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André Kuipers is a male human born in Amsterdam in 1958. He holds citizenship in the Kingdom of the Netherlands and speaks Dutch. His occupations include astronaut, university teacher, and physician. He has been educated at the University of Amsterdam and is employed by the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam.
Kuipers was a member of the crew of Soyuz TMA-03M, Expedition 30, Expedition 31, and Soyuz TMA-4. He received the Order of Friendship award. His time in space totaled 277618 units. He is recognized in the Astronauts collection.
As an author, he has one work titled *Andre het astronautje gaat naar Mars*.
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 1
Top works
- Andre het astronautje gaat naar Mars
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1958-10-05 ) 5 October 1958 (age 67) , Amsterdam , Netherlands
- Occupation
- Physician
- Status
- Retired
- Time in space
- 203d 15h 50m
- Selection
- 1998 ESA Group
- Missions
- Soyuz TMA-4 / TMA-3 , Soyuz TMA-03M ( Expedition 30 / 31 )
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- André
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of the Netherlands
- Place of birth
- Amsterdam
- Educated at
- University of Amsterdam
- Employer
- Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
- Languages spoken
- Dutch
- Image
- André Kuipers 2011.jpg
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- André Kuipers
- date of birth
- 1958-10-05
- time in space
- 277618
- member of the crew of
- Soyuz TMA-03M
- social media followers
- 448029
- name in native language
- André Kuipers
- P450
- Soyuz TMA-3
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Encyclopedic overview
André Kuipers ( Dutch: [ˈɑndreː ˈkœypərs] ; born 5 October 1958) is a Dutch physician and ESA astronaut. He became the second Dutch citizen, third Dutch-born and fifth Dutch-speaking astronaut upon launch of Soyuz TMA-4 on 19 April 2004. Kuipers returned to Earth aboard Soyuz TMA-3 11 days later.
Kuipers is the first Dutch astronaut to return to space. On 5 August 2009, Dutch minister of economic affairs Maria van der Hoeven, announced Kuipers was selected as an astronaut for International Space Station (ISS) Expeditions 30 and 31. He was launched to space on 21 December 2011 and returned to Earth on 1 July 2012.
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