Reinhold Ewald
- Status: Retired
- In Space: No
- Date of Birth: 12/18/1956
- First Flight: 02/10/1997
- Last Flight: 02/10/1997
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Reinhold Ewald, a German astronaut affiliated with the government agency European Space Agency, embarked on 1 space flights and engaging in 0 spacewalks during his/her career as an astronaut.
Dr. Reinhold Ewald (born December 18, 1956) is a German physicist and ESA astronaut.
In 1990, he was selected to the German astronaut team, training for the Mir ’92 mission. He was the backup of Klaus-Dietrich Flade for the Soyuz TM-14 mission. In 1995 he began training for the second German Mir mission. In February 1997 he flew to the space station Mir with Soyuz TM-25, spending 20 days in space. He performed experiments in biomedical and material sciences, and carried out operational tests in preparation for the International Space Station.
