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Schlegel, Hans Wilhelm

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Schlegel Credit: www.spacefacts.de

Status: Inactive; Active 1987-2011.. Born: 1951-08-03. Spaceflights: 2 . Total time in space: 22.75 days. Birth Place: Überlingen.

Educated Aachen.

Official DLR Biography

Hans Schlegel

BIRTHPLACE AND DATE: Überlingen, Germany, 3 August 1951.

EDUCATION: Graduated from Aachen University in 1979 with a Diploma in Physics.

FAMILY: Married, four children.

RECREATIONAL INTERESTS: Sports, reading.

EXPERIENCE: Following his studies, Hans Schlegel spent six years as a scientist at the Physikalisches Institute of Aachen University, and two years as a specialist in non-destructive methodology in the research and development department of a company in Reutlingen.

From 1988 to 1990, Schlegel underwent Basic Astronaut Training at the German Aerospace Research Establishment (DLR). He started D-2 specific training in 1990 and flew for the first time, as Payload Specialist, during the D-2 mission. This second Spacelab mission under German management, successfully took place from 26 April to 6 May, 1993 on board the US Space Shuttle Columbia (STS-55).

Hans Schlegel went to the Yuri Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Centre near Moscow, in August 1995, to train for the German-Russian Mir 97 mission. Selected in crew 2, he served as Crew Interface Co-ordinator responsible for onboard-to-ground communication during the flight (10 February - 2 March 1997).

He returned to the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Centre for additional training as Board engineer 2, between June 1997 and January 1998.

Schlegel has published works in the field of semiconductor physics and his areas of research include Experimental Solid State Physics, Optics and Infrared Spectroscopy.

He held a private pilot's licence, including instrument rating and aerobatics, and was holder of a German Science Diver Licence.

Schlegel entered the Mission Specialist Class at NASA Johnson Space Center in Houston, USA, in August 1998. Hans Schlegel was one of a number of astronauts from European national space programmes being integrated into ESA's single European astronaut corps. ESA astronauts will be involved in the assembly and on-board operations of the International Space Station, a multinational programme that will place a permanently inhabited research facility in Earth orbit.

SPECIAL HONOURS: Hans Schlegel has been awarded the Order of Friendship of the Russian Federation, as well as the German Verdienst Kreuz 1. Klasse.

• Birth of Hans Wilhelm Schlegel - . Nation: Germany. Related Persons: Schlegel. German physicist mission specialist astronaut 1987-2011. 2 spaceflights, 22.8 days in space. Flew to orbit on STS-55 (1993), STS-122..

• STS-55 - . Call Sign: Columbia. Crew: Harris, Henricks, Nagel, Precourt, Ross, Schlegel, Walter. Payload: Columbia F14/USS/Spacelab D-2 LM. Mass: 12,185 kg (26,863 lb). Nation: USA. Related Persons: Harris, Henricks, Nagel, Precourt, Ross, Schlegel, Walter. Agency: NASA Houston. Program: STS. Class: Manned. Type: Manned spaceplane. Flight: STS-55. Spacecraft Bus: Shuttle. Spacecraft: Columbia. Duration: 9.99 days. Decay Date: 1993-05-06 . USAF Sat Cat: 22640 . COSPAR: 1993-027A. Apogee: 312 km (193 mi). Perigee: 304 km (188 mi). Inclination: 28.50 deg. Period: 90.70 min. Manned seven crew. Carried German Spacelab-D2. Payloads: Spacelab D-2 with long module, unique support structure (USS), and Reaction Kinetics in Glass Melts (RKGM) getaway special, Shuttle Amateur Radio Experiment (SAREX) II..

• Landing of STS-55 - . Return Crew: Harris, Henricks, Nagel, Precourt, Ross, Schlegel, Walter. Nation: USA. Related Persons: Harris, Henricks, Nagel, Precourt, Ross, Schlegel, Walter. Program: Spacelab. Flight: STS-55. STS-55 landed at 14:29 GMT. .

