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Jean-Loup Chrétien

Retired· CNES · French

Jean-Loup Chrétien

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...

Spaceflights

3

Time in space

43days

Spacewalks

1

Spacewalking

6 h 00 m

in total

Spacewalks

Bars drawn to scale, 0 to 6 hours

PE-4 EVA
Dec 9, 1988
6 h 00 m

0 h2 h4 h6 h

Flights

Success· Flight 3

STS-86

Launched: Sep 26, 1997 · 02:34 UTC
Rocket: Space Shuttle
From: Launch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center
Destination: Mir
Landed: Oct 6, 1997

Crewmates

Jim WetherbeeNASA
Michael J. BloomfieldNASA
David WolfNASA
Wendy B. LawrenceNASA
Scott E. ParazynskiNASA
Vladimir Georgiyevich TitovRoscosmos

Success· Flight 2

Soyuz TM-7

Launched: Nov 26, 1988 · 15:49 UTC
Rocket: Soyuz-U2
From: 1/5, Baikonur Cosmodrome
Destination: Mir
Landed: Dec 21, 1988

Crewmates

Aleksandr Aleksandrovich VolkovRoscosmos
Sergei KrikalevRoscosmos

Success· Flight 1

Soyuz T-6

Launched: Jun 24, 1982 · 16:29 UTC
Rocket: Soyuz U
From: 1/5, Baikonur Cosmodrome
Destination: Salyut 7
Landed: Jul 2, 1982

Crewmates

Vladimir DzhanibekovRoscosmos
Aleksandr IvanchenkovRoscosmos

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Biography

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. He flew on two Franco-Soviet space missions and a NASA Space Shuttle mission. Chrétien was the first Frenchman and the first western European in space.

Facts

Agency: CNES
Status: Retired
Nationality: French
Born: August 20, 1938
First flight: Jun 24, 1982

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