| Hans Wilhelm Schlegel | |
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| DFVLR/ESA Astronaut | |
| Nationality | German |
| Born | August 3 1951 Überlingen, Germany |
| Other occupation | Physicist |
| Space time | 9d 23h 40m |
| Selection | 1987 German Group |
| Missions | STS-55 |
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Hans Wilhelm Schlegel (born 3 August 1951) is a German physicist, an ESA astronaut, and a veteran of one NASA Space Shuttle mission. Schlegel, born and raised in Germany, graduated as an international exchange student from Lewis Central High School in Council Bluffs, Iowa before studying physics at the University of Aachen in his home country. He conducted research in semiconductor physics before being trained as an astronaut in the late 1980s. He flew as a payload specialist in 1993 aboard space shuttle mission STS-55, which included the German-sponsored Spacelab D-2 research module. From 1995 to 1997, he trained as the backup crew member for the German-Russian Mir'97 mission, and afterwards received additional training in Russia and became qualified as a second board engineer for the space station Mir. Since 1998, he has been a member of the European Astronaut Corps. Schlegel is currently assigned to the STS-122 mission. This mission will put the Columbus laboratory in orbit and connect it to the International Space Station.
