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  Gerhard Thiele   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Gerhard Thiele graduated from the Friedrich-Schiller-Gymnasium in Ludwigsburg in 1972.
He was assigned as back-up Payload Specialist for the D-2 mission in 1992 and a year later participated in the mission as Crew Interface Coordinator in the ground control centre of the DLR in Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany.
Gerhard Thiele became a member of the Space Programme Director's Working Group at DLR in 1994 and was appointed Head of Department at the DLR Crew Training Centre (CTC) in August 1995.
www.space-explorers.org /bios/thiele.html   (332 words)

  
 STS-99 Mission Specialist 1: Gerhard Thiele
Thiele served as a volunteer with the Navy of the German Federal Armed Forces.
From 1982 to 1985, while completing his doctoral thesis, Thiele was a research assistant at the Institut für Umweltphysik (Institute for Environmental Physics), Universität of Heidelberg.
Thiele is assigned to STS-99, the Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM) scheduled for launch in September 1999.
www.shuttlepresskit.com /STS-99/crew46.htm   (449 words)

  
 ESA - Human Spaceflight - Astronauts - Gerhard Thiele
Thiele served with the navy of the German Federal Armed Forces from 1972 to 1976 as operations/weapons officer aboard fast patrol boats.
Since August 2001, Gerhard Thiele is serving as Head of the ESA astronauts and Operations Unit at EAC in Cologne.
In January 2003, Gerhard Thiele was assigned as backup of André Kuipers for the Soyuz 8S mission.
www.esa.int /export/esaHS/ESA9FVZUMOC_astronauts_0.html   (678 words)

  
 INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
During the STS-55/Spacelab D-2 Mission (from April 26 to May 6, 1993) Thiele performed the co-ordinator functions for communication with the crew and served as alternate payload specialist in the Payload Operations Control Center of DLR at Oberpfaffenhofen.
Since August 2001, Gerhard Thiele is serving as Head of the ESA Astronauts and Operations Unit at the European Astronaut Center (EAC).
In January 2003, Gerhard Thiele was assigned as flight engineer in the Soyuz TMA spacecraft backup crew for a flight to the ISS as a member of visiting crew (VC-6).
www.energia.ru /english/energia/iss/iss09/thiele.html   (769 words)

  
 ESA Astronaut
ESA astronaut, Gerhard Thiele, is a member of the STS-99 crew, and during his time in orbit he will team up with mission commander, Kevin Kregel, and mission specialist, Janet Kavandi, on one of two 12-hour work shifts.
Since Kavandi and Thiele are the two crew members trained for space walks, they must work together, and preparing for contingencies has been a key part in Thiele's training, especially as any one of a number of senarios could involve a difficult manouever to extend the mast manually.
During 1988, Thiele began basic astronaut training at the German Aerospace Research Establishment (DLR) and served as Alternate Payload Specialist during the Shuttle's STS-55 flight in 1993.
www.spaceflight.esa.int /file.cfm?Filename=sts99ast   (290 words)

  
 Gerhard Thiele
During the STS-55/Spacelab D-2 Mission (April 26 to May 6, 1993), Thiele served as Alternate Payload Specialist in the Payload Operations Control Center of DLR at Oberpfaffenhofen.
He was responsible for SRTM operations, including the deployment and retraction of the 200-foot high boom from Endeavour's cargo bay upon which one of the flight's radar systems was mounted.
Thiele was also one of two spacewalking crew members, in the event contingency spacewalk would have been required during the flight.
www.spaceflight.esa.int /file.cfm?filename=astthiele   (603 words)

  
 International Space Station   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Thiele is a member of the STS-99 crew and during his time in orbit he will team up with mission commander Kevin Kregel and mission specialist Janet Kavandi on one of two
Since Kavandi and Thiele are the two crew members trained for space walks they must work together and preparing for contingencies have been key parts of Thiele's training, especially as any one of a number of scenarios could involve a difficult manouevre to extend the mast manually.
During the mission, Gerhard Thiele is writing a daily diary from space which is published in its original German language on the
www.estec.esa.nl /spaceflight/operations/sts99ast.htm   (2449 words)

  
 Astronaut Gerhard 'Hoss' Thiele
Thiele said the mission commander told him: "Wait until you're down at TCDT [terminal countdown demonstration test] at the Cape when you're strapped into the real vehicle.
Thiele will refer to the book or his memory to provide reference data and information in the event of technical problems during ascent.
Thiele said his wife and four children are excited too, but have mixed feelings about his flying in space.
www.space.com /peopleinterviews/sts99_thiele.html   (758 words)

  
 STS-99
Once Endeavour's payload bay doors are opened, the Red Team of Kregel, Kavandi and Thiele will begin to activate the Shuttle radar instruments, and will prepare for the deployment of a 200-foot long boom over the left wing of the orbiter on which two of the radar systems are housed.
Kregel, Kavandi and Thiele will conduct a series of jet thruster firings once the boom is deployed to test its ability to flex properly and will set up recorders on board on which the radar data will be stored for downlink to mission scientists on the ground.
Commander Kevin Kregel and Mission Specialists Gerhard Thiele and Janet Kavandi, the Red Team, and the Blue Team members Pilot Dom Gorie and Mission Specialists Janice Voss and Mamoru Mohri, held their crew news conference Friday.
www.astronautix.com /flights/sts99.htm   (12889 words)

  
 Astro-Expo 2004
This years Astro-Expo 2004 which was run in association with the Discover Science and Engineering project, was a terrific success with thousands of people attending the event from all corners of Ireland and the UK.
The European Space Agency sent astronaut Gerhard Thiele specially to ireland to open the event and give a lecture on Space Travel.
Gerhard Thiele returned to Cologne having developed a fondness for Guinness.
www.astronomy.ie /astroexpo2004_report.html   (256 words)

