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Frank De Winne

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Belgian astronaut

ScientistsBorn 1961 · age 65
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Frank De Winne is a Belgian Air Component officer and an ESA astronaut. He is Belgium's second person in space. He was the first ESA astronaut to command a space mission when he served as commander of ISS Expedition 21.

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Russian Boilersuit of Belgian Astronaut Frank de Winne at the Euro Space Center in BelgiumRussian Boilersuit of Belgian Astronaut Frank de Winne at the Euro Space Center in Belgiumflight plan and personal notes of Belgian Astronaut Frank de Winne at the Euro Space Center in Belgiumflight plan and personal notes of Belgian Astronaut Frank de Winne at the Euro Space Center in Belgium

Awards 16

2012Honorary doctor of the University of Liège
2010Gouden Penning
2010honorary doctor of the University of Antwerp
2009NASA Distinguished Public Service Medal
2009NASA Space Flight Medal
2003honorary doctorate of Hasselt University
1999Officer of the Order of Orange-Nassau
Officer of the Order of Leopold II
Officer of the Order of the Crown
Medal "For Merit in Space Exploration"
Order of Friendship
Order of Leopold
Order of the Crown
Order of Leopold II
Order of Orange-Nassau
NATO Medal

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Connected to Frank 6

Dries van NotenAlso won Gouden PenningBenoît SokalAlso won Officer of the Order of Leopold IIBasant Kumar BirlaAlso won Officer of the Order of the CrownGüler SabancıAlso won Order of Leopold IIMichael GrätzelAlso won honorary doctorate of Hasselt UniversityDirk FrimoutAlso won Honorary doctor of the University of Liège

About this person

Frank De Winne is a Belgian Air Component officer and an ESA astronaut. He is Belgium's second person in space. He was the first ESA astronaut to command a space mission when he served as commander of ISS Expedition 21. He serves currently as Head of the European Astronaut Centre of the European Space Agency in Cologne/Germany (Köln).

Category
Scientists
Type
Scientist
Status
living
Dates
Born 1961 · age 65
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25 languages

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