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Jean-Pierre Haigneré (No image available) (born 19 May 1948) is a French Air Force officer and a CNES astronaut.

Haigneré was born in Paris, France and joined the French Air Force, where he trained as a test pilot. He flew on two missions to the Mir space station in 1993 and 1999. The Mir Altair long-duration mission (186 days) in 1993 also included an EVA.

He is married to former French astronaut Claudie Haigneré. The asteroid 135268 Haigneré is named in their combined honour.

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