Article Images Bed rest study started in Berlin     Quartet on virtual Mars mission     Von rechts nach links: Thorsten Weber, André Beau, Marten Strübing, Ulf Gast Follow-on study     Plenty of spare time     Born December 18, 1956 in Mönchengladbach, Germany. He is married and has three children. He enjoys reading and spending time with his family, and performs with an amateur theatre group. He also plays soccer and holds a black belt in karate. Release date: 4 March 2003