Klaus-Dietrich Flade

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Klaus-Dietrich Flade
Research Cosmonaut
 Nationality German
 Born August 23, 1952
Büdesheim, Germany
 Occupation1 Test Pilot
 Rank Lieutenant Colonel, German Air Force
 Space time 7d 21h 57m
 Selection 1990
 Mission(s) Soyuz TM-14
 1 previous or current

Klaus-Dietrich Flade (born August 23, 1952) is a German pilot and former cosmonaut.

Born in Büdesheim, Germany, he joined the German Air Force after school. Educated initially as an airplane engineer, he studied chemistry at the military university in 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 Mir'92 flight.

After two years of training, he flew as 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.

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