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Thomas Reiter was born on 23 May, 1958 in Frankfurt, West Germany, is a German test pilot, airman and astronaut. Discover Thomas Reiter's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 65 years old?

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Occupation Test pilot
Age 65 years old
Zodiac Sign Gemini
Born 23 May, 1958
Birthday 23 May
Birthplace Frankfurt, West Germany
Nationality Germany

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1958

Thomas Arthur Reiter (born 23 May 1958 in Frankfurt, West Germany) is a retired European astronaut and is a Brigadier General in the German Air Force currently working as ESA Interagency Coordinator and Advisor to the Director General at the European Space Agency (ESA).

He was one of the top 25 astronauts in terms of total time in space.

With his wife and two sons he lives near Oldenburg in Lower Saxony.

1977

He graduated from Goethe-High School in Neu-Isenburg in 1977.

1982

In 1982, Reiter received his diploma in aerospace engineering from the Bundeswehr University Munich.

1996

Between 1996 and 1997, he underwent additional training on the Soyuz spacecraft and was awarded a "Soyuz Return Commander" certificate, qualifying him to command a three-person Soyuz crew during its return from space.

He trained for a six-month mission to the International Space Station (ISS) and was selected for the Space Shuttle Discovery STS-121 mission to join Expedition 13.

2006

The launch was initially scheduled for 1 July 2006, but was due to weather delays eventually conducted on 4 July 2006.

Discovery then departed on 15 July, leaving Reiter on the ISS continuing to work on Expedition 13.

He later became part of Expedition 14 before returning to Earth, again aboard Discovery during the STS-116 mission.

Reiter returned after 171 days in space, therefore having been in orbit twice, each time for almost half a year.

His ISS mission was designated Astrolab by the European Space Agency.

2007

On 8 August 2007 Thomas Reiter was named a member of DLR's executive board.

2010

In 2010 the university awarded him an honorary doctorate degree.

He completed his training as a pilot in Germany and Texas.

He served as an onboard engineer for the Euromir 95/Soyuz TM-22 mission to the Mir space station.

During his 179 days aboard Mir, he carried out two EVAs and became the first German astronaut to perform a spacewalk.

2011

From 1 April 2011 to December 2015 he was Director of Human Spaceflight and Operations at the European Space Agency (ESA), responsible for all crewed and uncrewed mission operations.

This included the operation and exploitation of the European International Space Station elements, ESA's Automated Transfer Vehicle, the responsibility for the European Astronaut Centre, EAC, and ESA's uncrewed missions and ground-based mission infrastructure.

Today he is working as ESA Interagency Coordinator and Advisor to the Director General.