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Heike Walpot German Pilot Cosmonaut. Born 19 June 1960. Physician.

Personal: Female, Married, One child. Born in Duesseldorf, Germany. Civilian Doctorate of medicine degree from Rheinisch-Westfaelische Technische Hochschule, Aachen, 1987. As Heike John (maiden name) member of German Team at Olympic Games 1976 (swimming). From July 1996 pilot with Deutsche Lufthansa.

Astronaut Career

Astronaut Group: DLR Group 1 - 1987. Inactive Entered space service: 3 August 1987. Left space service: 1993.

Married to astronaut Hans Schlegel (second marriage).

Walpot Chronology

3 August 1987 - DLR Astronaut Training Group 1 selected.. German astronaut trained for flights to the Mir space station.

Bibliography:

Becker, Joachim, http://www.spacefacts.de/, "Space Facts Web Site", Web Address when accessed: http://www.spacefacts.de/.

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