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Nationality
  
French

Name
  
Jean-Pierre Haignere

Other occupation
  
Test pilot

Mission insignia
  

Space agency
  
CNES

Time in space
  
209d 12h 25min

First space flight
  
Soyuz TM-16

Status
  
Retired

Role
  
Astronaut


Jean-Pierre Haignere Cosmonaut Biography JeanPierre Haignere

Born
  
19 May 1948 (age 75) Paris, France (
1948-05-19
)

Selection
  
1985 CNES Group 2, 1998 ESA Group

Space missions
  
Soyuz TM-29, Soyuz TM-16, Soyuz TM-17

Rank
  
Brigadier general, French Air Force

Similar People
  
Claudie Haignere, Viktor Afanasyev, Jean‑Francois Clervoy, Vasily Tsibliyev, Ivan Bella

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

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Haigneré was born in Paris, France and joined the French Air Force, where he trained as a test pilot.

He flew on two missions to the Mir space station in 1993 and 1999. The Mir Altair long-duration mission (186 days) in 1993 also included an EVA. In addition to his duties at the European Space Agency, 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.

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Un monde r el moebius et jean pierre haigner astronaute en orbite sur la station mir 1999


Family

He is married to former French astronaut Claudie Haigneré. The asteroid 135268 Haigneré is named in their combined honour. He has three children, two from a previous marriage and one with Claudie Haigneré.

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Jean-Pierre Haigneré Space in Images 2000 09 JeanPierre Haigner returns from MIR

Jean-Pierre Haigneré Space in Images 2000 11 JeanPierre Haigner returns from MIR

References

Jean-Pierre Haigneré Wikipedia