Reinhold Ewald

Name: Reinhold Ewald

Date and Place of Birth: December 18, 1956 in Mönchengladbach

Marital Status: Married, 3 children

Nationality: German

Profession: Physicist

Education and Experience:

1963-1975 - Elementary School and the "Stiftisch-Humanistisches Gymnasium" in Mönchengladbach.
1975-1983 - Studied physics at the University of Cologne, specialising in experimental physics.
1983-1986 - Dissertation in the specialist area of spectroscopy of interstellar matter. Graduation studies in die additional subject of human medicine.
1983-1987 - Research Assistant on the 3-Meter Radiotelescope Project of the University of Cologne and the DFG special research grant "Physics and Chemistry of Interstellar Matter".
1987-1990 - Scientific employee at the DLR in the Project Management Office for Space Research/Technology, Extraterrestrial Science Department; later on Coordinator for Space Activities in the DLR Planning Division.
Since 1990 - Member of the German Astronaut Team.
Nov. 1990 - March 1992 - Cosmonaut Training at the Yuri A. Gagarin Centre (Moscow). Science Cosmonaut of the 2nd Crew Soyuz TM 14 in the joint Russian-German Project MIR '92.
March 1992 - Crew Interface Coordinator during MIR '92 Mission
1992/1993 - Deputy Head of the German Astronauts' Office; support to the German D-2 Spacelab Mission (STS 55).
1994 - Oct. 1995 - Program Manager for Spaceflight Mission Projects, Space Science and Planetary Exploration.
Since Oct. 1995 - Cosmonaut Training for the German-Russian MIR '97 Mission at Yuri A. Gagarin Training Centre (Moscow).

Key Areas of Research:

Observation and analysis of the dynamics and state of interstellar molecular clouds, which are considered as the birthplace of new stars. Management of projects for Infrared Astronomy and Aeronomy as well as technological developments.
Publications of these topics.