BELGIUM ASTRONAUT FRANK DE WINNE PREFLIGTH JERSEY EXPEIDTION 21 SOYUZ TMA-15
BELGIUM ASTRONAUT FRANK DE WINNE PREFLIGTH JERSEY EXPEIDTION 21 SOYUZ TMA-15
ESA astronaut Frank de Winne preflight jersey t-shirt Expedition 21 Soyuz TMA-15. The jersey depicting the image of Soyuz TMA-15 crew with the background of Soyuz spacecraft, on the right in red upper chest area is the emblem of Expedition 21, on the right sleeve is the emblem of Soyuz TMA-15 and on the left sleeve is Belgium flag.
On the back printed in red letters in Cyrillic ISS -21 (MKC-21), image of ISS and Earth.
Frank, De Winne is Belgian Air Component officer and 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. ISS ESA astronaut Frank de Winne serves currently as Head of the European Astronaut Centre of the ESA.
Frank de Winne's first spaceflight (30 October - 10 November 2002) was a trip as a flight engineer to ISS in 2002, traveling to the station aboard Soyuz TMA-1 and returning aboard Soyuz TM-34. During his time in space, De Winne carried out successfully a program of 23 experiments in the fields of life and physical sciences and education.
He was the back-up crew member for Léopold Eyharts of ISS Expedition 16.
On 27 May 2009 De Winne launched aboard Soyuz TMA-15, becoming the first astronaut from the European Space Agency to command a space mission.
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