Jean-François Clervoy
| Jean-François Clervoy | |
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| Country: |
 France
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| Organization: |
CNES / ESA
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| selected on | September 18, 1985 ( 2nd CNES group ) March 31, 1992 (NASA 14th group) May 15, 1992 (ESA) |
| Calls: | 3 space flights |
| Start of the first space flight: |
November 3, 1994 |
| Landing of the last space flight: |
December 28, 1999 |
| Time in space: | 28d 3h 05min |
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Jean-François André Clervoy (born November 19, 1958 in Longeville-lès-Metz , France ) is a French astronaut .
biography
Clervoy studied mathematics at a military college in France (preparatory classes Classes Préparatoires ) and was then admitted to the prestigious École polytechnique (1978). In 1983 he graduated from the National Aerospace College ( SupAéro ) in Toulouse. He then went to the French space agency CNES as an engineer and worked on systems for the attitude control of satellites. He also served in the Air Force , where he trained as a test pilot.
Astronaut activity
In 1985, Clervoy was selected as an astronaut candidate by the CNES. In 1991 he took part in astronaut training in the Russian star city . In 1992 he was accepted into the European astronaut corps by ESA .
He later worked in the Automated Transfer Vehicle program and is or was President of Novespace .
STS-66
On November 3, 1994, Clervoy started as a mission specialist on the space shuttle Atlantis for its first flight into space . The ATLAS 3 mission continued the series of Spacelab flights to study solar radiation and the earth's climate. Clervoy deployed the CRISTA-SPAS satellite with the shuttle robot arm and caught it again after eight days of free flight.
STS-84
On May 15, 1997, Clervoy flew on the space shuttle Atlantis to the Mir space station as payload commander . After docking, several tons of equipment and experiments were brought into the Russian space station. In addition, a team change was made. Astronaut Jerry Linenger was relieved after four months and returned to Earth by shuttle. Mike Foale took his place . After 9 days, the STS-84 mission ended on May 24th.
STS-103
On December 20, 1999, Clervoy embarked on an 8-day maintenance mission for the Hubble Space Telescope on the space shuttle Discovery . New instruments and system extensions were installed during this mission. Clervoy operated the space shuttle's robotic arm to capture the telescope and to maneuver his fellow astronauts on the three eight-hour spacecraft space missions.
Private
Jean-François Clervoy and his wife have two children. In September 2009 his book Histoire (s) d'espace was published .
See also
- List of spacemen
- List of space shuttle missions
- List of manned space flights
- List of manned missions to the Mir space station
Web links
- Short biography of Jean-François Clervoy at spacefacts.de
- ESA's biography of Jean-François Clervoy (English)
- Biography of Jean-François Clervoy in the Encyclopedia Astronautica (English)
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Clervoy, Jean-François |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Clervoy, Jean-François André (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French astronaut |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 19, 1958 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Longeville-lès-Metz , France |