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Friday, July 21, 2006

German astronaut to make second space trip

PARIS, France (UPI) -- The European Space Agency says Hans Schlegel of Germany would fly on the October 2007 space shuttle mission to the International Space Station.

ESA Director General Jean-Jacques Dordain announced the task Thursday during German Chancellor Angela Markel’s visit to ESA's Space Operations Center in Darmstadt, Germany.

Veteran NASA astronaut Stephen Frick is planned to authority the STS-122 Shuttle mission, with U.S. Navy Cmdr. Alan Poindexter helping as pilot. Mission specialists would comprise Air Force Col. Rex Walheim, Stanley Love and Leland Melvin.

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