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Personal: Male, Married, three children. Born in Madrid, Spain. Astronaut Career Astronaut Group: ESA Group 1 - 1992, Commercial Group - 1993, NASA Group 16 - 1996. Active Entered space service: 15 May 1992. Number of Flights: 2.00. Total Time: 18.78 days.
NASA Official Biography
Duque Spaceflight Log
Duque Chronology 3 September 1995 - Soyuz TM-22. Assignment: Backup Crew. Flight: Mir EO-20, Mir EO-19. Mir Expedition EO-20. Crew commander was Yuriy Pavlovich Gidzenko of the Russian Air Force. Flight engineer was Sergey Vasilyevich Avdeev of RKK Energiya, and cosmonaut-researcher was Thomas Reiter of the European Space Agency. Soyuz TM-22 docked with Mir's front (-X) port at 10:29:54 GMT on September 5 and the hatch was opened at 11:01:23. 29 October 1998 - STS-95. Assignment: Prime Crew. Flight: STS-95. The flight of STS-95 provoked more publicity for NASA than any other flight in years, due to the presence of ex-astronaut Senator John Glenn on the crew, which also included the first Spanish astronaut, Pedro Duque. The US Navy PANSAT student satellite was deployed on Oct 30 into a 550 km x 561 x 28.5 degree orbit. The Spartan 201 satellite was deployed from Discovery on November 1 and retrieved on November 3. Spartan 201 was on its fifth mission to observe the solar corona. The data on this mission would be used to recalibrate the SOHO satellite which recently resumed observation of the Sun following loss of control. Discovery landed at 17:03:31 GMT November 7 on Runway 33 at the Shuttle Landing Facility at Kennedy Space Center. 29 October 1998 - STS-95 Mission Status Report # 01. Flight: STS-95. The Shuttle Discovery blasted off into a cloudless sky today at 1:19 p.m. Central time from the Kennedy Space Center to kick off a planned nine-day scientific research mission and to return John Glenn to space, 36 years, 8 months and nine days after he became the first American to orbit the Earth. Launch was delayed briefly while flight controllers evaluated an alarm during cabin ...more... 30 October 1998 - STS-95 Mission Status Report # 03. Flight: STS-95. Discovery's astronauts will spend their first full day in space supporting wide-ranging activities, from releasing a small communications satellite to studying the behavior of materials at an atomic level. Commander Curt Brown, Pilot Steve Lindsey and Mission Specialist Scott Parazynski ...more... 31 October 1998 - STS-95 Mission Status Report # 05. Flight: STS-95. Medical investigations will begin in earnest today as Discovery's crew moves forward with research comparing the changes the human body goes through when making trips into orbit with the changes that occur as part of the natural aging process on Earth. Payload Specialist John Glenn, 77, will begin providing the 10 blood samples and ...more... 2 November 1998 - STS-95 Mission Status Report # 09. Flight: STS-95. Discovery's astronauts were awakened at 6 a.m. Central time this morning by Andy Williams' rendition of the 1962 Academy Award winning song, "Moon River." Annie Glenn requested the song as a tribute to the longstanding friendship between Williams and her husband, Payload Specialist John Glenn. The seven crew members are looking forward to some free time today, following yesterday's successful deployment of the Spartan solar physics satellite, which will study the outer layers of the sun's atmosphere until it is retrieved by Discovery tomorrow. Work will continue today with a wide variety of science experiments on board, although ...more... 3 November 1998 - STS-95 Mission Status Report # 11. Flight: STS-95. Discovery's astronauts began the second half of their flight at 5:25 a.m. Central time this morning to the sounds of Stevie Ray Vaughn's "If the House is A-Rockin," in honor of Mission Specialist Steve Robinson. Robinson is known as "Stevie Ray Robinson" by the other members of the astronaut band known as "Max Q". After enjoying a break in their schedule yesterday, the crew is focusing its attention on this afternoon's retrieval of the Spartan solar physics satellite, which has spent the past two days studying the outer layers of the sun's atmosphere. Retrieval is set for 2:45 p.m. Central time. Rendezvous