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Pedro Duque
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Spanish astronaut and politician
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Pedro Duque is a Spanish engineer, astronaut, politician, and actor born in Madrid in 1963. He has worked for the European Space Agency and Hispasat, and his work location is Madrid. Duque is a member of the Royal Academy of Engineering of Spain and the International Academy of Astronautics. He is an independent politician and speaks Spanish.
Duque was part of NASA Astronaut Group 16 and served on the crews of STS-95, Soyuz TMA-3, and Soyuz TMA-2. He has spent 27046 units of time in space. He is recognized in the Astronauts collection.
He is the recipient of the Princess of Asturias Award for International Cooperation, the Medal "For Merit in Space Exploration," the Order of Friendship, and Crosses of Aeronautical Merit. Duque was educated at the Technical University of Madrid. He is married to Consuelo Femenía and has 24 children.
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Film & TV
Madrid, Spain
Known for
- Calleja en el Espacio2025
- La Revuelta — Self - Guest2024
- Joaquín, el novato — Invitado2022
- Órbita Laika — Invitado2014
- Gloria — Man in the Pub1999
- Tigerenten Club — Self1996
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Key facts
- Prime minister
- Pedro Sánchez
- Preceded by
- Position established
- Succeeded by
- Diana Morant
- Constituency
- Alicante
- Born
- ( 1963-03-14 ) 14 March 1963 (age 63) , Madrid , Spain
- Party
- Independent
- Occupation
- Flight engineer
- Awards
- Grand Cross of Aeronautical Merit , Prince of Asturias Award for International Cooperation , Member of the Order of Friendship ( Russian Federation ), Medal "For Merit in Space Exploration"
- Status
- Retired
- Time in space
- 18d 18h 46min
- Selection
- 1992 ESA Group / NASA Group 16 (1996)
- Missions
- STS-95 , Soyuz TMA-3 / 2
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Part of
- NASA Astronaut Group 16
- Family name
- Duque
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Spain
- Place of birth
- Madrid
- Spouse
- Consuelo Femenía
- Occupation
- actor
- Educated at
- Technical University of Madrid
- Employer
- Hispasat
- Political party
- independent politician
- Languages spoken
- Spanish
- Official website
- www.pedroduque.es
- Image
- Pedro Duque-detail.jpg
- Number of children
- 3
- Work location
- Madrid
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- Pedro Duque
- date of birth
- 1963-03-14
- time in space
- 27046
- second family name in Spanish name
- Duque
- member of the crew of
- Soyuz TMA-2
- social media followers
- 514772
- P10632
- Pedro Duque
- name in native language
- Pedro Duque
- P450
- Soyuz TMA-2
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Encyclopedic overview
Pedro Francisco Duque Duque, OF, OMSE (born Madrid, 14 March 1963) is a Spanish astronaut and aeronautics engineer who served as Minister of Science from 2018 to 2021 and member of the Congress of Deputies, representing Alicante, from May 2019 until February 2020.
Since December 2023, he has been the chair of Hispasat.
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