D1 Mission

The D1 mission was one of the best known and most successful "stories" in the history of the astronautics. Among 8 crew members were also 2 German participants who carried out in the European spacelab researches which concerned physics, biology, medicine and navigation. Beside the USA Bavaria also played an important role as a controlling centre. Jokingly one spoke of „Bavarian Houston“. At that time the German astronauts and also the Dutch participant were distinguished for her achievements with the “Bundesverdienstkreuz erster Klasse.

As I couldn't book a ticket in the orbit immediately, i had to deposit the cache "here on earth". This happened at a place, in which immediate surroundings one can buy things which can give you ideas for the construction of your own "small rockets", if you think creative.

Here you'll find a voice recording from that time

1.) Date of the start of the D1 mission in the order day, month, year?>>>>>>> across sum of all figures = A

2.) Name of the space shuttle?>>>>>>> number of the letters of the word in request = B

3.) Given name of the Dutch crew member?>>>>>>> sum of the position of the third and fourth letter in the alphabet = C

4.) Surname of the pay load specialist with professor's title?>>>>>>> number of the letters of the surname = D

5.) Call signs of the amateur radio station located aboard?>>>>>>> figure in her call sign = E

6.) Name of the European spacelab located aboard?>>>>>>> position of the sixth letter in the alphabet = F

7.) Coordination– and controlling place of the experiments in the spacelab?>>>>>>> number of the letters = G

E (B – C)º (A + G + 2) . (B - D) (F – D - 1) (G – F – C + E)′