The following is a list of French astronauts, also referred to as spationauts, who have traveled into space, sorted by date of first flight.

As of 2024, ten French nationals have been in space. The first French national in space was Jean-Loup Chrétien in 1982. The first female spationaut was Claudie Haigneré, née André-Deshays, who traveled to Mir in 1996.

Jean-Loup Chrétien and Jean-François Clervoy are the only French nationals to have been in space three times. Jean-Pierre Haigneré and Thomas Pesquet are the only French nationals to have made long-term spaceflights.

List

Image Name Mission Mission start Mission duration Space station Mission objectives Ref. Jean-Loup ChrétienSoyuz T-6 7 days, 21 hours, 50 minutesSalyut 7Soyuz TM-7 / Soyuz TM-624 days, 17 hours, 52 minutesMirMir Aragatz missionSTS-86 10 days, 19 hours, 22 minutesMirSeventh Shuttle-Mir Docking Patrick BaudrySTS-51-G7 days, 1 hour, 38 minutesDeployed three communications satellites, all attached to Payload Assist Module-D (PAM-D)Michel TogniniSoyuz TM-15 / Soyuz TM-1414 daysMirSTS-934 days, 22 hours, 49 minutesDelivered the Chandra X-ray Observatory Jean-Pierre HaigneréSoyuz TM-17 / Soyuz TM-1621 daysMirSoyuz TM-29188 days, 20 hours, 16 minutesMir Jean-François ClervoySTS-6610 days, 22 hours, 34 minutesConducted experiments on the Atmospheric Laboratory for Applications and Science-3 (ATLAS-3) and the Cryogenic Infrared Spectrometers and Telescopes for the Atmosphere-Shuttle Pallet Satellite (CRISTA-SPAS) payloadsSTS-849 days, 4 hours, 19 minutesMirSixth Shuttle-Mir DockingSTS-1037 days, 23 hours, 11 minutesThird Hubble Space Telescope Servicing Mission Jean-Jacques FavierSTS-7816 days, 21 hours, 48 minutesConducted Life and Microgravity Spacelab (LMS) experiments Claudie HaigneréSoyuz TM-24 / Soyuz TM-2316 daysMirSoyuz TM-33 / Soyuz TM-3210 daysISS Léopold EyhartsSoyuz TM-27 / Soyuz TM-2621 daysMirSTS-122 / STS-12348 daysISSDelivered the Japanese Kibo Logistics Module and the Canadian Dextre robotics system Philippe PerrinSTS-11113 days, 20 hours, 35 minutesISS Thomas PesquetSoyuz MS-03194 daysISS SpaceX Crew-2199 days, 17 hours and 43 minutesISS Sophie Adenot SpaceX Crew-12 days (ongoing) ISS

See also CNES

References

External links CNES — Homepage CNES — Homepage