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Duque was Born March 14, 1963 in Madrid, Spain. He received a degree in Aeronautical Engineering from the Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingenieros Aeronáuticos, Universidad Politécnica, Madrid, Spain, in 1986.
In May, 1995, Duque was selected as an Alternate Payload Specialist astronaut for the Life and Microgravity Spacelab (LMS) mission, STS-78, flown in
June-July, 1996. During this seventeen day mission Duque worked with the Crew Interface Coordinators as the interface between the investigators on ground
and the crew onboard Columbia for all experiment related issues. ESA had five major facilities on the flight and was responsible for more than half of the
experiments performed. In July 1996 he was selected by ESA to attend NASA Astronaut Candidate Training.
Duque reported to the Johnson Space Center in August 1996 for two years of training and evaluation. He was initially assigned to the Computer Support Branch of the Astronaut Office, supporting Space Shuttle and International Space Station Programs and advanced technology development. Duque is currently assigned
to the crew of STS-95. This mission will support a variety of research payloads including deployment of the Spartan solar-observing spacecraft, the Hubble
Space Telescope Orbital Systems Test Platform, and investigations on space flight and the aging process. STS-95 is scheduled for launch in October 1998.
Additional biographical information on the sts-95 crew members
and other NASA astronauts is available on the World Wide Web at:
http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/astrobio.html
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