  
 Interview: Gerhard Thiele the science of being an astronaut | SpaceRef - Your Space Reference
Holder of a doctorate in physics, Gerhard Thiele is a man of science by training, but he gave up a career in ground-based research to become an astronaut.
Speaking at the recent Green Paper consultation workshop in Berlin, ESA astronaut Gerhard Thiele said, "I think it is very appropriate that we are meeting in Berlin, the home of Humboldt University, to talk about space science." The so-called 'mother of all modern universities' is the realisation of the academic and statesman Wilhelm von Humboldt.
In 'A case for humans in space', a publication presented by the European Astronaut Corps, Thiele explains that, theoretically, his space mission could have been carried out by an unmanned satellite system.
www.spaceref.com /news/viewpr.html?pid=11378   (582 words)

  
 ESA - Human Spaceflight - Astronauts - Back-up role for Gerhard Thiele   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Since May this year, ESA astronaut Gerhard Thiele has been training at the cosmonaut training centre at Star City, near Moscow.
He is preparing for his role as back-up crew to André Kuipers, who is scheduled to fly on a Soyuz mission (8S) to the International Space Station (ISS) in spring 2004.
Gerhard Thiele reports on his experience in Russia so far.
www.esa.int /esaHS/SEM2HUYO4HD_astronauts_0.html   (631 words)

  
 STS-99 Crew Members
In his first flight into space, European Space Agency astronaut Gerhard Thiele will work on the Red team shift, responsible for SRTM operations, including the deployment and retraction of the 200-foot high boom from Endeavour's cargo bay upon which one of the flight's radar systems is mounted.
Thiele would also be one of two spacewalking crew members along with Janet Kavandi, in the event a contingency spacewalk is required during the flight.
In her second flight into space, Kavandi will be the flight engineer during Endeavour's launch and landing phases, sitting behind Kregel and Gorie on the flight deck.
www.shuttlepresskit.com /STS-99/crew.htm   (398 words)

  
 Thiele
Gerhard Julius Paul Thiele German Mission Specialist Astronaut.
In July 1996, he was selected by DARA (German Space Agency) and DLR (German Aerospace Research Establishment) to attend NASA's Astronaut Candidate Training.
Thiele again reported to the Johnson Space Center in August 1996 to begin two years of training and evaluation.
www.astronautix.com /astros/thiele.htm   (1056 words)

  
 Handover 2002
The cultural programme of the opening ceremony of this year's Intergeo was influenced by the handover including music presented by the Band of the US Army (First Armoured Division) and presentations of the cheerleaders of the Frankfurt Galaxy.
The keynote presentation was given by the first German astronaut Dr. Gerhard Thiele on the topic "The Shuttle Radar Topography Mission".
The keynote presentation at the opening of Intergeo 2002 was given by astronaut, Dr. Gerhard Thiele.
www.fig.net /news/handover_frankfurt/handover.htm   (682 words)

  
 H Magazine August 2000   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
These six astronauts became rodeo fans when they lived and trained in Houston for their mission and experienced the unique culture of Texas.
While training in 1993, Thiele arrived at a party dressed as a Texan.
Included in this group was Gerhard "Hoss" Thiele, who proudly sported his cowboy hat.
www.hlsr.com /hmagazine/00aug/f-outofthisworld.html   (1130 words)

  
 BBC News | SCI/TECH | Endeavour set to map Earth   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
This SRTM imaging system will orbit 233 kilometres (145 miles) above Earth, with two radar antennas mounted in the shuttle payload bay and two extended on the mast.
German astronaut Gerhard Thiele has trained for three years for this mission
The radar will image vast, barren deserts, frozen tundra, and deep valleys carved by glaciers, such as those found in Alaska, the Andes, and the Himalayas.
news.bbc.co.uk /hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_620000/620883.stm   (474 words)

  
 DBLP: Jan Beutel
Jan Beutel, Matthias Dyer, Lennart Meier, Lothar Thiele: Scalable topology control for deployment-support networks.
Urs Anliker, Jan Beutel, Matthias Dyer, Rolf Enzler, Paul Lukowicz, Lothar Thiele, Gerhard Tröster: A Systematic Approach to the Design of Distributed Wearable Systems.
Christian Plessl, Rolf Enzler, Herbert Walder, Jan Beutel, Marco Platzner, Lothar Thiele, Gerhard Tröster: The case for reconfigurable hardware in wearable computing.
www.informatik.uni-trier.de /~ley/db/indices/a-tree/b/Beutel:Jan.html   (161 words)

  
 lothar ludwig - ResearchIndex document query   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Kanpur PIN 208 016, India deb@iitk.ac.in Lothar Thiele, Marco Laumanns and Eckart Zitzler
[DTLZ01] Kalyanmoy Deb, Lothar Thiele, Marco Laumanns, and Eckart Zitzler.
In Eckart Zitzler, Kalyanmoy Deb, Lothar Thiele, Carlos A. Coello Coello, and David Corne,
citeseer.ist.psu.edu /cis?q=Lothar+Ludwig   (473 words)

  
 Germany Info: Information Services: Press Information: Press Releases
German astronaut Thiele and the Endeavor Crew visit the Embassy
German astronaut, Gerhard Thiele, and other crew members of Space Shuttle Endeavor's latest mission visited the German embassy in Washington, DC, on March 29, 2000.
The shuttle's flight February 11-22, dubbed the Shuttle Radar Topology Mission (SRTM), was a cooperative effort involving des Deutschen Zentrums für Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR), NASA, the US National Imagery and Mapping Agency and the Italian space agency, ASI.
www.germany-info.org /relaunch/info/press/releases/033000.html   (117 words)

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