Frank De Winne is a Belgian astronaut and Brigadier General in the Belgian Air Component who serves as head of the European Astronaut Centre in Cologne. He was selected by the European Space Agency in October 1998 and flew two spaceflights, a 2002 mission to the International Space Station as a flight engineer aboard Soyuz TMA-1, and a 2009 mission as commander of ISS Expedition 21 aboard Soyuz TMA-15, which made him the first European Space Agency astronaut to command a space mission. He accumulated about 199 days in space across both missions.
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He was the first ESA astronaut to command a space mission when he served as commander of ISS Expedition 21.
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Frank De Winne (born 25 April 1961, in Ledeberg, Belgium) is a Belgian Air Component officer and an ESA astronaut.
Associated With: European Space Agency, Lead paragraph, associated-with
Frank De Winne (born 25 April 1961, in Ledeberg, Belgium) is a Belgian Air Component officer and an ESA astronaut.
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Frank De Winne (born 25 April 1961, in Ledeberg, Belgium) is a Belgian Air Component officer and an ESA astronaut.
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