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Andromede mission - Claudie Haigneré back on earth

by

ESA/CNES/S.Corvaja/Novapix

Reference

e-eur01-10016

Date

2006-12-09

From 21 to 31 October 2001 Claudie Haigneré participated as first female European astronaut in a `taxi flight` to the International Space Station as Soyuz Flight Engineer. This "Andromède" mission had two main purposes : to exchange the Soyuz spacecraft used as a crew escape vehicle, and to carry out a scientific and technical research programme organized by the French space agency CNES during her eight day-stay onboard the International Space Station.