List of French astronauts explained

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

ImageNameMissionMission startMission durationSpace stationMission objectivesRef.
data-sort-value=Chrétien rowspan=3 Jean-Loup Chrétien7 days, 21 hours, 50 minutesSalyut 7[1]
Soyuz TM-7 / Soyuz TM-624 days, 17 hours, 52 minutesMirMir Aragatz mission[2]
STS-8610 days, 19 hours, 22 minutesMirSeventh Shuttle-Mir Docking[3]
data-sort-value=Baudry Patrick BaudrySTS-51-G7 days, 1 hour, 38 minutesDeployed three communications satellites, all attached to Payload Assist Module-D (PAM-D)[4]
data-sort-value=Tognini rowspan=2 Michel TogniniSoyuz TM-15 / Soyuz TM-1414 daysMir[5]
STS-934 days, 22 hours, 49 minutesDelivered the Chandra X-ray Observatory[6]
data-sort-value=Haigneré rowspan=2 Jean-Pierre HaigneréSoyuz TM-17 / Soyuz TM-1621 daysMir[7]
Soyuz TM-29188 days, 20 hours, 16 minutesMir[8]
data-sort-value=Clervoy rowspan=3 Jean-François ClervoySTS-6610 days, 22 hours, 34 minutesConducted 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-849 days, 4 hours, 19 minutesMirSixth Shuttle-Mir Docking[10]
STS-1037 days, 23 hours, 11 minutesThird Hubble Space Telescope Servicing Mission[11]
data-sort-value=Favier Jean-Jacques FavierSTS-7816 days, 21 hours, 48 minutesConducted Life and Microgravity Spacelab (LMS) experiments[12]
data-sort-value=Haigneré rowspan=2 Claudie HaigneréSoyuz TM-24 / Soyuz TM-2316 daysMir[13]
Soyuz TM-33 / Soyuz TM-3210 daysISS[14]
data-sort-value=Eyharts rowspan=2 Léopold EyhartsSoyuz TM-27 / Soyuz TM-2621 daysMir[15]
STS-122 / STS-12348 daysISSDelivered the Japanese Kibo Logistics Module and the Canadian Dextre robotics system[16] [17]
data-sort-value=Perrin Philippe PerrinSTS-11113 days, 20 hours, 35 minutesISS[18]
data-sort-value=Pesquet rowspan=2 Thomas PesquetSoyuz MS-03194 daysISS[19]
SpaceX Crew-2199 days, 17 hours and 43 minutesISS[20] [21]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Salyut 7 (Soyuz T-6) French/Soviet Mission (1982). European Space Agency. 8 October 2011.
  2. Web site: Aragatz . 2024-01-27 . www.esa.int . en.
  3. Web site: STS-86 - NASA . 2024-01-27 . en-US.
  4. Web site: NASA - NSSDCA - Spacecraft - Details . 2024-01-27 . nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov.
  5. Web site: Michel Tognini . 2024-01-27 . www.esa.int . en.
  6. Web site: STS-93 - NASA . 2024-01-27 . en-US.
  7. Web site: Spaceflight mission report: Soyuz TM-17 . 2023-11-21 . www.spacefacts.de.
  8. Web site: Spaceflight mission report: Soyuz TM-29 . 2024-01-27 . www.spacefacts.de.
  9. Web site: Jean-François Clervoy . 2024-01-27 . www.esa.int . en.
  10. Web site: STS-84 - NASA . 2024-01-27 . en-US.
  11. Web site: STS-103 - NASA . 2024-01-27 . en-US.
  12. Web site: Prof. Jean Jacques Favier . International Space University.
  13. Web site: Claudie Haigneré (formerly Claudie André-Deshays). esa. esa.int.
  14. Web site: Spaceflight mission report: Soyuz TM-33 . 2024-01-27 . www.spacefacts.de.
  15. Web site: Léopold Eyharts . 2024-01-27 . www.esa.int . en.
  16. Web site: STS-122 - NASA . 2024-01-27 . en-US.
  17. Web site: STS-123 - NASA . 2024-01-27 . en-US.
  18. Web site: STS-111 - NASA . 2024-01-27 . en-US.
  19. Web site: Welcome Aboard! New Arrivals Make Six Expedition 50 Crew Members Space Station. blogs.nasa.gov. 2016-11-24. 25 November 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20161125044035/https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/2016/11/19/welcome-aboard-new-arrivals-make-six-expedition-50-crew-members/. dead.
  20. Web site: SpaceX launches first astronauts on a reused rocket . https://web.archive.org/web/20210423110844/https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/spacex-launches-first-astronauts-on-a-reused-rocket. dead. 23 April 2021. Drake. Nadia. Nadia Drake. 23 April 2021. National Geographic. 23 April 2021.
  21. Web site: SpaceX launches 4 astronauts to space station, nails rocket landing. Thompson. Amy. 23 April 2021. Space.com. 23 April 2021.