CNES group 2

Date of selection:     09. September 1985

 

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No. Rank Name Profession Age Retirement Age
01 --- Claudie André-Deshays Physician 28 30.08.1998 41
02 --- Jean-François A. Clervoy Aerospace engineer 26 15.05.1992 33
03 --- Jean-Jacques Favier Physicist 36 07.07.1996 47
04 Maj. Jean-Pierre Haigneré Pilot Air Force 37 01.06.1998 51
05 --- Frederic Patat Physician 27 30.08.1998 40
06 Maj. Michel A. Tognini Pilot Air Force 35 30.08.1998 48
07 --- Michel Viso Veterinarian 34 30.08.1998 47


Start training:
15.11.1986 Tognini (Training in the Russian TsPK)
04.08.1990 Haigneré (Training in the Russian TsPK)
16.10.1992 André-Deshays (Training in the Russian TsPK)
19.10.1992 Favier (NASA training as PSP)
??.03.1995 Tognini (NASA training as MSP)
 
Examination:
26.11.1988 Tognini (Double at Soyuz TM-7)
27.07.1992 Haigneré (Double at Soyuz TM-15)
01.07.1993 André-Deshays (Double at Soyuz TM-17)
08.07.1994 Favier (Backup at STS-65)
??.06.1996 Tognini (NASA training as MSP)
 
Note:
Clervoy changed on 15.05.1992 to the ESA and started three months later at the NASA his MSP training. Haigneré, Tognini and André-Deshays changed 1998/1999 to the EAC (European Astronaut Corps) too. The CNES disbanded 1998 the own selection.

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