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van den Berg, Lodewijk

Person · Netherlands · USA

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Dutch-American physicist payload specialist astronaut 1983-1985.

Master of science in chemical engineering from Technical University, Delft, The Netherlands, 1961. Master of Science, 1972, followed by Ph.D.in 1975 in physics from the University of Delaware. American citizen from 1975. Chemical engineer with EG and G Corporation in Goleta, California. Joined Constellation Technology Corporation.

More at: van den Berg, Lodewijk.

Family: Astronaut
Country: Netherlands, USA
Flights: STS-51-B
Projects: STS
Agency: EG&G
Bibliography: 4452, 6140

Photo Gallery

STS-51-B
Payload specialist Lodewijk van den Berg looks out aft flight deck window
Credit: NASA

Chronology

3 events

1932 March 24

Birth of Dr Lodewijk van den Berg - . Nation: Netherlands, USA. Related Persons: van den Berg, Lodewijk. Dutch-American physicist payload specialist astronaut 1983-1985. 1 spaceflight, 7.0 days in space. Flew to orbit on STS-51B (1985)..

1985 April 29

16:02 GMT - . Launch Site: Cape Canaveral. Launch Complex: Cape Canaveral LC39A. Launch Platform: MLP2. LV Family: Shuttle. Launch Vehicle: Space Shuttle.

STS-51-B - . Call Sign: Challenger. Crew: Gregory, Lind, Overmyer, Thagard, Thornton, Bill, van den Berg, Lodewijk, Wang. Payload: Challenger F07 / SL 3 MPESS. Mass: 14,245 kg (31,404 lb). Nation: USA. Related Persons: Gregory, Lind, Overmyer, Thagard, Thornton, Bill, van den Berg, Lodewijk, Wang. Agency: NASA Houston. Program: STS. Class: Manned. Type: Manned spaceplane. Flight: STS-51-B. Spacecraft Bus: Shuttle. Spacecraft: Challenger. Duration: 7.01 days. Decay Date: 1985-05-06 . USAF Sat Cat: 15665 . COSPAR: 1985-034A. Apogee: 353 km (219 mi). Perigee: 346 km (214 mi). Inclination: 57.00 deg. Period: 91.50 min.
Manned seven crew. Deployed Nusat; carried Spacelab 3. Payloads: Spacelab-3 experiments, habitable Spacelab and mission peculiar experiment support structure. The experiments represented a total of five different disciplines: materials processing in space, environmental observa-tions, life science, astrophysics, and technology experiments. Two getaway specials (GAS). The flight crew was split into gold and silver shifts working 12-hour days during the flight.

1985 May 6

Landing of STS-51-B - . Return Crew: Gregory, Lind, Overmyer, Thagard, Thornton, Bill, van den Berg, Lodewijk, Wang. Nation: USA. Related Persons: Gregory, Lind, Overmyer, Thagard, Thornton, Bill, van den Berg, Lodewijk, Wang. Program: Spacelab. Flight: STS-51-B. STS-51-B landed at 16:13 GMT. .