Klaus-Dietrich Flade

Klaus-Dietrich Flade
DFVLR Astronaut
Nationality	German
Born	August 23, 1952 (1952-08-23) (age 59) Büdesheim, Germany
Other occupation	Test Pilot
Rank	Lieutenant Colonel, German Air Force
Time in space	7d 21h 57m
Selection	1990 German Group
Missions	Soyuz TM-14, Soyuz TM-13
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Klaus-Dietrich Flade (born August 23, 1952) is a German pilot and former German Aerospace Center astronaut who visited the Mir space station in 1992 aboard the Soyuz TM-14 mission, returning to Earth a week later aboard Soyuz TM-13.

Biography

Born in Büdesheim, Germany, he joined the German Air Force after school. Educated initially as an airplane engineer, he studied aerospace engineering at Bundeswehr University Munich from 1976 to 1980. Afterwards he became a pilot. He trained as a test pilot from 1988 to 1989. In October 1990, he was selected as part of the German astronaut team for the Euromir '92 flight.

After two years of training, he flew as a Research Cosmonaut on Soyuz TM-14 in March 1992. After his spaceflight, he returned to the German Air Force. He is now test pilot at Airbus Industrie.

External links

• Spacefacts biography of Klaus-Dietrich Flade
• Profile on German Luftwaffe website

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Name	Flade, Klaus-Dietrich
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Date of birth	August 23, 1952
Place of birth	Büdesheim, Germany
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