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Jean-Pierre Haigneré

Jean-Pierre Haigneré

French test pilot and astronaut (born 1948)

Jean-Pierre Haigneré (born 19 May 1948) is a French Air Force officer and a former CNES spationaut.

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Jean-Pierre Haigneré was born in Paris, France, and joined the French Air Force, where he trained as a test pilot.[1]

He flew on two missions to the Mir space station in 1993 and 1999. The Mir Perseus (Mir EO-27) long-duration mission (186 days) in 1999 also included an EVA.[2] In addition to his duties at the European Space Agency, Jean-Pierre Haigneré is also involved in a European space tourism initiative, the Astronaute Club Européen (ACE), which he co-founded with Alain Dupas and Laurent Gathier.[3] He is credited with taking the first picture of the shadow of a Solar eclipse from space. He took this during the Mir Perseus (Mir EO-27) mission.

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Family

He is married to former French astronaut Claudie Haigneré.[4] The asteroid 135268 Haigneré is named in their combined honour.[5]

References

  1. [1]
    "Jean-Pierre Haigneré". European Space Agency. Retrieved 25 March 2023.
  2. [2]
    "Haigneré Jean-Pierre". spacefacts.de. Retrieved 25 March 2023.
  3. [3]
    "Jean-Pierre Haigneré commits to suborbital flight (translated from French)". Le Figaro. Retrieved 25 March 2023.
  4. [4]
    "Claudie Haigneré (formerly Claudie André-Deshays)". European Space Agency. Retrieved 25 March 2023.
  5. [5]
    Gao Wenxin (6 May 2015). "French couple went on space missions". The Straits Times. Retrieved 25 March 2023.
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