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Meet Pedro Duque

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Pedro Duque, Astronaut of the European Space Agency (ESA)

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Born March 14, 1963 in Madrid, Spain. He is married and has 3 children. Enjoys diving, swimming and cycling. (Photo: NASA)

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Pedro Duque (on left) and Scott F. Parazynski (on right) during their training at Houston Space Centre. Pedro Duque, mission specialist representing the European Space Agency (ESA), joined four other astronauts and two payload specialists for nine days aboard the Discovery for the STS-95 mission (29 Oct.-27 Nov. 1998). This nine-day mission was dedicated to research in weightlessness and the study of the Sun. Duque was responsible, among others, for the five ESA scientific facilities on board and for the extensive computer system and configurations used on the Shuttle.

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Spanish ESA astronaut Pedro Duque training in the Soyuz simulator at Star City, ahead of the Cervantes mission to the International Space Station planned for October 2003.

Credits: ESA-S.Corvaja 2003

Last update: 3 October 2003

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