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French astronaut, engineer and brigadier general (born 1957) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Léopold "Leo" Eyharts (born 28 April 1957) is a French Brigadier General in the French Air Force, an engineer and ESA astronaut. He has flown to space two times as part of a Mir expedition[1] and an International Space Station expedition.
Léopold Eyharts | |
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Born | Biarritz, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, France | 28 April 1957
Status | Retired |
Nationality | French |
Occupation | Test pilot |
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Space career | |
CNES/ESA astronaut | |
Rank | Brigadier General, French Air Force |
Time in space | 68d 21h 31min |
Selection | 1990 CNES Group 3, 1998 ESA Group |
Missions | Soyuz TM-27/26, STS-122/123 (Expedition 16) |
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Eyharts was born on 28 April 1957 in Biarritz, Basque Country, France. He graduated as an engineer from the French Air Force Academy of Salon-de-Provence in 1979, and graduated from the École du personnel navigant d'essais et de réception (EPNER) French test pilot school in Istres in 1988.[2]
He launched on board Space Shuttle mission STS-122 to the International Space Station on 7 February 2008, where he joined Expedition 16.[3] He participated in the installation and configuration of the Columbus European laboratory module.[4] He returned to Earth aboard mission STS-123 in March 2008.[5]
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