Wubbo Johannes Ockels was a Dutch physicist and astronaut with the European Space Agency who, in 1985, became the first Dutch citizen in space when he flew on STS-61-A as a payload specialist. He later became professor of aerospace engineering at Delft University of Technology.

Wubbo Ockels Quotes

1. “There’s only one earth. And there’s no spare.”
— Wubbo Ockels

2. “We are all astronauts on spaceship earth.”
— Wubbo Ockels

3. “Space is so close: It took only eight minutes to get there and twenty to get back.”
— Wubbo Ockels