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Michel Tognini

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French astronaut

FranceBorn 1949 · age 76
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Michel Ange-Charles Tognini is a French test pilot, engineer, brigadier general in the French Air Force, and a former CNES and ESA astronaut who served from 1 January 2005 to 1 November 2011 as head of the European Astronaut Centre of the European Space Agency.

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CNES astronaut Michel Tognini works with a nitrogen freezer on the STS-93 Space Shuttle mission, which supported the Plant Growth Investigations in Microgravity (PGIM) and Biological Research in Canisters (BRIC) experiments on this mission which took place in 1999. This mission also launched the Chandra X-ray telescope.CNES astronaut Michel Tognini works with a nitrogen freezer on the STS-93 Space Shuttle mission, which supported the Plant Growth Investigations in Microgravity (PGIM) and Biological Research in Canisters (BRIC) experiments on this mission which took place in 1999. This mission also launched the Chandra X-ray telescope.

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2011Medal "For Merit in Space Exploration"
1992Order of Friendship of Peoples
1988Order of Friendship of Peoples
Commander of the Legion of Honour
Officer of the National Order of Merit
National Order of Merit
Aeronautical Medal
NASA Space Flight Medal

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Éric TrappierAlso won Aeronautical MedalWilliam Frederick FisherAlso won NASA Space Flight MedalKonstantin KozeyevAlso won Medal "For Merit in Space Exploration"Édouard GuillaudAlso won Aeronautical MedalYuri SharginAlso won Medal "For Merit in Space Exploration"Jerry M. LinengerAlso won NASA Space Flight Medal

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Michel Ange-Charles Tognini is a French test pilot, engineer, brigadier general in the French Air Force, and a former CNES and ESA astronaut who served from 1 January 2005 to 1 November 2011 as head of the European Astronaut Centre of the European Space Agency. A veteran of two space flights, Tognini has logged a total of 19 days in space. Tognini has 4000 flight hours on 80 types of aircraft. He is fluent in English and Russian.

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Born 1949 · age 76
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