What is Wubbo Ockels?
[[File:Wubbo Ockels 2007.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Ockels in February 2007]] Dr. '''Wubbo Johannes Ockels''' (28 March 1946 &ndash; 18 May 2014) was a [[Dutch people|Dutch]] [[physicist]], [[mathematician]] and [[astronaut]]. He worked for the [[European Space Agency]] (ESA). In 1985, he was in a flight on a [[Space Shuttle]] ([[STS-61-A]]). This made him the first Dutch citizen in space. Ockels was born in [[Almelo]], [[Netherlands]]. Ockels died from complications of [[kidney cancer]] on 18 May 2014 in [[Amsterdam]], Netherlands, aged 68.<ref>{{in lang|nl}}[http://nos.nl/artikel/649348-wubbo-ockels-overleden.html Wubbo Ockels overleden], nos.nl, May 18, 2014</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== {{commonscat-inline}} {{bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Ockels, Wubbo}} [[Category:1946 births]] [[Category:2014 deaths]] [[Category:Astronauts]] [[Category:Cancer deaths in the Netherlands]] [[Category:Deaths from kidney cancer]] [[Category:Dutch physicists]] [[Category:People from Overijssel]]