European Space Agency astronaut, 204 days in space for mission DELTA (2004) & Expedition 30/31 (2011/12)
Netherlands
Joined March 2011
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André Kuipers retweeted
🤦 It's probably every musician's worst nightmare: imagine yourself sitting on stage ready to play a concerto and the orchestra begins to perform a completely different piece...😮 #MariaJoãoPires
Nederlandse Nobelprijswinnaar 't Hooft wint prestigieuze wetenschapsprijs nu.nl/wetenschap/6351725/ned…
André Kuipers retweeted
#OTD in 1566, some 200 nobles arrived the Coudenberg Palace in Brussels to hand over a petition to the Regent, Margaret of Parma. They wanted the government to relax anti-protestant laws.
Primeur in de ruimte: astronauten gelanceerd voor vlucht over de polen /via @NOS nos.nl/l/2561952
Van ruimterace via vreedzame samenwerking naar nieuwe wapenwedloop in de ruimte. /via @nosop3 nos.nl/l/2560679
André Kuipers retweeted
Carl Sagan sheds light on the kind of logic and reasoning some use that leads to false assumptions.
(🎥Source ; @carlsagandotcom )
Een uur maakt een groot verschil. Vanavond 20:30 gaat wereldwijd het licht een uur uit tijdens Earth Hour - een krachtig gebaar voor meer natuur en een leefbare planeet. Iedereen kan op kleine of grote schaal meedoen! @wnfnederIand #EarthHour
André Kuipers retweeted
Fun fact.
Italian singer Adriano Celentano released a song in the 1970s with nonsensical lyrics meant to sound like American English—to prove that Italians would just love any American song.
And it was a hit.
John Hemingway, laatste piloot uit de Battle of Britain, op 105-jarige leeftijd overleden /via @NOS nos.nl/l/2560173
André Kuipers retweeted
Learn a lesson on the greenhouse effect from Carl Sagan.
- Carl Sagan testifying before Congress in 1985 on climate change
(🎥 Source - @carlsagandotcom )
André Kuipers retweeted
11 and 8-year old PRODIGY SISTERS played Vivaldi Winter with me on the violin in Rome airport! They were SO CUTE AND AMAZING.. the whole airport loved it 😍.
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I think even Bach himself would've been amazed at this rendition. Spellbinding 🌷🎼🎶
J. S. Bach - Toccata and Fugue in D minor on the glass harp ✨
André Kuipers retweeted
How the staff empty bins onboard this Indian train.. 😪
Readers added context they thought people might want to know
This person was fired the same day according to India's official account of the Ministry of Railways.
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André Kuipers retweeted
The Dance of the Little Swans from Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake, animated.
[🎞️ polyfjord]
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Completing a 10+day mission, the CM of "Gumdrop" splashed down in the North Atlantic OTD 1969. The successful Apollo 9 mission had qualified the Saturn V/CSM/LM combination, the LM in free-flight & the Apollo EVA suit. The crew also conducted prototype Earth resources photography
