Klaus-Dietrich Flade
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| Country: | Germany |
| Organization: | DLR |
| selected on | October 8, 1990 |
| Calls: | 1 space flight |
| Begin: | March 17, 1992 |
| Landing: | March 25, 1992 |
| Time in space: | 7d 21h 57min |
| retired on | March 1992 |
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Klaus-Dietrich Flade (born August 23, 1952 in Büdesheim , Rhineland-Palatinate ) is a German test pilot and former astronaut .
After graduating from high school in 1974, he joined the Bundeswehr and trained as an aircraft mechanic . From 1975 he attended the Air Force officers' school in Neubiberg. He also got a pilot's license . In 1976 he began studying aerospace engineering at the University of the Federal Armed Forces in Munich , which he completed in 1980 as a graduate engineer. Then he was used as a pilot on Starfighter and Tornado . In 1988/89 he completed test pilot training in Manching and at the Empire Test Pilots' School in Boscombe Down. As an officer in the Air Force, Flade achieved the rank of lieutenant colonel .
He had been a member of the German astronaut team since 1990 and was a research cosmonaut member of the Mir-92 mission from March 17 to 25, 1992 . In 1991 he was one of 61 European candidates in the 1991 ESA selection (one of five German candidates) and was on a list of 25 applicants, but was not selected at the time. He is currently working as a test pilot for Airbus in Toulouse ( France ), where he is also responsible for operations management.
Klaus-Dietrich Flade is married and has two children.
See also
Web links
- spacefacts.de: Short biography
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| SURNAME | Flade, Klaus-Dietrich |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German astronaut |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 23rd August 1952 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Büdesheim |