Frank, Viscount De Winne (born April 25, 1961 in Ledeberg,

Belgium) is a Belgian air component officer and ESA astronaut.

He is the second Belgian person in space (after Dirk Frimout). He
was the first ESA astronaut to command a space mission when he
served as the commander of ISS Expedition 21. ESA Astronaut
Winne is currently serving as Director of the European
Astronaut Center of the European Space Agency in Cologne /
Germany.

Royal Belgian Air Component Major De Winne operated as a test

ESA Winne Astronaut currently serves as
Director of the European Astronaut Center of
the European Space Agency in Cologne /
Germany.
pilot for the Belgian Air Force. From January 1994 to April 1995,
he was responsible for flight safety for the 1st Fighter Wing
operating from Beauvechain. From April 1995 to July 1996, he
was stationed as a senior test pilot with the Participating
European Air Forces at Edwards Air Force Base in California,
where he worked on the mid-life upgrade of the F16 aircraft,
focusing on aircraft testing. Radar. From 1996 to August 1998, he
was a senior test pilot in the Belgian Air Force, responsible for all
test programs and all pilot- vehicle interfaces for future aircraft /
software upgrades.
WHO DOES HE WORK FOR?
ESA astronaut Frank De Winne is the second European to live and work on the
International.
Space Station (ISS) on a long-term mission.

WHAT DID HE STUDY? ¿WHERE?

Winne graduated from the Royal Military Academy with the degree of Master of
Science in Engineering (Polytechnic).
I sudo at the Royal School of Cadets de Lier.

WHERE IS HE FROM? IS HE MARRIED?

He is from Ledeberg, Belgium, Winne is married to Lena Clarke De Winne.

WHAT ARE HIS INTERESTS ON EARTH?

One of the interests is participating in a six-month mission aboard the International
Space Station.

WHAT IS HE DOING ON THE SPACE STATION?

Winner on the space station has the mission of commanding the European Space
Agency.

WHAT DOES HE DO WHEN HE ISN'T WORKING?

Experiencia new things and walk in solitude.

WHAT DOES HE THINK ABOUT?

Think in what we are capable as human beings and also the enormous achievement
with the state of the technology at that time, and the tremendous courage of Yuri
Gagarin in having sat in the Vostok 1 ship