On 24 March 2010, during the 2010 Spring Meeting, the IAF presented the 2010 Space Update at the premises of UNESCO in Paris.
Three major speakers participated on Wednesday 24 March, hosted by UNESCO in Paris.
This year’s Space Update featured a presentation upon the European Space Agency’s Human Spaceflight programme. The talk was given by Frank de Winne, the ESA astronaut from Belgium who last year became the first European commander of the International Space Station.
Frank De Winne joined the European Astronaut Corps of the European Space Agency in January 2000. He provided technical support for the X38 Crew Return Vehicle project division within the Directorate of Manned Spaceflight and Microgravity.
In 2001, De Winne took up training at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Centre (Star City) near Moscow, Russia and from 30 October to 10 November 2002, De Winne participated in the Odissea mission, a support flight to the ISS. He served as flight engineer on the updated Soyuz TMA spacecraft during ascent, and on Soyuz TM during reentry.
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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