Pedro Duque

Quick Facts

Full Name	Pedro Duque
Occupation	Engineer
Date Of Birth	Mar 14, 1963(1963-03-14)
Age	61
Birthplace	Madrid
Country	Spain
Birth City	Community of Madrid
Horoscope	Pisces

Pedro Duque Biography

Pedro Duque is one of the most popular and richest Engineer who was born on March 14, 1963 in Madrid, Community of Madrid, Spain. Duque was born in Madrid in 1963, the son of an engineer from the agricultural sector who was the air traffic control controller as well as a homemaker from Badajoz. In 1986, Duque obtained a degree from Aeronautical Engineering at the Universidad Politecnica de Madrid. In 1986, he was employed by GMV and the European Space Agency (ESA) for six years, before being chosen for the position of astronaut in 1992.

In 2006, Duque was appointed director of management at Deimos Imaging the private company which in 2009 placed in space the very first Spanish Earth observation satellite (Deimos 1) that is used for the fields of agriculture, forest wildfire detection and control. In 2011, he was appointed the CEO for the Company.

After the success of the motion of no confidence against the government of Mariano Rajoy in June 2018, President Pedro Sanchez named Pedro Duque Minister of Science, Innovation and Universities.

As the rest of the Sánchez cabinet, Duque ran for the April 2019 general election, being elected MP for Alicante.

Duque received training at both Russia as well as the United States. His first space flight involved him as a specialist on space shuttle STS-95 in which Duque was in charge of ESA experiments. On October 3, 2003 Duque was on his home on the International Space Station on board of the Soyuz TMA Ship for several days as part of a crew changeover. The scientific agenda of the visit was referred to in the name of Spain and ESA Mision Cervantes.

Pedro Duque Net Worth

Pedro Duque is one of the richest Engineer from Spain. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Pedro Duque 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Pedro Francisco Duque Duque, OF, OMSE (Madrid, 14 March 1963) is a Spanish aerospace engineer and astronaut who is Secretary of Science, Innovation and Universities of the Government of Spain. He also serves as a member of the Congress of Deputies since May 2019. It was his second Spanish astronaut following Luis Carrero Blanco.

In 2003, he began working at the UPM School of Aeronautical Engineers as the head of operations for the Spanish USOC as well as lecturing students in operations and space science.

In October 2011 Duque returned to his position in the European Space Agency, retaking his position as an astronaut. Until 2015 he was the leader of the Flight Operations Office, with responsibility for ESA operations in the ISS. After that he assumed the responsibility of the review of future ESA manned flights, within the ESA’s astronaut corps.

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Who is Pedro Duque Dating?

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Facts & Trivia

Pedro Ranked on the list of most popular Engineer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Spain. Pedro Duque celebrates birthday on March 14 of every year.

What did Pedro Duque do?

Pedro Duque, (born March 14, 1963, Madrid, Spain), Spanish aeronautical engineer and astronaut who became the first Spanish citizen to go into space.

Where is Pedro Duque from?

Madrid, Spain

Who of these astronauts is in the government of Spain?

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Missions| STS-95, Soyuz TMA-3/2
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