• Soyuz TM-25 - . Call Sign: Sirius (Sirius ). Crew: Ewald, Lazutkin, Tsibliyev. Backup Crew: Dezhurov, Padalka, Schlegel. Payload: Soyuz TM s/n 74. Mass: 7,250 kg (15,980 lb). Nation: Russia. Agency: RAKA. Manufacturer: Korolev bureau. Program: Mir. Class: Manned. Type: Manned spacecraft. Flight: Soyuz TM-24, Soyuz TM-25, Soyuz TM-25 Mir 97, STS-81 Mir NASA-3. Spacecraft Bus: Soyuz. Spacecraft: Soyuz TM. Duration: 184.92 days. Decay Date: 1997-08-14 . USAF Sat Cat: 24717 . COSPAR: 1997-003A. Apogee: 392 km (243 mi). Perigee: 385 km (239 mi). Inclination: 51.70 deg. Period: 92.30 min. Mir Expedition EO-23. Soyuz TM-25 docked with Mir at the forward port on February 12 at 15:51:13 GMT..

• Soyuz TMA-4A (cancelled) - . Crew: Musabayev, Schlegel. Nation: Russia. Related Persons: Musabayev, Schlegel. Agency: RAKA. Program: ISS. Class: Manned. Type: Manned spacecraft. Flight: Soyuz TMA-4A. Spacecraft Bus: Soyuz. Spacecraft: Soyuz TMA.

  Soyuz TMA-4 was originally to switch lifeboats on the International Space Station. The crew would have returned to earth in the Soyuz TMA-3 already docked to the station. After the Columbia disaster, the remaining shuttles were grounded. The Soyuz was then the only means of keeping the station manned. It was therefore decided that Soyuz TMA-4 would fly with the skeleton crew of McArthur and Tokarev.

• ISS On-Orbit Status 11/24/07 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Love, Malenchenko, Schlegel, Tani, Walheim, Whitson. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-11, STS-120 ISS EO-16, STS-122. Saturday -- Stage EVA day for CDR Whitson, FE-1 Malenchenko, FE-2 Tani.. Additional Details: here....

• ISS On-Orbit Status 11/27/07 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Anderson, Clayton, Love, Malenchenko, Schlegel, Tani, Walheim, Whitson. Program: ISS. Flight: STS-117 ISS EO-15. Before breakfast, Dr. Whitson completed the last day of her 2nd session with the NASA/JSC experiment NUTRITION w/Repository (Peggy's third session will be on her Flight Day 60).. Additional Details: here....

• ISS On-Orbit Status 12/03/07 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Love, Malenchenko, Schlegel, Tani, Walheim, Whitson. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-11, STS-122. Underway: Week 7 of Increment 16.. Additional Details: here....

• ISS On-Orbit Status 12/18/07 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Love, Malenchenko, Schlegel, Tani, Walheim, Whitson, Williams, Dave. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-11, STS-120 ISS EO-16, STS-122. EVA-13 by CDR Peggy Whitson and FE-2 Dan Tani was completed successfully in 6h 56m, accomplishing its objectives.. Additional Details: here....

• STS-122 MCC Status Report #01 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Eyharts, Frick, Love, Malenchenko, Melvin, Poindexter, Schlegel, Tani, Walheim, Whitson. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-11, STS-120 ISS EO-16, STS-122, STS-122 ISS EO-16. Seven years to the day after the first laboratory was launched to the International Space Station, the Space Shuttle Atlantis roared into space this afternoon with the second, the European Space Agency's Columbus lab.. Additional Details: here....

• ISS On-Orbit Status 02/07/08 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Eyharts, Frick, Love, Malenchenko, Melvin, Poindexter, Schlegel, Tani, Walheim, Whitson. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-11, STS-120 ISS EO-16, STS-122. The crew's work/sleep cycle was shifted preparatory to Atlantis 1E arriva, to 3:30am-8:30pm.. Additional Details: here....

