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

Image	Name	Mission	Mission start	Mission duration	Space station	Mission objectives	Ref.
	data-sort-value=Chrétien rowspan=3	Jean-Loup Chrétien			7 days, 21 hours, 50 minutes	Salyut 7		[1]
	Soyuz TM-7 / Soyuz TM-6		24 days, 17 hours, 52 minutes	Mir	Mir Aragatz mission	[2]
	STS-86		10 days, 19 hours, 22 minutes	Mir	Seventh Shuttle-Mir Docking	[3]
	data-sort-value=Baudry	Patrick Baudry	STS-51-G		7 days, 1 hour, 38 minutes		Deployed three communications satellites, all attached to Payload Assist Module-D (PAM-D)	[4]
	data-sort-value=Tognini rowspan=2	Michel Tognini	Soyuz TM-15 / Soyuz TM-14		14 days	Mir		[5]
	STS-93		4 days, 22 hours, 49 minutes		Delivered the Chandra X-ray Observatory	[6]
	data-sort-value=Haigneré rowspan=2	Jean-Pierre Haigneré	Soyuz TM-17 / Soyuz TM-16		21 days	Mir		[7]
	Soyuz TM-29		188 days, 20 hours, 16 minutes	Mir		[8]
	data-sort-value=Clervoy rowspan=3	Jean-François Clervoy	STS-66		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		9 days, 4 hours, 19 minutes	Mir	Sixth Shuttle-Mir Docking	[10]
	STS-103		7 days, 23 hours, 11 minutes		Third Hubble Space Telescope Servicing Mission	[11]
	data-sort-value=Favier	Jean-Jacques Favier	STS-78		16 days, 21 hours, 48 minutes		Conducted Life and Microgravity Spacelab (LMS) experiments	[12]
	data-sort-value=Haigneré rowspan=2	Claudie Haigneré	Soyuz TM-24 / Soyuz TM-23		16 days	Mir		[13]
	Soyuz TM-33 / Soyuz TM-32		10 days	ISS		[14]
	data-sort-value=Eyharts rowspan=2	Léopold Eyharts	Soyuz TM-27 / Soyuz TM-26		21 days	Mir		[15]
	STS-122 / STS-123		48 days	ISS	Delivered the Japanese Kibo Logistics Module and the Canadian Dextre robotics system	[16] [17]
	data-sort-value=Perrin	Philippe Perrin	STS-111		13 days, 20 hours, 35 minutes	ISS		[18]
	data-sort-value=Pesquet rowspan=2	Thomas Pesquet	Soyuz MS-03		194 days	ISS		[19]
	SpaceX Crew-2		199 days, 17 hours and 43 minutes	ISS		[20] [21]

See also

• CNES

External links

• CNES — Homepage
• CNES — Homepage

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.