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Wubbo Ockels
Dutch physicist and astronaut / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Dr. Wubbo Johannes Ockels (28 March 1946 ā 18 May 2014) was a Dutch physicist, mathematician and astronaut. He worked for the European Space Agency (ESA). In 1985, he was in a flight on a Space Shuttle (STS-61-A). This made him the first Dutch citizen in space. Ockels was born in Almelo, Netherlands.
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Ockels died from complications of kidney cancer on 18 May 2014 in Amsterdam, Netherlands, aged 68.[1]