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 Frank De Winne and Andre Kuipers receive instruction in use of the Flywheel Exercise Device	Hi-res Frank De Winne and Andre Kuipers receive instruction in use of the Flywheel Exercise Device
Hi-res Frank De Winne receives instruction in use of the Flywheel Exercise Device	Hi-res ESA astronauts Frank De Winne and Andre Kuipers during Neurospat training at EAC	Hi-res ESA astronauts Frank De Winne and Andre Kuipers during Neurospat training at EAC
Hi-res ESA astronauts Frank De Winne and Andre Kuipers during Neurospat training at EAC	Hi-res ESA astronaut Andre Kuipers during training for the Neurospat experiment at EAC	Hi-res ESA astronaut Frank De Winne during training for the Neurospat experiment at EAC

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