Radio Ham Astronaut Named as Minister for Science

Radio amateur and astronaut Pedro Duque KC5RGG / ED4ISS has been named as Minister of Science in the new Spanish Government

His first space mission was STS-95 on the space shuttle Discovery in 1998 and in 2003 he spent a week on the International Space Station and had two ARISS contacts with schools in Spain.

Media Story - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-44382051

Amateur Radio on the International Space Station - http://www.ariss.org/