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Wubbo Johannes Ockels
  1. Wubbo Johannes Ockels1946 - 2014
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Name Wubbo Johannes Ockels
Gender Male
Birth? 28 Mar 1946 Almelo, Overijssel, Netherlands
Death? 18 May 2014 Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
Reference Number? Q944386?


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Wubbo Johannes Ockels (28 March 1946 – 18 May 2014) was a Dutch physicist and astronaut with the European Space Agency who, in 1985, became the first Dutch citizen in space when he flew on STS-61-A as a payload specialist. He later became professor of aerospace engineering at Delft University of Technology.

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