As per our current Database, Wubbo Ockels has been died on May 18, 2014 (age 68).
When Wubbo Ockels die, Wubbo Ockels was 68 years old.
| Popular As | Wubbo Ockels |
| Occupation | Astronaut |
| Age | 68 years old |
| Zodiac Sign | Aries |
| Born | March 28, 1946 (Almelo, Netherlands) |
| Birthday | March 28 |
| Town/City | Almelo, Netherlands |
| Nationality | Netherlands |
Wubbo Ockels’s zodiac sign is Aries. According to astrologers, the presence of Aries always marks the beginning of something energetic and turbulent. They are continuously looking for dynamic, speed and competition, always being the first in everything - from work to social gatherings. Thanks to its ruling planet Mars and the fact it belongs to the element of Fire (just like Leo and Sagittarius), Aries is one of the most active zodiac signs. It is in their nature to take action, sometimes before they think about it well.
Wubbo Ockels was born in the Year of the Dog. Those born under the Chinese Zodiac sign of the Dog are loyal, faithful, honest, distrustful, often guilty of telling white lies, temperamental, prone to mood swings, dogmatic, and sensitive. Dogs excel in business but have trouble finding mates. Compatible with Tiger or Horse.
Physicist and European Space Agency Astronaut who became the first Dutchman to travel to space. He later joined the faculty of the Delft University of Technology.
He earned degrees in physics and mathematics from the University of Groningen.
He was a Payload Specialist on STS-61-A, a Space Shuttle Challenger mission that was the first spaceflight to carry eight crew members.
His marriage produced two children. He died of kidney cancer at the age of sixty-eight.
He flew with Bonnie Dunbar on STS-61-A.
