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Personal: Female, Married, One child. Born in Duesseldorf, Germany. Civilian Doctorate of medicine degree from Rheinisch-Westfaelische Technische Hochschule, Aachen, 1987. As Heike John (maiden name) member of German Team at Olympic Games 1976 (swimming). From July 1996 pilot with Deutsche Lufthansa. Astronaut Career Astronaut Group: DLR Group 1 - 1987. Inactive Entered space service: 3 August 1987. Left space service: 1993. Married to astronaut Hans Schlegel (second marriage).
Walpot Chronology 3 August 1987 - DLR Astronaut Training Group 1 selected.. German astronaut trained for flights to the Mir space station. Bibliography and Further Reading
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