Claudie Haignere is a French physician and rheumatologist who became the first French woman to fly in space, launching aboard a Russian Soyuz spacecraft in 1996 to the Mir space station. She flew a second mission to the International Space Station in 2001. After her spaceflight career, Haignere entered French government service, serving as a government minister for research and later for European affairs, and she also held leadership roles at the European Space Agency and French science and culture institutions.
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1957-05-13
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is a French doctor
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The first female astronaut of the French Space Agency (CNES) and the European Space Agency (ESA) to go to space and to visit the ISS, she later was a government minister under Prime Minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin.
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The first female astronaut of the French Space Agency (CNES) and the European Space Agency (ESA) to go to space and to visit the ISS, she later was a government minister under Prime Minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin.
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