Andre huldiging publiek

Many fans of ESA astronaut André Kuipers gathered to welcome him on 30 August 2012 in Noordwijk, the Netherlands near ESA’s ESTEC technical centre.

Seated from left are Thomas Reiter, Director of Human Spaceflight and Operations, Franco Ongaro, Director of Technical and Quality Management and Head of ESTEC, Jan Franssen, Queen’s Commissioner, Mark Rutte, Dutch Prime Minister, Jean-Jacques Dordain, ESA Director General, Prince Willem-Alexander, André Kuipers and wife Helen Kuipers.

André recently spent 193 days in space on the International Space Station.