Academic training
- Bachelor's Degree in Aeronautics from Technical University of Madrid (1986)
Political and professional career
- Minister for Science and Innovation (January 2020-present)
- Minister for Science, Innovation and Universities (2018-2020)
- MP for Alicante in Lower House of Parliament (2019-present)
- Astronaut responsible for review of future projects at European Space Agency for manned flights (2015-2018)
- Lead- astronaut responsible for the Flight Operations Office of the European Space Agency (2011-2015)
- Director of Operations of Spanish User Support and Operations Centre at Higher Technical School of Aeronautics at Technical University of Madrid (2003-2006)
- Astronaut at European Space Agency (1992-2003). Astronaut on STS-95 space mission on-board Discovery space shuttle (1998)
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