Wubbo Ockels
Astrobotanist
- This astrobotanist has grown a plant in space.
- This astrobotanist is a spaceflight guerrilla gardener.
- Full Name: Wubbo Johannes Ockels
- Affiliation: ESA
- Country: The Netherlands
- Focus Areas: Astrobotany, Horticulture
- Type: Spaceflight
- Summary: Wubbo Ockels was a Dutch physicist and ESA astronaut who was passionate about nuclear physics and sustainable technology. Ockels became a spaceflight guerilla gardener in 1985 when he grew corn seeds leftover from a gravitropism experiment in an improvised plant habitat.
- Accolades:
- Grew corn on Challenger