Astronaut training at EAC

ESA astronaut Frank De Winne is currently in training ahead of his long-duration mission to the International Space Station scheduled for May to November 2009. De Winne was recently at the European Astronaut Centre (EAC) in Cologne, Germany, to receive training in some of the European experiments he will perform during his stay on the Space Station. He was accompanied at EAC by his ESA astronaut colleague André Kuipers who is assigned as his back-up for the mission.

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Hi-res ESA astronauts Frank De Winne and Andre Kuipers visit EAC for experiment training	Hi-res ESA astronauts Frank De Winne and Andre Kuipers visit EAC for experiment training	Hi-res ESA astronauts Frank De Winne and Andre Kuipers visit EAC for experiment training
Hi-res ESA astronauts Kuipers and De Winne use the Microgravity Science Glovebox training model at EAC	Hi-res ESA astronaut Frank De Winne inspects the Space Station bedroom mock-up at EAC	Hi-res ESA astronaut Andre Kuipers tries out the Space Station bedroom mock-up at EAC

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