... On 15 May 2003 the Russian Aviation and Space Agency, S.P. Korolev Rocket and Space Corporation Energia and European Space Agency (ESA) concluded a contract to fly Spanish astronaut Pedro Duque, member of the European astronauts team as the transport spacecraft Soyuz TMA-1 flight engineer as the visiting crew VC-5 member (October 2003, ISS-7 and ISS-8 phase) to the International Space Station (ISS) and perform science research and experiments under Servantes SSM Project (ESA). ... Research Area . ...