Frank De Winne
Frank De Winne | |
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| Born | 25 April 1961 Ghent, Belgium |
| Status | Retired |
| Occupation | Test pilot |
| Space career | |
| ESA astronaut | |
| Rank | Brigadier General, Belgian Air Force |
Time in space | 198 days, 17 hours, 34 minutes |
| Selection | 1998 ESA Group |
| Missions | Soyuz TMA-1/TM-34 Soyuz TMA-15 (Expedition 20/21) |
Mission insignia | |
Frank De Winne (born 25 April 1961, in Ledeberg, Belgium) is a Belgian Air Component officer and an ESA astronaut. He is Belgium's second person in space (after Dirk Frimout). 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).