• STS-122 - . Call Sign: Atlantis. Crew: Eyharts, Frick, Love, Melvin, Poindexter, Schlegel, Walheim. Payload: Atlantis F29 / Columbus. Mass: 117,850 kg (259,810 lb). Nation: USA. Related Persons: Eyharts, Frick, Love, Melvin, Poindexter, Schlegel, Walheim. Agency: NASA. Program: ISS. Class: Manned. Type: Manned spaceplane. Flight: Soyuz TMA-11, STS-120 ISS EO-16, STS-122, STS-122 ISS EO-16. Spacecraft Bus: Shuttle. Spacecraft: Atlantis. Duration: 12.77 days. Decay Date: 2008-02-20 14:07:00 . USAF Sat Cat: 32486 . COSPAR: 2008-005A. Apogee: 343 km (213 mi). Perigee: 329 km (204 mi). Inclination: 51.60 deg. Period: 91.20 min.

  ISS flight 1E's primary mission was the long-delayed delivery and installation of the European Columbus module. The shuttle entered an initial 58 km x 230 km orbit at 19:54 GMT. The OMS-2 circularization burn at 20:23 GMT put it into a 215 km x 233 km chase orbit. Atlantis docked with the PMA-2 port of the ISS at 17:17 GMT on 9 February. Eyharts was dropped off at the station, Tani, already aboard the ISS, returned to Earth on Atlantis. Atlantis undocked from the ISS on 20 February at 09:24 GMT; began its deorbit burn at 12:59; and landed at the Kennedy Space Center at 14:07.

• STS-122 MCC Status Report #03 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Eyharts, Frick, Love, Malenchenko, Melvin, Poindexter, Schlegel, Tani, Walheim, Whitson. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-11, STS-120 ISS EO-16, STS-122, STS-122 ISS EO-16. The seven-member crew of Space Shuttle Atlantis is ready for tomorrow's rendezvous and docking with the International Space Station, planned for 11:25 a.m. CST.. Additional Details: here....

• STS-122 MCC Status Report #02 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Eyharts, Frick, Love, Malenchenko, Melvin, Poindexter, Schlegel, Tani, Walheim, Whitson. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-11, STS-120 ISS EO-16, STS-122, STS-122 ISS EO-16. The seven member crew of Space Shuttle Atlantis has begun its first full day in space on an 11-day mission that delivers the newest research module, the European Space Agency's Columbus laboratory, to the International Space Station.. Additional Details: here....

• ISS On-Orbit Status 02/08/08 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Anderson, Clayton, Eyharts, Malenchenko, Schlegel, Tani, Walheim, Whitson. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-11, STS-117 ISS EO-15, STS-120 ISS EO-16, STS-122. Dan Tani's 109th day in space.. Additional Details: here....

• STS-122 MCC Status Report #05 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Eyharts, Frick, Love, Malenchenko, Schlegel, Tani, Walheim, Whitson. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-11, STS-120 ISS EO-16, STS-122, STS-122 ISS EO-16. Space shuttle Atlantis delivered the European Space Agency's Columbus science laboratory to the International Space Station today, but the actual installation of the module will be delayed by one day.. Additional Details: here....

• STS-122 MCC Status Report #04 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Eyharts, Frick, Malenchenko, Schlegel, Tani, Walheim, Whitson, Williams, Dave. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-11, STS-120 ISS EO-16, STS-122, STS-122 ISS EO-16. The International Space Station's newest scientific laboratory, the European Space Agency's Columbus research module, is just hours from completing its journey to the station.. Additional Details: here....

• ISS On-Orbit Status 02/09/08 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Eyharts, Frick, Love, Malenchenko, Melvin, Poindexter, Schlegel, Tani, Walheim, Whitson. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-11, STS-120 ISS EO-16, STS-122, STS-122 ISS EO-16. All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below.. Additional Details: here....

• STS-122 MCC Status Report #06 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Love, Schlegel, Walheim. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-11, STS-120 ISS EO-16, STS-122, STS-122 ISS EO-16. The seven-member crew of Atlantis will spend today preparing for the mission's first spacewalk on Monday and take a closer look at a small tear on a thermal blanket over the shuttle's right Orbital Maneuvering System pod.. Additional Details: here....

