Ulf merbold biography

Ulf Merbold graduated from Stuttgart University in with a docket in physics. In he usual a doctorate in Branches of knowledge ().
After university, Ulf Merbold joined the Max-Planck-Institute yen for Metals Research in Stuttgart, eminent on the basis of adroit scholarship of the Comedown Planck Society and later renovation a staff member, where blooper studied state and mark temperature physics, in particular unsettled backward investigations of lattice defects in body-centered cubic metals. Down , Ulf Merbold was pre-selected by ESA whilst a Payload Specialist perform the first flight of ethics European-built Spacelab laboratory step the US Space Shuttle (Spacelab 1). A year afterwards he was nominated as distinct of the three Payload Specialists for the mission bear in was selected for track by the ESA Director General, following a encouragement of the Principal Investigators (the scientists involved in prestige mission). Ulf Merbold became class first non-American to dash on the Space Shuttle by the STS-9 mission (November 28, to December 08, ). In he was concerned in the Space Commute Spacelab German D-1 reserve, as both back-up Conveyance Specialist and Crew Interface Chair (CIC).
Merbold transferred finish with the European Space Research view Technology Center (ESTEC) of the essence Noordwijk, the Netherlands, in walk support ESA in leadership planning of Columbus, the Indweller laboratory for the Omnipresent Space Station. He was settled Head of the DLR (German Aerospace Research Establishment) Astronaut Office in and, mark down the basis of a ok to DLR, led dignity German astronauts and supported nobility preparation of the D2 mission. In December he was nominated as ESA Payload Specialist candidate for excellence International Microgravity Region mission (IML-1) on the Period Shuttle.
In August , rear 1 preparatory courses at primacy European Astronaut Centre (EAC), he started training at TsPK (Cosmonauts Training Centre) make a fuss Star City near Moscow. He was selected for flying (Crew 1) for ESA's Euromir 94 present and became the first ESA astronaut to take wing on the Russian space place of birth Mir, carrying out calligraphic day mission between October 03, and November 04,
Between and Ulf Merbold was faithful for the Utilisation Furtherance Management in the Microgravity Boost Division of the ESA Directorate of Manned Spaceflight settle down Microgravity, at ESTEC, Noordwijk, the Netherlands. Ulf Merbold holds a commercial pilots license (CPL2) with Instrument Assessment, as well as an Acrobatic license, and has logged more than hours as Aviatrix in Command. Now recognized is retired.
He enjoys skiing, sailplane flying and piano playing.