Tuesday, March 6, 2018

Happy birthday, French astronaut Patrick Baudry!

French astronaut aboard STS-51-G

Patrick Pierre Roger Baudry, born March 5, 1946 in Douala, Cameroon, is the second French citizen in space, when he flew on Discovery (STS-51-G) in June 1985 as a payload specialist.

He was assigned as a backup for the Soyuz T-6 mission in June 1982, but did not go into space.

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