Biographies of International Astronauts
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Personal data
| Birthdate: | 25.04.1961 |
| Birthplace: | Ghent |
| Marital status: | married |
| Children: | three |
| Selection date: | 19.10.1998 |
| Selection group: | EAC |
| Position: | SS / Test Cosmonaut (TC) |
| Status: | active |
Spaceflights
| No. | Mission | Position | Time | Duration |
| 1 | Soyuz TMA-1 / Soyuz TM-34 | Flight Engineer | 30.10. - 10.11.2002 | 10d 20h 53m |
| 2 | Soyuz TMA-15 / ISS-20 / ISS-21 | Flight Engineer / ISS-CDR | 27.05. - 01.12.2009 | 187d 20h 42m |
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| Total | 198d 17h 35m | |||
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Backup assignments
| No. | Mission | Position |
| 1 | STS-122 | Flight Engineer |
Additional information
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Masters degree in telecommunications and civil
engineering from the Royal Military Academy, Brussels, 1984; graduated in 1992
from Empire Test Pilots School (ETPS) in Boscombe Down, England, with honours;
Brigadier General and squadron commander, Belgium Air Force; selected as
ESA
astronaut; hobbies: Football, small PC applications, gastronomy; since August
01, 2012 Head of the European Astronaut Centre Department. |
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