Gerhard Thiele
Gerhard Thiele is an astronaut from Germany affiliated with the government agency European Space Agency, embarked on 1 space flights and engaging in 0 spacewalk(s) during his/her career as an astronaut.
Dr. Gerhard Paul Julius Thiele (born September 2, 1953) is a German physicist and a former ESA astronaut.
In 1996, he was selected by the German Space Agency to receive Space Shuttle Mission Specialist training at NASA. In August 1998, he joined the European Space Agency (ESA), into which the German national team was integrated. In 2000, he completed his only spaceflight, the STS-99 Shuttle Radar Topography Mission.
- Date of Birth: 09/02/1953
- Status: Retired
- First Flight: 02/11/2000
- Last Flight: 02/11/2000
- In Space: No