Claudie Haignere
Claudie HaignerĂŠ (formerly Claudie AndrĂŠ-Deshays; born 13 May 1957 in Le Creusot, SaĂ´ne-et-Loire) is a French doctor, politician, and former astronaut. HaignerĂŠ was a back-up crew member for the 1993 Mir AltaĂŻr mission in which her future husband Jean-Pierre HaignerĂŠ participated. The asteroid 135268 HaignerĂŠ is named in their combined honour. HaignerĂŠ visited the Mir space station for 16 days in 1996, as part of the Russian-French CassiopĂŠe mission. In 2001, HaignerĂŠ became the first European woman to visit the International Space Station.
Spaceflights
No. Mission Position Time Duration
1 Soyuz TM-24 / Soyuz TM-23 Research Cosmonaut 17.08. - 02.09.1996 15d 18h 23m
2 Soyuz TM-33 / Soyuz TM-32 Flight Engineer 21.10. - 31.10.2001 9d 19h 59m
Total 25d 14h 22m