• STS-122 MCC Status Report #07 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Love, Poindexter, Schlegel, Walheim. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-11, STS-120 ISS EO-16, STS-122, STS-122 ISS EO-16. Atlantis' crew spent the day performing a detailed inspection of the shuttle's thermal blanket over the right Orbital Maneuvering System pod as well as preparing for tomorrow's spacewalk.. Additional Details: here....

• ISS On-Orbit Status 02/10/08 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Eyharts, Frick, Love, Malenchenko, Melvin, Poindexter, Schlegel, Tani, Walheim, Whitson. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-11, STS-120 ISS EO-16, STS-122 ISS EO-16. Sunday --- Mission 1E Flight Day 4 (FD4).. Additional Details: here....

• STS-122 MCC Status Report #08 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Love, Melvin, Poindexter, Schlegel, Walheim. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-11, STS-120 ISS EO-16, STS-122, STS-122 ISS EO-16. Installation and activation of the European Space Agency's science laboratory highlights the day as the crews of space shuttle Atlantis and the International Space Station prepare for the first of three spacewalks.. Additional Details: here....

• STS-122 MCC Status Report #10 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Eyharts, Frick, Love, Melvin, Poindexter, Schlegel, Walheim. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-11, STS-120 ISS EO-16, STS-122, STS-122 ISS EO-16. With the Columbus module safely installed, outfitting of the European Space Agency's new laboratory can begin.. Additional Details: here....

• STS-122 MCC Status Report #11 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Eyharts, Schlegel, Walheim. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-11, STS-120 ISS EO-16, STS-122, STS-122 ISS EO-16. Astronauts took their work inside the European Space Agency's new Columbus laboratory today.. Additional Details: here....

• ISS On-Orbit Status 02/12/08 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Eyharts, Frick, Malenchenko, Schlegel, Tani, Walheim, Whitson. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-11, STS-120 ISS EO-16. Mission 1E Flight Day 6 (FD6). Congratulations, ESA!. Additional Details: here....

• STS-122 MCC Status Report #12 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Poindexter, Schlegel, Walheim. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-11, STS-120 ISS EO-16, STS-122, STS-122 ISS EO-16. By the end of the day, the International Space Station should have a new nitrogen tank assembly.. Additional Details: here....

• STS-122 MCC Status Report #13 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Schlegel, Walheim. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-11, STS-120 ISS EO-16, STS-122, STS-122 ISS EO-16. The second spacewalk of the STS-122 mission was completed today by astronauts Rex Walheim and Hans Schlegel.. Additional Details: here....

• ISS On-Orbit Status 02/13/08 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Eyharts, Frick, Love, Malenchenko, Melvin, Poindexter, Schlegel, Tani, Walheim, Whitson. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-11, STS-120 ISS EO-16, STS-122 ISS EO-16. Mission 1E Flight Day 7 (FD7).. Additional Details: here....

• EVA STS-122-2 - . Crew: Schlegel, Walheim. EVA Duration: 0.29 days. Nation: USA. Related Persons: Schlegel, Walheim. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-11, STS-122. The astronauts replaced a nitrogen tank assembly on the P1 truss..

• STS-122 MCC Status Report #14 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Eyharts, Frick, Love, Malenchenko, Schlegel, Tani, Walheim, Whitson. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-11, STS-120 ISS EO-16, STS-122, STS-122 ISS EO-16. After a busy day of spacewalking on Wednesday, the space shuttle Atlantis and International Space Station crews have a light day ahead of them, with off-duty time, interviews and preparations for Friday.. Additional Details: here....

• STS-122 MCC Status Report #15 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Eyharts, Frick, Love, Malenchenko, Schlegel, Tani, Walheim, Whitson. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-11, STS-120 ISS EO-16, STS-122, STS-122 ISS EO-16. The crew of Atlantis, along with the Expedition 16 crew aboard the International Space Station, spent the day preparing for tomorrow's third and final spacewalk and talking with the media.. Additional Details: here....

