25th anniversary of the D-2 mission – precursor to German and European research on the ISS

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25th anniversary of the D-2 mission – precursor to German and European research on the ISS

Hans Schlegel and Ulrich Walter, together with the United States crew members of the German-US Spacelab mission, still remember 26 April 1993 vividly: "For me personally, preparing and carrying out the D-2 mission is among the most exciting and intense experiences of my 66 years," says Hans Schlegel, who was the payload specialist of the D-2 crew. His fellow astronaut Ulrich Walter summarises the mission with the US Spacelab research laboratory as follows: "If I were to organise the most effective research mission with the best possible crew for the job today, I would do it exactly the same way."



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