activities will begin when Commander Curt Brown fires Discovery's engines ...more... 3 November 1998 - STS-95 Mission Status Report # 12. Flight: STS-95. The SPARTAN satellite was captured and returned to its berth this afternoon, successfully completing its two-day solar science mission. SPARTAN Mission Manager Craig Toohey congratulated the crew and flight control team on their performance in executing the mission exactly as planned. Toohey said that 30 percent of the science data already had been linked to the ground and the remainder would be off-loaded at landing. SPARTAN Scientist Dr. Richard Fisher noted that investigators were pleased to have the satellite in orbit near a solar maximum cycle and that its instruments had captured sought-after data on a solar mass ejection event. The rendezvous began with Commander Curt Brown firing Discovery's orbital maneuvering ...more... 4 November 1998 - STS-95 Mission Status Report # 13. Flight: STS-95. Music from Japan awakened Discovery's astronauts at 4:50 a.m. Central time this morning. "Wakaki Chi," a cheering song from Keio University where Payload Specialist Chiaki Mukai received her medical degree, was played in recognition of the phone call she will receive at 2:55 p.m. from Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi and Minister of State for Science and Technology, Yutaka Takeyama. The astronauts will once again remove the Spartan solar science satellite from its ...more... 4 November 1998 - STS-95 Mission Status Report # 14. Flight: STS-95. The seventh day in orbit for Space Shuttle Discovery and its seven-member astronaut crew was packed with ongoing science operations. Early in the day, Mission Specialist Steve Robinson, assisted by Mission Specialist Scott Parazynski, tested the Orbiter Space Vision System. OSVS uses special markings on Spartan and the shuttle cargo bay to provide an alignment aid for the arm's operator using shuttle television images. This was its final on-orbit test before going into operational use on the next Space Shuttle flight in December as an aid in using the arm to join together the first two modules of the International Space Station. This afternoon Payload Specialist Chiaki Mukai along with STS-95 commander Curt ...more... 5 November 1998 - STS-95 Mission Status Report # 16. Flight: STS-95. Some of the 80-plus experiments aboard Discovery were being wrapped up today as the end of the STS-95 mission approaches. Others will continue through Friday afternoon, the final full day on orbit. Pilot Steve Lindsey and Mission Specialists Steve Robinson and Pedro Duque checked ...more... 5 November 1998 - STS-95 Mission Status Report # 15. Flight: STS-95. The Moody Blues awakened Discovery's seven astronauts at 4:15 a.m. Central time this morning for their eighth day of on-orbit science activities. The song, "I Know You're Out There Somewhere," was chosen by Commander Curt Brown's family. With the Spartan solar science satellite again secured in its berth in Discovery's ...more... 7 November 1998 - STS-95 Mission Status Report # 20. Flight: STS-95. Discovery's astronauts glided to a smooth landing at the Kennedy Space Center today to wrap up a nine-day, 3.6 million mile mission which marked the return of John Glenn to orbit and saw the crew members successfully conduct more than 80 scientific experiments. Commander Curt Brown and Pilot Steve Lindsey set Discovery down on the 3-mile long ...more... 7 November 1998 - STS-95 Mission Status Report # 19. Flight: STS-95. The seven astronauts aboard Space Shuttle Discovery were awakened at 3:09 a.m. this morning to make final preparations for their return to Earth later this morning. "La Cucaracha," a well-known Spanish song, was played for Mission Specialist Pedro Duque at the request of his wife, Consuelo. If weather and spacecraft systems cooperate, Discovery will touch down at Kennedy ...more... 7 November 1998 - Landing of STS-95. Assignment: Return Crew. Flight: STS-95. STS-95 landed at 17:03 GMT. 18 April 2003 - Soyuz TMA-2A (cancelled). Assignment: Proposed Prime Crew. Flight: Soyuz TMA-2A. Soyuz TMA-2 was originally to switch lifeboats on the International Space Station. The crew would have returned to earth in the Soyuz TMA-1 already docked to the station. After the loss of Columbia, and the grounding of the remaining shuttles, it was decided instead that the EO-6 crew (Bowersox, Budarin, and Pettit) aboard the station would return in Soyuz TMA-1. Soyuz TMA-2 would be instead flown by a two-man skeleton crew (Malenchenko and Lu) to keep the station alive until shuttle flights could resume. 