Frank De Winne, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Frank De Winne

Belgian astronaut

Date of Birth: 25-Apr-1961

Place of Birth: Ghent, Belgium

Profession: astronaut, military personnel, engineer, performing artist, aircraft pilot

Nationality: Belgium

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

Frank, Viscount 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.
ESA astronaut de Winne serves currently as Head of the European Astronaut Centre of the European Space Agency in Cologne/Germany (Köln).