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CNES astronaut Jean-Jacques Favier, 1st French scientist to fly in space, dies at 73

Submit on Sunday, March 26th, 2023 19:11

Jean-Jacques Favier, who in 1996 became the sixth astronaut and first scientist from France to launch into space, has died at the age of 73. Favier flew as an STS-78 payload specialist.

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