26 April 2003 - Soyuz TMA-2. Assignment: Return Crew. Flight: ISS EO-7. Two-man Russian/American crew to provide minimal manning of space station while shuttle is grounded. Replaced three-man crew aboard ISS since before STS-107 disaster. 8 June 2003 - International Space Station Status Report #03-27. Flight: ISS EO-7. An unmanned Russian resupply craft successfully blasted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan today, carrying more than two tons of food, fuel, water, supplies and scientific gear for the Expedition 7 crew aboard the International Space Station. The Progress 11 vehicle lifted off on time from its Central Asia launch pad at 5:34 ...more... 11 June 2003 - International Space Station Status Report #03-28. Flight: ISS EO-7. An unmanned Russian resupply craft successfully docked to the International Space Station this morning, delivering more than two tons of food, fuel, water, supplies and scientific gear to the Expedition 7 crew aboard the complex. The Progress 11 vehicle automatically linked up to the Pirs Docking Compartment ...more... 13 June 2003 - International Space Station Status Report #03-29. Flight: ISS EO-7. Fresh food, new clothes and more water were among the welcome new arrivals to the International Space Station this week as an unmanned Russian resupply craft docked with the complex. The Progress 11 spacecraft automatically docked to the station's Pirs Docking Compartment Wednesday morning, three days after its launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Expedition 7 Commander Yuri Malenchenko and NASA ISS Science Officer Ed Lu began unloading the cargo ship Friday afternoon. The Progress brought replacement parts for environmental systems in both the U.S. ...more... 25 July 2003 - International Space Station Status Report #03-35. Flight: ISS EO-7. The Expedition 7 crew, Commander Yuri Malenchenko and NASA ISS Science Officer Ed Lu, wound up a busy week with a Canadarm2 session that could lead to operation of the Station's robotic arm by controllers on the ground without crew participation. Today's activity, with Lu working with flight controllers in Houston, began a little ...more... 1 August 2003 - International Space Station Status Report #03-36. Flight: ISS EO-7. The Expedition 7 crew, Commander Yuri Malenchenko and NASA International Space Station Science Officer Ed Lu, spent their 14th week in space performing various science experiments, practicing with the Station's robotic arm and maintaining Station systems. On Tuesday, the crew marked the 1,000th day of human occupancy of the Station with ...more... 8 August 2003 - International Space Station Status Report #03-37. Flight: ISS EO-7. The Expedition 7 crew, Commander Yuri Malenchenko and NASA International Space Station Science Officer Ed Lu, continued work this week with unique microgravity science experiments and maintained the operating systems of the orbiting lab. On Monday, the crewmembers passed the 100-day mark on orbit since their launch to ...more... 15 August 2003 - International Space Station Status Report #03-38. Flight: ISS EO-7. The Expedition 7 crew, Commander Yuri Malenchenko and NASA International Space Station Science Officer Ed Lu, this week conducted science experiments, maintenance activities and prepared for the upcoming departure and arrival of Progress cargo and Soyuz vehicles. Lu talked with former Station Science Officer Don Pettit to help locate hardware ...more... 22 August 2003 - International Space Station Status Report #03-39. Flight: ISS EO-7. Aboard the International Space Station, Expedition 7 Commander Yuri Malenchenko and NASA Science Officer Ed Lu studied their first sample in an experiment designed to look at how air bubbles can weaken metals, crystals and other materials as they coalesce on orbit. They also packed a resupply craft full of trash and readied