• ISS On-Orbit Status 02/15/08 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Eyharts, Frick, Love, Malenchenko, Melvin, Poindexter, Schlegel, Tani, Walheim, Whitson. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-11, STS-122, STS-123. Mission 1E Flight Day 9 (FD9).. Additional Details: here....

• STS-122 MCC Status Report #16 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Love, Schlegel, Walheim. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-11, STS-120 ISS EO-16, STS-122, STS-122 ISS EO-16. The seven-member crew of space shuttle Atlantis is just one spacewalk away from finishing the installation of the new Columbus research module and its exterior experiment facilities.. Additional Details: here....

• ISS On-Orbit Status 02/16/08 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Eyharts, Frick, Love, Malenchenko, Poindexter, Schlegel, Tani, Walheim, Whitson. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-11, STS-120 ISS EO-16, STS-122, STS-122 ISS EO-16, STS-123. Mission 1E Flight Day 10 (FD10). Saturday - half-day off for the combined ISS and Shuttle crew except for housekeeping and voluntary work.. Additional Details: here....

• STS-122 MCC Status Report #19 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Eyharts, Frick, Love, Malenchenko, Melvin, Poindexter, Schlegel, Tani, Walheim, Whitson. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-11, STS-120 ISS EO-16, STS-122, STS-122 ISS EO-16. Outfitting of the International Space Station Columbus module experiment racks continued today with all 10 crew members working to complete the activation and initialization of the newest addition to the station.. Additional Details: here....

• ISS On-Orbit Status 02/17/08 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Eyharts, Frick, Love, Malenchenko, Melvin, Poindexter, Schlegel, Tani, Walheim, Whitson, Yi Soyeon. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-11, STS-120 ISS EO-16, STS-122, STS-122 ISS EO-16. Sunday --- Mission 1E Flight Day 11 (FD11).. Additional Details: here....

• STS-122 MCC Status Report #24 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Frick, Melvin, Poindexter, Schlegel, Tani, Walheim. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-11, STS-120 ISS EO-16, STS-122, STS-122 ISS EO-16. Atlantis' seven-member crew will complete the final preparations today for their return home, wrapping up their 13-day mission with a scheduled early Wednesday morning landing at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.. Additional Details: here....

• STS-122 MCC Status Report #25 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Frick, Love, Melvin, Poindexter, Schlegel, Tani, Walheim. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-11, STS-120 ISS EO-16, STS-122, STS-122 ISS EO-16. After a check of all of the systems they will use for a return to Earth, Atlantis' seven-member crew packed up today in preparation for landing Wednesday.. Additional Details: here....

• STS-122 MCC Status Report #27 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Eyharts, Frick, Love, Melvin, Poindexter, Schlegel, Tani, Walheim. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-11, STS-120 ISS EO-16, STS-122, STS-122 ISS EO-16. Space shuttle Atlantis and its seven-member crew landed on Runway 15 at the Kennedy Space Center at 8:07 a.m. CST today, completing a 13-day journey of more than 5,296,842 miles. Atlantis touched down at exactly 8:07:10 a.m. with the nose gear touching do. Additional Details: here....

• STS-122 MCC Status Report #26 - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Frick, Love, Melvin, Poindexter, Schlegel, Tani, Walheim. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-11, STS-120 ISS EO-16, STS-122, STS-122 ISS EO-16. The seven astronauts on space shuttle Atlantis are only hours away from a landing in Florida that will conclude a successful 13-day mission that delivered the European Space Agency's science laboratory Columbus to the International Space Station.. Additional Details: here....

• Landing of STS-122 - . Return Crew: Frick, Love, Melvin, Poindexter, Schlegel, Tani, Walheim. Nation: USA. Related Persons: Frick, Love, Melvin, Poindexter, Schlegel, Tani, Walheim. Program: ISS. Flight: STS-120 ISS EO-16, STS-122.