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Pedro Duque

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Pedro Duque is a Spanish aeronautical engineer and astronaut who worked for private aerospace companies and the European Space Agency after earning his degree from the Universidad Politecnica de Madrid in 1986. He was selected as an astronaut candidate by the ESA in 1992 and by NASA Astronaut Group 16 in 1996, and flew two spaceflights, as a mission specialist on Space Shuttle mission STS-95 in 1998 and aboard a Soyuz TMA flight to the International Space Station in October 2003 as part of Spain's Mision Cervantes. He later served as Spain's Minister of Science, Innovation and Universities from 2018 to 2021 and represented Alicante in the Congress of Deputies from 2019 to 2020.

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Dating
Selection Year
1992 1
Classification
Astronaut Role
Mission Specialist 1
Birth Year
1963 2
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European Space Agency, Space Agencies and Companies
Source Pedro Duque (Wikipedia)
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Nationality

Spain

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1. Pedro Duque (Wikipedia)
  • Article text, astronaut selection
    European Space Agency (ESA) for six years before being selected as a candidate to become an astronaut in 1992. === Astronaut === Duque underwent training in
  • Article text, astronaut role
    His first spaceflight was as a mission specialist aboard Space Shuttle mission STS-95, during which Duque
  • In Group: Astronauts of Other National Programs, Lead sentence
    Pedro Francisco Duque Duque, OF, OMSE (born Madrid, 14 March 1963) is a Spanish astronaut and aeronautics engineer who served as Minister of Science from 2018 to 2021 and member of the Congress of Deputies, representing Alicante, from May 2019 until February 2020.
  • Operated By: European Space Agency, Article text: agency link
    In 1986, he worked for GMV and for the European Space Agency (ESA) for six years before being selected as a candidate to become an astronaut in 1992.
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2. Pedro Duque (Q448547, Wikidata)
Wikidata item Q448547, P569 (date of birth)
Quote, Wikidata item Q448547, P569 (date of birth)
1963
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