Wubbo Ockels, Dutch physicist and astronaut (born 1946)

Wubbo Ockels

Dutch astronaut (1946–2014)

Wubbo Johannes Ockels was a Dutch physicist and astronaut with the European Space Agency who, in 1985, became the first Dutch citizen in space when he flew on STS-61-A as a payload specialist. He later became professor of aerospace engineering at Delft University of Technology.