Klaus Dietrich Flade
Born August 23, 1952 is a German pilot and former German Aerospace Center astronaut who visited the Mir space station in 1992 aboard the Soyuz TM-14 mission, returning to Earth a week later aboard Soyuz TM-13.
Born in B�desheim, Germany, he joined the German Air Force after school. Educated initially as an airplane engineer, he studied aerospace engineering at Bundeswehr University Munich from 1976 to 1980. Afterwards he became a pilot. He trained as a test pilot from 1988 to 1989. In October 1990, he was selected as part of the German astronaut team for the Euromir \'92 flight.
Spaceflights:
No. Mission Position Time Duration
1 Soyuz TM-14 / Soyuz TM-13 Research Cosmonaut 17.03. - 25.03.1992 7d 21h 56m
Total 7d 21h 56m
After two years of training, he flew as a Research Cosmonaut on Soyuz TM-14 in March 1992. After his spaceflight, he returned to the German Air Force. He is now test pilot at Airbus Industrie.
