CANCEL
Badges
Crossed Kármán Line
This astronaut crossed the Kármán Line (100 km), the internationally accepted boundary of space.
First Man from Netherlands
This astronaut is the first man from Netherlands to go to space.
Crewmates
116
Henry W. Hartsfield Jr.
3
MISSIONS
20.1
DAYS IN SPACE
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SPACEWALKS
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DAYS SPACEWALKING
132
Guion S. Bluford Jr.
4
MISSIONS
28.7
DAYS IN SPACE
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SPACEWALKS
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DAYS SPACEWALKING
165
James F. Buchli
4
MISSIONS
20.4
DAYS IN SPACE
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SPACEWALKS
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DAYS SPACEWALKING
177
Steven R. Nagel
4
MISSIONS
30.1
DAYS IN SPACE
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SPACEWALKS
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DAYS SPACEWALKING
194
Bonnie J. Dunbar
5
MISSIONS
50.4
DAYS IN SPACE
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SPACEWALKS
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DAYS SPACEWALKING
195
Reinhard Furrer
1
MISSIONS
7
DAYS IN SPACE
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SPACEWALKS
-
DAYS SPACEWALKING
196
Ernst Messerschmid
1
MISSIONS
7
DAYS IN SPACE
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SPACEWALKS
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DAYS SPACEWALKING
WIKIPEDIA EXCERPT
Wubbo Johannes Ockels was a Dutch physicist and an astronaut of the European Space Agency. In 1985 he participated in a flight on the Space Shuttle Challenger, STS-61-A, making him the first Dutch citizen in space. After his astronaut career, Ockels was professor of Aerospace for Sustainable Engineering and Technology at the Delft University of Technology.