Ulf Merbold
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Ulf Dietrich Merbold is a German physicist and astronaut who flew to space three times, becoming the first West German citizen in space and the first non-American to fly on a NASA spacecraft. Merbold flew on two Space Shuttle missions and on a Russian mission to the space station Mir, spending a total of 49 days in space.
Official portrait for STS-42, 1991
Ulf Merbold, Franco Malerba and Wubbo Ockels in 1978
Crew of STS-9, from left to right: Owen Garriott, Byron K. Lichtenberg, Brewster H. Shaw, John Young, Ulf Merbold, Robert A. Parker
Spacelab in Columbia's payload bay
University of Stuttgart
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The University of Stuttgart is a research university located in Stuttgart, Germany. It was founded in 1829 and is organized into 10 faculties. It is one of the oldest technical universities in Germany with programs in civil, mechanical, industrial and electrical engineering, among others. It is a member of TU9, an incorporated society of the largest and most notable German institutes of technology.
Technische Hochschule Stuttgart 1929, art deco cast iron plaque medal to the 100th anniversary
Mensa building at the main campus
Campus at Vaihingen
International Centrum at the University of Stuttgart