page_title: Pedro Duque
section_title: Astronaut
hierarchical_section_title: Pedro Duque / Biography / Astronaut
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Besatzung der Space Shuttle-Mission STS-95. Vorne sitzen die Astronauten Curtis L. Brown (rechts, Kommandant) und Steven W. Lindsey (Pilot). In der hinteren Reihe stehen von links nach rechts die Astronauten Scott F. Parazynski (Missionsspezialist), Stephen K. Robinson (Missionsspezialist), Chiaki Mukai (Nutzlastspezialistin), Pedro Francisco Duque (Missionsspezialist) und der US-Senator John H. Glenn (Nutzlastspezialist). English: Five astronauts based at the Johnson Space Center (JSC) and two payload specialists take a break from their training schedule to pose for the STS-95 pre-flight portrait. Seated are astronauts Curtis L. Brown Jr. (right), mission commander; and Steven W. Lindsey, pilot. Standing, from the left, are Scott F. Parazynski and Stephen K. Robinson, both mission specialists; Chiaki Mukai, payload specialist representing Japan's National Space Development Agency (NASDA); Pedro Duque, mission specialist representing the European Space Agency (ESA); and U.S. Sen. John H. Glenn Jr., payload specialist. The seven are scheduled to be launched into Earth orbit aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery in late October of this year.
context_page_description: Pedro Francisco Duque Duque, OF, OMSE is a Spanish astronaut and aeronautics engineer who serves as Minister of Science of the Government of Spain. He was also Member of the Congress of Deputies from May 2019 until February 2020.
context_section_description: 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 supervised ESA experimental modules. In October 2003, Duque visited the International Space Station on board of a Soyuz TMA Ship for several days during a crew changeover.  The scientific program of this visit was called by ESA/Spain Misión Cervantes.
caption: Duque (standing, second from the right) with the crew of the STS-95 in 1998
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