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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Caption: ESA astronaut Andre Kuipers during training for the Neurospat experiment at EAC Credits: ESA - S. Corvaja ID number: SEM0FX4N0MF HI-RES JPEG size: 1493 kb Related Images: Astronauts

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ESA astronaut Andre Kuipers during training at the European Astronaut Centre (EAC) in Cologne, Germany. Kuipers receives training from Manuela Aguzzi for the Neurospat experiment. Neurospat aims to study the processing pattern of the brain during cognitive tasks in microgravity. Kuipers is assigned as back-up to ESA astronaut Frank De Winne who is scheduled to visit the ISS between May and November 2009. Neurospat is one of the experiments scheduled for the mission.

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