{"id":244,"url":"https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/astronaut/244/?format=json","name":"Hans Schlegel","status":{"id":2,"name":"Retired"},"type":{"id":2,"name":"Government"},"in_space":false,"time_in_space":"P22DT18H1M30S","eva_time":"PT6H45M","agency":{"id":27,"url":"https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/agencies/27/?format=json","name":"European Space Agency","type":"Multinational"},"age":74,"date_of_birth":"1951-08-03","date_of_death":null,"nationality":"German","twitter":null,"instagram":null,"bio":"Hans Wilhelm Schlegel (Überlingen, 3 August 1951) is a German physicist, an ESA astronaut, and a veteran of two NASA Space Shuttle missions.\r\nFrom 1995 to 1997, he trained as the backup crew member for the German-Russian Mir'97 mission, and afterwards received additional training in Russia to become qualified as a second board engineer for the Mir space station. In 1998, he became a member of the European Astronaut Corps.\r\n\r\nSchlegel was a Mission Specialist on the STS-122 Space Shuttle mission. The mission was charged with the responsibility of putting the Columbus laboratory in orbit, in addition to its connection to the International Space Station.","profile_image":"https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/hans2520schlegel_image_20181201215510.jpg","profile_image_thumbnail":"https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305190136.jpeg","wiki":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_Schlegel","flights":[],"landings":[],"flights_count":2,"landings_count":2,"spacewalks_count":1,"last_flight":"2008-02-07T19:45:30Z","first_flight":"1993-04-26T14:50:00Z","spacewalks":[]}