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Hans Schlegel

ハンス・シュリーゲル　/　はんす・しゅりーげる

Astronaut from Germany

August 3, 1951 (age 74)　・　Überlingen, Tübingen Government Region, Germany

Tübingen Government Region
astronaut
physicist

My Take

Hans Schlegel sits in a category I find genuinely awe-inspiring. A trained physicist from RWTH Aachen who flew two Space Shuttle missions, he belongs to the tiny club of humans who have actually looked back at Earth from orbit. What gets me is the dual nature required: the cold precision of physics and the raw nerve to risk your life in zero gravity. Being decorated by both Germany and Russia hints at a man whose ambition transcended borders. Most of us only gaze at the night sky; Schlegel went and stood beside the stars, and that scale of dream humbles me.

Overview

Hans Wilhelm Schlegel (Überlingen, 3 August 1951) is a German physicist, a former ESA astronaut, and a veteran of two NASA Space Shuttle missions.

Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

1. Profile

Name (English): Hans Schlegel
Name (Japanese): ハンス・シュリーゲル
Reading: はんす・しゅりーげる
Born: August 3, 1951 (age 74)
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Leo / Rabbit
Origin: Überlingen, Tübingen Government Region, Germany
Blood type: Private
Height: Private
Agency: Private
Occupation: astronaut / physicist

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: Lewis Central High School
University: RWTH Aachen University

Awards & achievements

Officer's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
Order of Friendship

3. Relationships

Spouse: Private
Children: Private
Parents: Private
Siblings: Private

4. Personality

Motto

Private

6. Links

Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%8F%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B9%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B7%E3%83%A5%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B2%E3%83%AB

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