Claudie Haigneré

Claudie Haigneré
Born (1957-05-13) 13 May 1957
Le Creusot, France
StatusRetired
OccupationsRheumatologist
Astronaut
Awards
Space career
CNES/ESA astronaut
Time in space
25d 14h 22min
Selection1985 CNES Group 2
1999 ESA Group
MissionsSoyuz TM-24/Soyuz TM-23 (Mir-Cassiopée), Soyuz TM-33/Soyuz TM-32 (ISS-Andromède)
Mission insignia

Claudie Haigneré (French pronunciation: [klodi ɛɲəʁe]; née André; formerly Deshays; born 13 May 1957) is a French doctor, former politician and retired astronaut. The first female astronaut of the French Space Agency (CNES) and the European Space Agency (ESA) to go to space and to visit the ISS, she later was a government minister under Prime Minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin.