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Ockels in February 2007

Wubbo Johannes Ockels (28 March 1946 – 18 May 2014) was a Dutch physicist and an astronaut. He worked for the European Space Agency (ESA). In 1985, he was in a flight on a Space Shuttle (STS-61-A). This made him the first Dutch citizen in space. Ockels was born in Almelo, Netherlands.

Ockels died from complications of kidney cancer on 18 May 2014 in Amsterdam, Netherlands, aged 68.

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    Wubbo Ockels as an astronaut

  • STS-61-A crew

    The STS-61-A crew with Ockels second from the right

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    Ockels in Spacelab

  • STS-61-a-patch

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