EntityQ215009· pop 18· linked from 95 articlesGerhard ThieleSign in to saveGerman astronautConnectionsEuropean Space AgencyEntitylist of astronauts by year of selectionEntityNASAConceptastronautEntityWest GermanyEntityPrinceton UniversityEntityphysicistEntityLudwigsburgEntityHeidelberg UniversityEntityLudwig-Maximilians-Universität MünchenEntityHeidenheim an der BrenzEntityenvironmental scienceEntityJulie PayetteEntitySamantha CristoforettiEntitythesisEntityLaurel ClarkEntityPeggy WhitsonEntityMark KellyPersonSandra MagnusEntitySōichi NoguchiEntityCategories1953 birthsGerman astronautsLiving peopleOfficers Crosses of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of GermanyPeople from HeidenheimRecipients of the Order of Merit of Baden-WürttembergSpace Shuttle program astronauts