Official portrait of STS-55 SL-D2 backup Payload Specialist P. Gerhard Thie
Description: German backup Payload Specialist P. Gerhard Thiele poses for his official portrait. Thiele has been assigned as an alternate (backup) crewmember to the STS-55 Columbia, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 102, Spacelab Deutsche 2 (SL-D2) mission. This is the second dedicated German Spacelab flight. Thiele represents the German Aerospace Research Establishment (DLR).
