Claudie Haigneré

Claudie Haigneré
CNES/ESA Astronaut
Nationality	French
Status	Retired
Born	May 13, 1957 (1957-05-13) (age 54) Le Creusot, France
Other occupation	Rheumatologist
Time in space	25d 14h 22m
Selection	1985 CNES Group 2 1999 ESA Group
Missions	Soyuz TM-24/TM-23, Soyuz TM-33/TM-32
Mission insignia

Claudie Haigneré (formerly Claudie André-Deshays; born 13 May 1957 in Le Creusot, Saône-et-Loire) is a French doctor, politician, and former astronaut with the Centre National d'Études Spatiales (1985–1999) and the European Space Agency (1999–2002).^[1]

Background and training

Born in Le Creusot, France, Haigneré studied medicine at the Faculté de Médecine (Paris-Cochin) and Faculté des Sciences (Paris-VII). She went on to obtain certificates in biology and sports medicine (1981), aviation and space medicine (1982), and rheumatology (1984). In 1986 she received a diploma in the biomechanics and physiology of movement. She completed her PhD thesis in neuroscience in 1992.^[1]

Space career

Haigneré receives the Medal for Merits in Space Exploration from Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on 12 April 2011 at the Moscow Kremlin.

Haigneré was a back-up crew member for the 1993 Mir Altaïr mission in which her future husband Jean-Pierre Haigneré participated. The asteroid 135268 Haigneré is named in their combined honour. Haigneré visited the Mir space station for 16 days in 1996, as part of the Russian-French Cassiopée mission. In 2001, Haigneré became the first European woman to visit the International Space Station, as part of the Andromède mission. She retired from ESA on June 18, 2002.^[2][3][4]

Political career

Following her career as an astronaut, Haigneré entered French politics in Jean-Pierre Raffarin's government. She was minister delegate for Research and New Technologies from 2002 to 2004 and minister delegate for European Affairs in 2004 to 2005.^[5]

Honours

Haigneré is a commander of the Légion d’honneur^[5].

References

1. ^ ^{a b} ESA - Human Spaceflight and Exploration - spationauts - Claudie Haigneré (formerly André-Deshays)
2. ^ CNES Biography
3. ^ Spacefacts biography of Claudie Haigneré
4. ^ Haigneré's diary of the 2001 mission
5. ^ ^{a b} "Biography of Claudie Haigneré". UNESCO. http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php-URL_ID=47977&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html. Retrieved 6 November 2011. 

See also

• List of married couples among space travelers

Persondata
Name	Haignere, Claudie
Alternative names
Short description	Astronaut, politician, doctor
Date of birth	1957-05-13
Place of birth	Le Creusot, France
Date of death
Place of death