Hans Schlegel, born August 3, 1951 in Germany, is an ESA astronaut and has been into space twice on space shuttle missions.
His first trip into space was aboard Columbia (STS-55) as a payload specialist in April-May 1993. It was an international cooperative effort between the United States, Germany and nine other nations.
His second and final trip was aboard Atlantis (STS-122) as a mission specialist in February 2008 to the International Space Station. He performed an EVA with fellow astronaut Rex Walheim for 6 hours and 45 minutes.
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