Biographies of International Astronauts

Baudry

Patrick Pierre Roger

France

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Personal data

Birthdate:  06.03.1946
Birthplace:  Douala / CAMEROON
Marital status:  married
Children:  three
Selection date:  12.06.1980
Selection group:  CNES-1
Position:  Research Cosmonaut (RC) / PSP
Status:  Ret. 24.06.1985

Spaceflights

No. Mission Position Time Duration
1  STS-51G Discovery  PS  17.06. - 24.06.1985 7d 01h 38m 
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Total  7d 01h 38m 
           

Backup assignments

No. Mission Job
1  Soyuz T-6  Research Cosmonaut

Additional information

Master of science in aeronautical engineering from French Air Force Academy "Ecole de L'Air", Salon de Provence, 1970; engineer; Lieutenant Colonel French Air Force, Res.; test pilot; was selected as backup for Soyuz T-6; then Chief Test Pilot at Aerospatiale; hobbies: mechanical sports, such as motorcycling and car racing, running marathons, playing squash, skiing, gun-firing, wind surfing, and sky-diving, wine connoisseur; since 1996 test pilot at Airbus Training Center, Blagnac.

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