Ernst Messerschmid in the Spacelab module

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Ernst Messerschmid in the Spacelab module

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Ernst Messerschmid flew on the D1 mission on 30 October 1985 as a scientific astronaut. The European Spacelab research module had materials- and life science, navigation, communication and technology experiments on board.

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