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Astronauts from Germany

13 people from Germany flew to space, the first in 1983. Together they spent 1,032.8 days off Earth.

13 people1,033 days in space
Ulf MerboldUlf Merbold1983 · 4 flights · 49.9 dErnst MesserschmidErnst Messerschmid1985 · 1 flight · 7.0 dReinhard FurrerReinhard Furrer1985 · 1 flight · 7.0 dAAbdul Ahad Mohmand1988 · 2 flights · 8.9 dKlaus-Dietrich FladeKlaus-Dietrich Flade1991 · 2 flights · 7.9 dHans SchlegelHans Schlegel1993 · 2 flights · 22.8 dUlrich WalterUlrich Walter1993 · 1 flight · 10.0 dThomas ReiterThomas Reiter1995 · 3 flights · 350.2 dReinhold EwaldReinhold Ewald1996 · 2 flights · 19.7 dGerhard ThieleGerhard Thiele2000 · 1 flight · 11.2 dAlexander GerstAlexander Gerst2014 · 2 flights · 362.1 dMatthias MaurerMatthias Maurer2021 · 1 flight · 176.1 dRRabea Rogge2025 · 1 flight

Source: Wikidata (CC0). Portraits: Wikimedia Commons, credited on each person’s page and on the image credits page.