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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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Image Name Mission Mission start Mission duration Space station Mission objectives Ref.
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
Jean-Jacques Favier STS-78 June 20, 1996 16 days, 21 hours, 48 minutes Conducted Life and Microgravity Spacelab (LMS) experiments [12]
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]
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]
Philippe Perrin STS-111 June 5, 2002 13 days, 20 hours, 35 minutes ISS [18]
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]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Salyut 7 (Soyuz T-6) French/Soviet Mission (1982)". European Space Agency. Retrieved 8 October 2011.
  2. ^ "Aragatz". www.esa.int. Retrieved 2024-01-27.
  3. ^ "STS-86 - NASA". Retrieved 2024-01-27.
  4. ^ "NASA - NSSDCA - Spacecraft - Details". nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov. Retrieved 2024-01-27.
  5. ^ "Michel Tognini". www.esa.int. Retrieved 2024-01-27.
  6. ^ "STS-93 - NASA". Retrieved 2024-01-27.
  7. ^ "Spaceflight mission report: Soyuz TM-17". www.spacefacts.de. Retrieved 2023-11-21.
  8. ^ "Spaceflight mission report: Soyuz TM-29". www.spacefacts.de. Retrieved 2024-01-27.
  9. ^ "Jean-François Clervoy". www.esa.int. Retrieved 2024-01-27.
  10. ^ "STS-84 - NASA". Retrieved 2024-01-27.
  11. ^ "STS-103 - NASA". Retrieved 2024-01-27.
  12. ^ "Prof. Jean Jacques Favier". International Space University.
  13. ^ esa. "Claudie Haigneré (formerly Claudie André-Deshays)". esa.int.
  14. ^ "Spaceflight mission report: Soyuz TM-33". www.spacefacts.de. Retrieved 2024-01-27.
  15. ^ "Léopold Eyharts". www.esa.int. Retrieved 2024-01-27.
  16. ^ "STS-122 - NASA". Retrieved 2024-01-27.
  17. ^ "STS-123 - NASA". Retrieved 2024-01-27.
  18. ^ "STS-111 - NASA". Retrieved 2024-01-27.
  19. ^ "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. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  20. ^ 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.
  21. ^ Thompson, Amy (23 April 2021). "SpaceX launches 4 astronauts to space station, nails rocket landing". Space.com. Retrieved 23 April 2021.
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