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Jean-Loup Chrétien is a former astronaut from National Center of Space Research. 3 spaceflights.
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.
PERSONAL DETAILS
NationalityFrance
BornAugust 20, 1938
AgencyNational Center of Space Research
TypeGovernment
StatusFormer
First FlightJune 24, 1982
Last FlightSeptember 26, 1997
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