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Born: 3 August 1951 Nationality: German
Family: married and has seven children
Hobbies: skiing, scuba diving and flying. He also enjoys reading and being a handyman.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Hans received a Masters in Physics from the University of Aachen, Germany in 1979. He performed Basic Astronaut Training at the German Aerospace Research Establishment (DLR). He became a certified research diver and holds a Private Pilot\u2019s license.<\/p>\n

In 1998 he joined the European Astronaut Corps of the European Space Agency.<\/p>\n

Hans worked as a Payload Specialist on STS-55 aboard Space Shuttle Columbia. Nearly 90 experiments were done during this mission to investigate life sciences, material sciences, physics, robotics, astronomy, and the Earth and its atmosphere.<\/p>\n

In July 2006 Hans was assigned to the STS-122 mission that delivered the European Space Agency\u2019s Columbus Laboratory to the ISS. During his second spaceflight, he performed one spacewalk of nearly 7 hours to help prepare the Columbus laboratory for its scientific work.<\/p>\n

In total, Hans has spent 22 days, 18 hours and 2 minutes in space!<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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