| First name and last name | Ernst Messerschmid |
| Date of birth | 21.05.1945 |
| Nationality | DEU |
| Space Agency | German Aerospace Center (DLR) |
| Status | Retired |
| Type of astronaut | Government agency |
| Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernst_Messerschmid |
Mission:
STS-61A
Additional information Ernst Messerschmid
Ernst Willi Messerschmid (born May 21, 1945) is a German physicist and former astronaut. From 1978 to 1982, he worked at the DFVLR (the precursor of the DLR) in the Institute of Communications Technology in Oberpfaffenhofen on space-borne communications. In 1983, he was selected as one of the astronauts for the first German Spacelab mission D-1. He flew as payload specialist on STS-61-A in 1985, spending over 168 hours in space.