it for departure next week. Today marked the crew's 118th day on orbit. Sample processing for the Pore Formation ...more... 27 August 2003 - International Space Station Status Report #03-40. Flight: ISS EO-7. An unmanned Russian Progress vehicle successfully undocked from the International Space Station today, heading for a plunge into the Earth's atmosphere with discarded items from the orbital complex. The Progress 10 craft, which arrived at the Station in early February, departed ...more... 28 August 2003 - International Space Station Status Report #03-41. Flight: ISS EO-7. An unmanned Russian Progress vehicle successfully blasted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan tonight to deliver almost three tons of food, fuel, water, and supplies to the residents of the International Space Station. The Progress 12 craft lifted off right on time from its Central Asian launch pad ...more... 30 August 2003 - International Space Station Status Report #03-43. Flight: ISS EO-7. An unpiloted Russian resupply craft successfully docked to the International Space Station tonight, delivering nearly three tons of food, fuel, water, supplies and scientific gear to the Expedition 7 crew aboard the complex and for the next crew to launch in October. The Progress 12 vehicle automatically linked up to the aft end of the Zvezda Service ...more... 4 September 2003 - International Space Station Status Report #03-44. Flight: ISS EO-7. An unmanned Russian Progress vehicle successfully undocked from the International Space Station today, heading for a month of scientific benefit before it is commanded to burn up in the Earth's atmosphere. Just a week after a twin vehicle was cast away from a different Station port, the ...more... 5 September 2003 - International Space Station Status Report #03-45. Flight: ISS EO-7. With a newly arrived Russian Progress cargo vehicle at the aft end of the Zvezda Service Module awaiting unloading and a just-vacated Pirs Docking Compartment awaiting their successors, International Space Station Expedition 7 crewmembers, Commander Yuri Malenchenko and NASA ISS Science Officer Ed Lu, spent much of Friday doing scheduled spacesuit maintenance. The ISS Progress 12 unpiloted cargo vehicle arrived Saturday with about 5,000 pounds ...more... 26 September 2003 - International Space Station Status Report #03-48. Flight: ISS EO-7. Checks of robotics and spacesuits along with varied science activities highlighted the past week aboard the International Space Station for Commander Yuri Malenchenko and NASA ISS Science Officer Ed Lu. Malenchenko and Lu powered up the Station's 60-foot Canadian robotic arm, named ...more... 3 October 2003 - International Space Station Status Report #03-49. Flight: ISS EO-7. The week for Commander Yuri Malenchenko and NASA International Space Station Science Officer Ed Lu was filled with work on various science experiments and routine maintenance aboard the orbiting laboratory. Lu spent much of his time inside the U.S. Destiny laboratory setting up and performing ...more... 10 October 2003 - International Space Station Status Report #03-50. Flight: ISS EO-7. Expedition 7 Commander Yuri Malenchenko and NASA International Space Station Science Officer Ed Lu formally began preparations to come home this week, while continuing to work on several science experiments. Flight controllers in Houston and Moscow began inserting about an hour a day into ...more... 17 October 2003 - International Space Station Status Report #03-51. Flight: ISS EO-7. During their last week alone aboard the International Space Station, Expedition 7 crewmembers focused on preparations to welcome their Expedition 8 successors and for their own return to Earth. Commander Yuri Malenchenko and NASA ISS Science Officer Ed Lu worked to prepare ...more... 18 October 2003 - Soyuz TMA-3. Assignment: Prime Crew. Flight: ISS EO-8, ISS Cervantes, ISS EO-7. The spacecraft carried the Expedition 8 crew of Mike Foale and Aleksandr Kaleri and the EP-5 (Cervantes) mission crewmember Pedro Duque. During the flight to the station spacecraft Commander was Aleksandr Kaleri . Soyuz TMA-3 docked with the Pirs module at 07:16 GMT on October 20. Once the EO-7 crew aboard the ISS was relieved, the roles switched, with Foale becoming the ISS Commander. Duque carried out out 24 experiments in the fields of life and physical sciences, Earth observation, education and technology. The experiments were sponsored by the European Space Agency and Spain. After ten days in space, Duque returned to earth with the EO-7 crew of Malenchenko and Lu aboard Soyuz TMA-2. 