André Kuipers
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| André Kuipers | |
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 André Kuipers at a press conference in 2004 |
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| Nationality | Dutch |
| Born | October 5, 1958 Amsterdam, Netherlands |
| Other occupation | Physician |
| Space time | 10 days, 20 hours, 53 minutes |
| Selection | 1998 ESA Group |
| Missions | Soyuz TMA-4, Soyuz TMA-3, Soyuz TMA-02M, Expedition 21 |
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André Kuipers (born October 5, 1958) is a Dutch physician and ESA astronaut. In 2004, he made a space flight to the International Space Station.
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[edit] Early life
André Kuipers is born on October 5, 1958 in Amsterdam in the Netherlands. He graduated from high school in Amsterdam in 1977, and as medical doctor from the University of Amsterdam in 1987.[1]
[edit] Space flight
Using the Soyuz spacecraft Soyuz TMA-4, Gennady Padalka from Russia, Michael Fincke from the U.S. and Kuipers flew to the International Space Station. Kuipers returned to earth 9 days later together with the ISS Expedition 8 crew in Soyuz TMA-3. The other two stayed on as ISS Expedition 9, as did the Soyuz TMA-4 crew.
He is the second Dutch citizen (but third person born in the Netherlands) to fly in space and the first to fly on a Russian spacecraft. The previous Dutch space traveler was Wubbo Ockels. Lodewijk van den Berg was also born in the Netherlands, received the US nationality, and lost the Dutch before becoming an astronaut.
[edit] References
- ^ André Kuipers. Retrieved on 2008-01-27.
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