Patrick Baudry
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 France
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| Organization: | CNES |
| selected on | June 12, 1980 ( 1st CNES group ) |
| Calls: | 1 space flight |
| Begin: | June 17, 1985 |
| Landing: | June 24, 1985 |
| Time in space: | 7d 01h 38m |
| retired on | June 24, 1985 |
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Patrick Pierre Roger Baudry (born March 6, 1946 in Douala , Cameroon ) is a former French astronaut .
Baudry was a fighter pilot in the French Air Force from 1970 until he was selected as an astronaut candidate by the French space agency CNES in 1980 .
Astronaut activity
Baudry trained for two years at the Yuri Gagarin cosmonaut training center in the Russian star city near Moscow . He was also the substitute for Jean-Loup Chrétien for the Soyuz T-6 Mission in 1982.
The Challenger flight STS-51-E was canceled due to problems with the IUS upper level. A TDRS satellite should have been deployed. The crew were Karol Bobko , Donald Williams , Rhea Seddon , David Griggs , Jeffrey Hoffman , the politician Jake Garn and Patrick Baudry as payload specialists.
STS-51-G
Baudry flew into space on June 17, 1985 as a CNES payload specialist on the STS-51-G mission with the space shuttle Discovery . In this communication satellites for Mexico ( Morelos ), the Arab League ( Arabsat ) and the US ( AT & T Telstar ) suspended. In addition, the SPARTAN satellite was launched and recaptured after 17 hours.
Private
Patrick Baudry is married and has two children.
See also
Web links
- Short biography of Patrick Baudry at spacefacts.de
- Biography of Patrick Baudry in the Encyclopedia Astronautica (English)
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| SURNAME | Baudry, Patrick |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Baudry, Patrick Pierre Roger (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French astronaut |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 6, 1946 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Douala , Cameroon |