18 October 2003 - International Space Station Status Report #03-52. Flight: ISS Cervantes, ISS EO-8. A new crew rocketed toward the International Space Station early today, leaving the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan aboard a Russian Soyuz booster that lifted off at 12:38 a.m. CDT and flawlessly sped into Earth orbit. ISS Expedition 8 Commander and NASA ISS Science Officer Mike Foale and Expedition ...more... 20 October 2003 - International Space Station Status Report #03-53. Flight: ISS Cervantes, ISS EO-8. New residents arrived at the International Space Station Monday with the ISS Soyuz 7 spacecraft docking to the Station at 2:16 a.m. CDT (0716 GMT, 11:16am Moscow time). The arrival of Expedition 8 and a European Space Agency visiting researcher initiated a week of intense science operations and handover activities for the newest station crew, which will stay aboard the complex for nearly 200 days. With Soyuz Commander and Expedition 8 Flight Engineer Alexander Kaleri at the controls, ...more... 20 October 2003 - International Space Station Status Report #03-54. Flight: ISS Cervantes, ISS EO-8. The International Space Station's newest crew of Expedition 8 Commander Mike Foale and Flight Engineer Alexander Kaleri officially boarded the complex when hatches between its Soyuz spacecraft swung open at 5:19 a.m. CDT ( 1019 GMT, 2:19 p.m. Moscow time). They were joined by visiting researcher, European Space Agency astronaut Pedro Duque. Greeting them on the station were Expedition 7 Commander Yuri Malenchenko and NASA ...more... 24 October 2003 - International Space Station Status Report #03-55. Flight: ISS Cervantes, ISS EO-8. Final handover activities are underway aboard the International Space Station as the Expedition 7 crew prepares to return to Earth Monday, following six months aboard the orbiting complex. Landing is scheduled for 8:41 p.m. CST on the steppes of Kazakhstan. Ready to take over is the Expedition 8 crew, which has spent the last week in space ...more... 27 October 2003 - International Space Station Status Report #03-56. Flight: ISS Cervantes, ISS EO-8. The Expedition 7 crew touched down in northern Kazakhstan in its Soyuz spacecraft about 8:41 p.m. CST, concluding a 183-day mission aboard the International Space Station and 185 days in space. Landing occurred on target, approximately 24 miles (38 kilometers) from Arkylyk in Kazakhstan. Expedition 7 Commander Yuri Malenchenko, NASA ISS Science Officer Ed Lu and European ...more... 28 October 2003 - Landing of Soyuz TMA-2. Assignment: Return Crew. Flight: ISS EO-7, ISS EO-8. The spacecraft returned with US astronaut Edward Lu, Russian Yuri Malenchenko and Spaniard Pedro Duque. The three astronauts aboard Soyuz TMA-2 landed at 02:14 GMT, 35 kilometers south of Arkalyk. Transfer of the astronauts was delayed when a snowstorm in Kazakhstan's capital Astana and heavy fog forced all of the rescue party's helicopters. 31 October 2003 - International Space Station Status Report #03-57. Flight: ISS EO-8. International Space Station Expedition 8 Commander and NASA ISS Science Officer Michael Foale and Flight Engineer Alexander Kaleri wound up their first full workweek in space Friday. Science activities, Station maintenance, exercise and more familiarization with their new home were their focus. Kaleri spent much of the day setting up, working with and then stowing the Russian ...more... 7 November 2003 - International Space Station Status Report #03-58. Flight: ISS EO-8. The Expedition 8 crew settled into life aboard the International Space Station this week, squaring away their new home in orbit and beginning work with several different experiments. Commander and NASA ISS Science Officer Michael Foale and Flight Engineer Alexander ...more... Bibliography and Further Reading
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