In this episode of our ESA Explores Time and Space series we chat with the first ESA astronaut to fly to space, physicist Ulf Merbold.

Ulf flew on the 9th flight of NASA's Space Shuttle programme and the first flight of European-built Spacelab in 1983. As the first west German to fly to space, he talks us through his experiences – including his relationship with the late Sigmund Jähn, what life was like as first non-US citizen on a NASA spacecraft and how the astronauts and cosmonauts he worked with became like family through the years. 

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Find out more about Ulf here: https://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Human_and_Robotic_Exploration/Astronauts/Ulf_Merbold

Watch the NASA/ESA Spacelab documentary here: https://www.esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/Videos/Undated/Spacelab_-_A_New_Direction#.X70FccAUHCs.link

NASA Public Affairs Officer Lori Meggs talks about the 30th anniversary of the Spacelab programme with former Marshall Space Flight Center Deputy Director Teresa Vanhooser here: https://youtu.be/5ukl5ySa6ZA

ESA Explores - Time & Space Series

ESA Explores Time and Space: ESA's first astronaut

Composer, multi-instrumentalist, improviser. Woodwind player in Monument Zero. Open for collaboration

Chilean resident in Croatia, after surviving many years Barcelona has spent more the 20 years dedicated to electronic music and now to the most experimental sounds, everything started in the north of Chile in the year 2000 where he started as a DJ in different events (Upspace) after graduating as Sound Technician in Santiago de Chile, he was one of the musical pioneers in the north of the country where he explored sounds from Techno, House to Psytrance, in 2003 he emigrated to Barcelona where he absorbed and acquired all the wisdom of city where the year 2006 I create KRAFTOPTICAL, which is where the history of the label founded by him began in 2011, with almost 70 releases of producers from all over the globe, 2011 he started editing his own material and in 2013 he produced his first album "Future Elqui "with great response especially in more experimental circles of the circuit ... Then With" Secrets "(Ep) and Second Album" Contact Interestellar "produced in n Australia (Melbourne), makes its particular spatial sound make us travel always with common sense, with the heart and soul focused on the remotest of the Universe.

With “astronave “ Ep edited in 2018 I achieve a great audience especially in his country of origin chile and in several new directions , today with his New album that will be edited in March 2019 will continue his journey that started in "Future Elqui” 2013 reached a "Contact interestelar" 2015 traveling on the Earth more"..." 

 2020 in April released his compilation album "Universos" with 22 tracks edited during his career as a music producer with which he will continue his journey that began in "Future Elqui" 2013 reached a "Interstellar Contact" 2015 traveling in the "Astronave""2018 to land on the planet " Earth"the most wonderful"....

2021 he has released his fourth Album Venus for the label Barcelona Diffuse Reality included in the catalog of Teorema , where it exploits all its more experimental sound inspired in the star of the dawn , achieving a great arrival in the media Xlr8r, Apparel Music ,Electronic Groove magazine ,Cold Experiment etc... consolidating his discography ,also participated in the compilation of the Chilean label Panal Records , where with the track Robots 2040 shoots his most futuristic sound

2022 is about to launch in August the new Ep Teslatron where represents the relationship between the analog and digital through a sound journey driven by the electrical oscillations produced by circuits and voltage inspired by the famous Nikola Tesla .... This new Ep the Yulio will be the prelude to his fifth album Cosmic Fractal inspired by the teachings of Benoit Mandelbrot, which will be released at the beginning of 2023.

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