleg Grigoryevich Makarov, and Muhammed Faris.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1941, Ulf Merbold ranks 250. Before him are John Williams, Gregory Benford, Lothar Bisky, Lothar Emmerich, Vlado Milunić, and Pino Donaggio. After him are Vladimir Lyakhov, Tania Mallet, Jacques Simon, Margitta Gummel, Martine Beswick, and Cristina Peri Rossi.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Ulf Merbold ranks 3,148 out of 6,142. Before him are Count Palatine Joseph Charles of Sulzbach (1694), Hermann Prey (1929), Bernhard Kellermann (1879), Princess Friederike of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg (1811), Mats Hummels (1988), and Friedrich Adolf Trendelenburg (1802). After him are Georg Franz Hoffmann (1760), Annalena Baerbock (1980), Andrzej Seweryn (1946), Erich Salomon (1886), Georg Pencz (1500), and Holger Osieck (1948).

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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 Hans Schlegel (1951), Thomas Reiter (1958), Ernst Messerschmid (1945), Klaus-Dietrich Flade (1952), Jean-Jacques Favier (1949), Ulrich Walter (1954), Reinhold Ewald (1956), Gerhard Thiele (1953), and Alexander Gerst (1976).

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