Pedro Duque

Infobox Astronaut
name =Pedro Duque Duque


type =ESA Astronaut
nationality =Spanish
date_birth =March 14, 1963
place_birth =Madrid, Spain
occupation =Flight engineer
selection =1992 ESA Group
time =18d 18h 46m
mission =STS-95, Soyuz TMA-3, Soyuz TMA-2
insignia = [http://esamultimedia.esa.int/images/Duque/Cervantes_mission_logo.jpgCervantes Logo] |

Pedro Duque Duque (born 14 March 1963) is a Spanish astronaut and a veteran of two space missions.

Duque earned a degree in aeronautical engineering from the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM) in 1986. He worked for GMV and for the European Space Agency (ESA) for six years before being selected as an astronaut candidate in 1992. Duque underwent training in both Russia and the United States. His first spaceflight was as a mission specialist aboard space shuttle mission STS-95, during which Duque supervisied ESA experimental modules. In October 2003, Duque visited the International Space Station for several days during a crew changeover. The scientific program of this visit was called by ESA/Spain [http://www.esa.int/SPECIALS/Cervantes_mission/index.html Misión Cervantes] .

He worked at the UPM, in the _es. Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingenieros Aeronáuticos, [ cite web
title = _es. El Astronauta e Ingeniero Aeronáutico Pedro Duque "ficha" por su Escuela
url = http://www.aero.upm.es/es/pedro_duque/pedro_duque.html
date = 2004-10-21
accessdate = 2005-04-28 es icon] and he is currently working at [http://www.deimos-imaging.com Deimos Imaging] .

See also

*List of astronauts

References

External links

* [http://www.esa.int/esaHS/ESAREUZUMOC_astronauts_0.html ESA Biography]
* [http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/duque.html NASA Biography]
* [http://www.spacefacts.de/bios/international/english/duque_pedro.htm Spacefacts biography of Pedro Duque]