# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/wubbo-ockels
# Generated: 2026-08-14T06:54:33.307Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/wubbo-ockels"
name: "Wubbo Ockels"
slug: "wubbo-ockels"
description: "Wubbo Johannes Ockels was a Dutch physicist and astronaut with the European Space Agency who, in 1985, became the first Dutch citizen in space when he flew on STS-61-A as a payload specialist. He later became professor of aerospace engineering at Delft University of Technology."
tagline: "Dutch physicist and astronaut (1946–2014)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Wubbo_Ockels_2007.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
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  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
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birthDate: "1946-03-28"
deathDate: "2014-05-18"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump