ESA astronaut Andre Kuipers (right) with former NASA astronaut Jeff Hoffman at the Second European Symposium for the Utilisation of the International Space Station, held at ESTEC 16-18 November 1998. Kuipers was announced as Europe's newest astronaut on 5 October 1998. He will begin training around mid-1999 to qualify for future missions aboard the International Space Station (ISS). Kuipers is a specialist in space-related medical research. [Image Date: 1998/11] [98.11.009-044]