Lodewijk van den Berg (1932-2022)

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Dziś podano, że 16.10.2022 zmarł były naukowiec z USA Lodewijk van den Berg, który odbył lot w kosmos na pokładzie wahadłowca STS-51B Challenger/F-7. Skończył 90 lat.

https://twitter.com/ASE_Astronauts/status/1582008870410428418

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Już 4 astronautów tej misji nie żyje, z czego 3. zmarło od 2021 roku w wieku co najmniej 90. lat.

167. człowiek w kosmosie.
Odbył jeden lot kosmiczny w charakterze Specjalisty ładunku NASA Spacelab 3, który trwał 7d 00g 08m 46s.

http://www.spacefacts.de/bios/astronauts/english/vandenberg_lodewijk.htm
http://www.astronautix.com/v/vandenberglodewijk.html

https://mek.kosmo.cz/bio/usa/00167.htm
https://www.astronaut.ru/register/514.htm
https://www.april12.eu/usaastron/vandenberg167ru.html

https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lodewijk_van_den_Berg
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lodewijk_van_den_Berg
https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lodewijk_van_den_Berg
https://twitter.com/esa/status/1582280358586093569
https://twitter.com/ESA_History/status/1519988110884360192

Lodewijk van den Berg, who became first Dutch-born astronaut, dies

October 17, 2022 — Lodewijk van den Berg, who studied crystal growth aboard the space shuttle Challenger as the first Dutch-born astronaut, has died at the age of 90.

Van den Berg's death on Sunday (Oct. 16) was reported online by the Association of Space Explorers, the professional organization for astronauts and cosmonauts.

Van den Berg did not set out to be an astronaut. Then a 53-year-old chemical engineer, his path into space came as a result of NASA inviting commercial and research organizations to fly experiments aboard the space shuttle. (...)
http://www.collectspace.com/news/news-101722a-lodewijk-van-den-berg-astronaut-obituary.html
https://www.esa.int/Space_in_Member_States/The_Netherlands/Astronaut_Lodewijk_van_den_Berg_blikt_terug_bij_Space_Expo2
https://www.baltimoregaylife.com/zeeland-astronaut-lodewijk-van-den-berg-dies-90/

Space Shuttle Flight 17 (STS-51B) Post Flight Presentation


TEDxDelft - Lodewijk van den Berg - How a crystal growth scientist became an astronaut


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https://twitter.com/ASE_Astronauts/status/1639266290396196865
https://twitter.com/ESA_History/status/1639214976496975872