Klaus-Dietrich Flade

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Klaus-Dietrich Flade
Klaus-Dietrich Flade
DFVLR Astronaut
Nationality German
Born August 23, 1952
Büdesheim, Germany
Other occupation Test Pilot
Rank Lieutenant Colonel, German Air Force
Space time 7d 21h 57m
Selection 1990 German Group
Missions Soyuz TM-14, Soyuz TM-13

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

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 a 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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