Biographies of International Astronauts
HaigneréFrance |
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Personal data
| Birthdate: | 19.05.1948 |
| Birthplace: | Paris |
| Marital status: | married |
| Children: | three |
| Selection date: | 09.09.1985 |
| Selection group: | CNES-2 / EAC |
| Position: | Test Cosmonaut (TC) |
| Status: | Ret. ??.05.2003 |
Spaceflights
| No. | Mission | Position | Time | Duration |
| 1 | Soyuz TM-17 / Soyuz TM-16 | Research Cosmonaut | 01.07. - 22.07.1993 | 20d 16h 08m |
| 2 | Soyuz TM-29 / MIR-27 | Flight Engineer | 20.02. - 28.08.1999 | 188d 20h 17m |
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| Total | 209d 12h 25m | |||
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Double assignments
| No. | Mission | Position |
| 1 | Soyuz TM-15 | Research Cosmonaut |
| 2 | Soyuz TM-27 | Research Cosmonaut |
Additional information
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Engineering degree from French Air Force
Academy, 1971; Brigadiergeneral French Air Force; test pilot; was selected as
double for
Soyuz TM-15 and
Soyuz
TM-27; hobbies: Golf, sports, computer, playing saxophon, reading; in a
second marriage married to astronaut Claudie
André-Deshays; Haigneré is Chief
Astronaut of the
ESA
team; he is off Flight Status since November 1999; currently senior advisor to
the ESA
Director of Launchers, in charge of studying all aspects for a Soyuz human
spaceflight programme from Europe's spaceport in French Guyana. |
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