Dutch astronaut Wubbo Ockels, 1946-2014

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Wubbo Ockels didn’t set out to be an astronaut, let alone be the first Dutch citizen to fly in space. “I saw men landing on the Moon and thought it was cool, but I never associated that at all with myself,” Ockels, 68, who died on Sunday (May 18), said in a 2010 interview with the European Space Agency. Ockels made one spaceflight as the record eighth crewmember on the last successful flight of the space shuttle Challenger in 1985. He went on to become a professor and champion for sustainable engineering, including helping his students win the World Solar Challenge with a solar-powered car.

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