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Pedro Francisco 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 Technical University Of Madrid (UPM) in 1986 . He worked for the European Space Agency (ESA) for six years before being selected as an astronaut cadidate 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.

He's now teaching at the UPM, in the .


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