Showing posts with label Gerhard Thiele. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Gerhard Thiele. Show all posts

Thursday, February 11, 2021

Endeavour (STS-99) launched 2000

STS-99 crew
Front row (L-R): Mamoru Mohri, Thiele
Back row (L-R): Janice Voss, Kevin Kegel, Dominic Gorie, Janet Kavandi


Mission patch

Space Shuttle Endeavour (STS-99), launched February 11, 2000, was the last solo flight of the Endeavour, since the rest of her flights were devoted to the International Space Station.  Its crew consisted of Commander Kevin Kregel, Pilot Dominic Pudwill Gorie, Gerhard Thiele (ESA), Janet Kavandi, Janice Voss, Mamoru Mohri (NASDA).

They returned to Earth February 22.

Monday, September 2, 2019

Happy birthday, German astronaut Gerhard Thiele!



Gerhard Thiele, born September 2, 1953 in Germany, went aboard Space Shuttle Endeavour (STS-99) as a mission specialist in February 2000.  He retired from the European Space Agency in October 2005.