Description
Pedro Duque Duque is a Spanish astronaut and a veteran of two space missions.
Duque earned a degree in Aeronautical Engineering from the Universidad Polit�cnica de Madrid in 1986. He worked for GMV and for the European Space Agency for six years before being selected as an astronaut candidate in 1992. Duque underwent training in both Russia and the United States. His first spaceflight was as a mission specialist aboard space shuttle mission STS-95, during which Duque supervised ESA experimental modules. In October 2003, Duque visited the International Space Station for several days during a crew changeover. The scientific program of this visit was called by ESA/Spain Misi�n Cervantes.
He worked at the UPM, in the Escuela T�cnica Superior de Ingenieros Aeron�uticos, he used to work at Deimos Imaging. Currently he is back as an astronaut of ESA, and leads the Flight Operations Office near Munich.
Born
March 14th, 1963 in Madrid (Age 61)
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