Jean-Loup Chrétien

Jean-Loup Chrétien

National Center of Space Research

Nationality French

Date Of Birth 1938-08-20

Status Retired

Type Government


Astronaut 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.

Jean-Loup Chrétien's Launches

Space Shuttle Atlantis / OV-104 | STS-86

United Space Alliance
Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
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Soyuz-U2 | Soyuz TM-7

Soviet Space Program
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
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Soyuz-U | Soyuz T-6

Soviet Space Program
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
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