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Pedro Francisco Duque Duque, OF, OMSE (Madrid, 14 March 1963) is a Spanish astronaut and aeronautics engineer who served as minister of Science from 2018 to 2021 and member of the Congress of Deputies, representing Alicante, from May 2019 until February 2020.
Apr 30, 2024 · Pedro Duque, Spanish aeronautical engineer and astronaut who became the first Spanish citizen to go into space. In 1998 he flew as a mission specialist aboard the U.S. space shuttle Discovery. The mission lasted nine days. Learn more about Duque’s life and career.
Pedro Francisco Duque Duque (Madrid, 14 de marzo de 1963) es un astronauta, ingeniero aeronáutico y político español, conocido principalmente por haber sido el primer astronauta que viaja al espacio representando a España. Desde diciembre de 2023, es el presidente de Hispasat.
Jul 9, 2019 · On the 50th anniversary of man’s historic moon landing, Pedro Duque remembers how every child wanted to be an astronaut in 1969.
ESA astronaut Pedro Duque. Pedro flew as Mission Specialist on the Space Shuttle Discovery for STS-95 mission from 29 October to 7 November 1998.
May 15, 1992 · Pedro Duque worked on Europe’s Columbus laboratory and the Cupola module on the International Space Station as crew support until 2002 and returned to this task several months after his second flight.
In 1986, at the age of 23, Pedro Duque completed an aeronautical engineering degree at the Polytechnic University of Madrid, School of Aeronautics [ETSIA]. During his studies, Duque worked with the Flight Mechanics Laboratory on a simulator project, on a contract with ESA.
Jun 6, 2018 · Esta es la insólita trayectoria completada por Pedro Duque, el astronauta al que el nuevo presidente español, Pedro Sánchez, acaba de elegir como ministro de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades.
Jun 7, 2018 · Yesterday, the new transition government led by socialist Pedro Sánchez announced that Pedro Duque, who visited space twice, will be at the helm of the newly created Ministry for Science, Innovation, and Universities.
John Glenn, the first American to orbit Earth and who flew again on the Shuttle at age 77 with ESA astronaut Pedro Duque, passed away on 8 December at the age of 95.
