Astronaut appointed science minister in new Spanish cabinet
New Spanish Prime Minister Pedro SÃ¡nchez on Wednesday appointed Pedro Duque, a 55-year-old veteran of two space missions, as his science minister. Duque, the first Spaniard to go into space, said he wished his mother was still alive to see it. He last went to space in 2003 as part of an International Space Station (ISS) mission.