André Kuipers (born October 5, 1958, in Amsterdam) is the second Dutch astronaut (the first one being Wubbo Ockels) to engage on a space flight, on April 18, 2004. Using the Soyuz spacecraft Soyuz TMA-4, Gennady Padalka from Russia, Michael Fincke from the USA and Kuipers flew to the International Space Station. Kuipers returned to earth 9 days later together with ISS crew 8 with the Soyuz TMA-3. The other two will stay as ISS crew 9. The Soyuz TMA-4 will also stay. October 5 is the 278th day of the year (279th in Leap years). ... 1958 was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Municipality of Amsterdam Alternate meanings: See Amsterdam Amsterdam listen is the capital of the Netherlands. ... U.S. Space Shuttle astronaut Bruce McCandless II using a manned maneuvering unit. ... Wubbo Ockels is a Dutch physicist and astronaut. ... Soyuz at National Space Centre Soyuz (Союз, union) is a series of spacecraft designed by Sergey Korolev for the Soviet Unions space program. ... Crew Launched ISS Expedition 9 Crew: Gennady Padalka (2) Edward Fincke (1) - U.S.A. Andre Kuipers (1) - ESA (Netherlands) Landed ISS Expedition 9 Crew: Gennady Padalka (2) Edward Fincke (1) - U.S.A. Yuri Shargin (1) Mission Parameters Mass: ? kg Perigee: 200 km Apogee: 252 km Inclination: 51. ... Gennady Ivanovich Padalka (Russian: Геннадий Иванович Падалка) was born June 21, 1958, in Krasnodar, Russia. ... This article needs cleanup. ... ISS Statistics Crew: 2 As of April 26, 2005 Perigee: 349. ... Crew Launched ISS Expedition 8 Crew: Alexander Kaleri (4) Michael Foale (6) - U.S.A. Pedro Duque (1) - ESA (Spain) Landed ISS Expedition 8 Crew: Alexander Kaleri (4) Michael Foale (6) - U.S.A. Andre Kuipers (1) - ESA (Netherlands) (1) number of spaceflights each crew member has completed, including this...
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Kuipers' biography at ESA (http://www.esa.int/export/esaHS/ESAMWUZUMOC_astronauts_0.html)
In July 1999, AndréKuipers joined the European Astronaut Corps of the European Space Agency, whose homebase is at the European Astronaut Centre (EAC) in Cologne, Germany.
AndréKuipers was assigned to the European Space Research and Technology Centre (ESTEC), Noordwijk, The Netherlands, continuing his former work for the Microgravity Payloads Division within the Directorate of Human Spaceflight.
AndréKuipers is currently performing post flight activities and collateral duties in several areas, such as support to ESA payload development, parabolic flight campaigns, healthcare spin-off, as well as to ground support for missions of other ESA astronauts.
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