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The following is a list of French astronauts, also referred to as spationauts, who have traveled into space, sorted by date of first flight.
As of 2024, ten French nationals have been in space. The first French national in space was Jean-Loup Chrétien in 1982. The first female spationaut was Claudie Haigneré, née André-Deshays, who traveled to Mir in 1996.
Jean-Loup Chrétien and Jean-François Clervoy are the only French nationals to have been in space three times. Jean-Pierre Haigneré and Thomas Pesquet are the only French nationals to have made long-term spaceflights.
List
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Jean-Loup Chrétien | Soyuz T-6 | June 24, 1982 | 7 days, 21 hours, 50 minutes | Salyut 7 | [1] | |
| Soyuz TM-7 / Soyuz TM-6 | November 26, 1988 | 24 days, 17 hours, 52 minutes | Mir | Mir Aragatz mission | [2] | ||
| STS-86 | September 26, 1997 | 10 days, 19 hours, 22 minutes | Mir | Seventh Shuttle-Mir Docking | [3] | ||
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Patrick Baudry | STS-51-G | June 17, 1985 | 7 days, 1 hour, 38 minutes | Deployed three communications satellites, all attached to Payload Assist Module-D (PAM-D) | [4] | |
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Michel Tognini | Soyuz TM-15 / Soyuz TM-14 | July 27, 1992 | 14 days | Mir | [5] | |
| STS-93 | July 23, 1999 | 4 days, 22 hours, 49 minutes | Delivered the Chandra X-ray Observatory | [6] | |||
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Jean-Pierre Haigneré | Soyuz TM-17 / Soyuz TM-16 | July 1, 1993 | 21 days | Mir | [7] | |
| Soyuz TM-29 | February 20, 1999 | 188 days, 20 hours, 16 minutes | Mir | [8] | |||
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Jean-François Clervoy | STS-66 | November 3, 1994 | 10 days, 22 hours, 34 minutes | Conducted experiments on the Atmospheric Laboratory for Applications and Science-3 (ATLAS-3) and the Cryogenic Infrared Spectrometers and Telescopes for the Atmosphere-Shuttle Pallet Satellite (CRISTA-SPAS) payloads | [9] | |
| STS-84 | May 15, 1997 | 9 days, 4 hours, 19 minutes | Mir | Sixth Shuttle-Mir Docking | [10] | ||
| STS-103 | December 20, 1999 | 7 days, 23 hours, 11 minutes | Third Hubble Space Telescope Servicing Mission | [11] | |||
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Jean-Jacques Favier | STS-78 | June 20, 1996 | 16 days, 21 hours, 48 minutes | Conducted Life and Microgravity Spacelab (LMS) experiments | [12] | |
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Claudie Haigneré | Soyuz TM-24 / Soyuz TM-23 | August 17, 1996 | 16 days | Mir | [13] | |
| Soyuz TM-33 / Soyuz TM-32 | October 21, 2001 | 10 days | ISS | [14] | |||
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Léopold Eyharts | Soyuz TM-27 / Soyuz TM-26 | January 29, 1998 | 21 days | Mir | [15] | |
| STS-122 / STS-123 | February 8, 2008 | 48 days | ISS | Delivered the Japanese Kibo Logistics Module and the Canadian Dextre robotics system | [16][17] | ||
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Philippe Perrin | STS-111 | June 5, 2002 | 13 days, 20 hours, 35 minutes | ISS | [18] | |
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Thomas Pesquet | Soyuz MS-03 | November 17, 2016 | 194 days | ISS | [19] | |
| SpaceX Crew-2 | July 21, 2021 | 199 days, 17 hours and 43 minutes | ISS | [20][21] | |||
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Sophie Adenot | SpaceX Crew-12 | February 13, 2026 | 176 days (ongoing) | ISS | [22] |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ↑ "Salyut 7 (Soyuz T-6) French/Soviet Mission (1982)". European Space Agency. Retrieved 8 October 2011.
- ↑ "Aragatz". www.esa.int. Retrieved 2024-01-27.
- ↑ "STS-86 - NASA". Retrieved 2024-01-27.
- ↑ "NASA - NSSDCA - Spacecraft - Details". nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov. Retrieved 2024-01-27.
- ↑ "Michel Tognini". www.esa.int. Retrieved 2024-01-27.
- ↑ "STS-93 - NASA". Retrieved 2024-01-27.
- ↑ "Spaceflight mission report: Soyuz TM-17". www.spacefacts.de. Retrieved 2023-11-21.
- ↑ "Spaceflight mission report: Soyuz TM-29". www.spacefacts.de. Retrieved 2024-01-27.
- ↑ "Jean-François Clervoy". www.esa.int. Retrieved 2024-01-27.
- ↑ "STS-84 - NASA". Retrieved 2024-01-27.
- ↑ "STS-103 - NASA". Retrieved 2024-01-27.
- ↑ "Prof. Jean Jacques Favier". International Space University. Archived from the original on 2018-01-17. Retrieved 2024-01-27.
- ↑ esa. "Claudie Haigneré (formerly Claudie André-Deshays)". esa.int.
- ↑ "Spaceflight mission report: Soyuz TM-33". www.spacefacts.de. Retrieved 2024-01-27.
- ↑ "Léopold Eyharts". www.esa.int. Retrieved 2024-01-27.
- ↑ "STS-122 - NASA". Retrieved 2024-01-27.
- ↑ "STS-123 - NASA". Retrieved 2024-01-27.
- ↑ "STS-111 - NASA". Retrieved 2024-01-27.
- ↑ "Welcome Aboard! New Arrivals Make Six Expedition 50 Crew Members | Space Station". blogs.nasa.gov. Archived from the original on 25 November 2016. Retrieved 2016-11-24.
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain. - ↑ Drake, Nadia (23 April 2021). "SpaceX launches first astronauts on a reused rocket". National Geographic. Archived from the original on 23 April 2021. Retrieved 23 April 2021.
- ↑ Thompson, Amy (23 April 2021). "SpaceX launches 4 astronauts to space station, nails rocket landing". Space.com. Retrieved 23 April 2021.
- ↑ "NASA's SpaceX Crew-12 Launches to International Space Station - NASA". Retrieved 2026-02-14.
External links
[edit]- CNES — Homepage (in French)
- CNES — Homepage (in English)