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Dr André Kuipers, MD (born October 5 , 1958 , in Amsterdam ) is the third Dutch Astronaut to engage on a space flight, on April 18 2004 . The first ones were Lodewijk Van Den Berg and Wubbo Ockels . Using the Soyuz Spacecraft Soyuz TMA-4 , Gennady Padalka from Russia, Michael Fincke from the USA and Kuipers flew to the International Space Station . Kuipers returned to earth 9 days later together with ISS crew 8 with the Soyuz TMA-3 . The other two stayed on as ISS crew 9, as did the Soyuz TMA-4 crew. EXTERNAL LINKS |
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