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Personal: Male, Married, Two children. Born in Stassfurt, Germany. East German Air Force Graduated from Franz Mehring Air Force Academy. Graduated from Gagarin Academy, Moscow, 1970. East German Air Force pilot. East German Air Force. Astronaut Career Astronaut Group: Intercosmos Group - 1976. Inactive Entered space service: 25 November 1976. Left space service: 3 September 1978. Director, Air Force Academy of the German Democratic Republic. Refused transfer to the German Air Force after reunification, resigned and worked in private industry.
Koellner Chronology 25 November 1976 - Intercosmos Cosmonaut Training Group selected.. Training group of potential 'guest cosmonauts' for propaganda flights to the Salyut space station. The 'guests', from states allied to the Soviet Union, would be flown on Soyuz lifeboat changeout missions to the station. 26 August 1978 - Soyuz 31. Manned two crew. Docked with Salyut 6. Delivered to the Salyut-6 station the third international 'Intercosmos' crew consisting of V F Bykovsky (USSR) and S Jaehn (German Democratic Republic) to carry out scientific research and experiments. Bibliography:
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