Tags: Astronaut.

Jean-Loup Jacques Marie Chrétien (born August 20 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.

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time in space (μ)
3.75594e+06
birth date
1938-08-20
birth place
La Rochelle, France
mission
STS-86, Soyuz T-6, Soyuz TM-6, Soyuz TM-7, Mir EO-4
nationality
France
occupation
Fighter pilot
type
CNES

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