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President of the Cité des Sciences et de l’Industrie, Paris

Claudie Haigneré is a French doctor, politician and former astronaut with the Centre National d’Études Spatiales (1985–1999) and the European Space Agency (1999–2002). Following her career as an astronaut, Claudie entered French politics. She became Minister for European Affairs in Jean-Pierre Raffarin’s Government and Minister Delegate for research and new technologies. She is now President of the Cité des Sciences et de l’Industrie in Paris.

“The First French Woman in Space and Flight Engineer of the Soyuz Spacecraft”

[expand title=”In detail”] Claudie Haigneré was a back-up crew member for the 1993 Mir Altaïr mission in which her future husband Jean-Pierre Haigneré participated. The asteroid 135268 Haigneré is named in their combined honour. Claudie visited the Mir space station for 16 days in 1996, as part of the Russian-French Cassiopée mission. In 2001, Haigneré became the first European woman to visit the International Space Station, as part of the Andromède mission. She retired from ESA on June 18, 2002. She was made a Cavalier of the Honorary Legion Order, France’s highest award for her contribution to the scientific world and her outstanding abilities as an astronaut.[/expand]

[expand title=”What she offers you”]Claudie Haigneré advises businesses and clients on a wide range of subjects and particularly the advantages and benefits that can be obtained through new technologies.[/expand]

[expand title=”How she presents”]An experienced and prolific conference speaker, Claudie tailors her presentations to ideally suit the event and individual audience. [/expand]

Topics

The European Space Station

Space Exploration

Teamwork

Science and New Technology

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