'''Wubbo Johannes Ockels''' is a Dutch physicist and astronaut. In 1985 he participated in a flight of the space shuttle, making him the first Dutchman in space. Ockels is currently professor Aerospace for Sustainable Engineering and Technology at the Delft University of Technology.

Ockels was born March 28, 1946, in Almelo but considers Groningen to be his h...(continue reading)