French astronauts selected by the national space agency CNES or the European Space Agency, who flew on Soviet and Russian Soyuz flights, the Mir station and the Space Shuttle. A person belongs here when the cited article calls them a French astronaut. Members are placed here from their own cited Wikipedia articles, each with a verbatim supporting quotation, so a reader can check why an entry sits in this group. The grouping forms part of the browse path for this section of the atlas.
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Wikipedia: Thomas Pesquet
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Thomas Gautier Pesquet (French pronunciation: [tɔmɑ ɡotje pɛskɛ]; born 27 February 1978, is a French aerospace engineer, pilot, European Space Agency astronaut, actor, musician, and writer.
Jean-Loup Chrétien
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Jean-Loup Jacques Marie Chrétien (born 20 August 1938) is a French retired Général de Brigade (brigadier general) in the Armée de l'Air (French air force), and a former CNES spationaut.
Claudie Haigneré
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Claudie Haigneré (French pronunciation: [klodi ɛɲəʁe]; née André; formerly Deshays; born 13 May 1957) is a French doctor, former politician and retired astronaut.
Sophie Adenot (Wikipedia)
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Sophie Marie Laurence Adenot (French pronunciation: [sɔfi ad(ə)no]; born 5 July 1982) is a French engineer, helicopter pilot, and astronaut.
Jean-Pierre Haignere (Wikipedia)
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Jean-Pierre Haigneré (born 19 May 1948) is a French Air Force officer and a former CNES spationaut.
Michel Tognini (Wikipedia)
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Michel Ange-Charles Tognini (born 30 September 1949 in Vincennes, France) is a French test pilot, engineer, brigadier general in the French Air Force, and a former CNES and ESA astronaut who served from 1 January 2005 to 1 November 2011 as head of the European Astronaut Centre of the European Space Agency.
Leopold Eyharts (Wikipedia)
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Léopold "Leo" Eyharts (born 28 April 1957) is a French Brigadier General in the French Air Force, an engineer and ESA astronaut.
Jean-François Clervoy (Wikipedia)
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Jean-François André Clervoy (French pronunciation: [ʒɑ̃ fʁɑ̃swa ɑ̃dʁe klɛʁvwa]; born 19 November 1958) is a French engineer and a CNES and ESA astronaut.
Philippe Perrin (Wikipedia)
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Philippe Perrin (Colonel, French Air Force) (born January 6, 1963) is a French test pilot, engineer and former CNES and European Space Agency astronaut.
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