Michel Tognini, born September 30, 1949 in Vincennes, France, has gone into space on Soyuz and space shuttle missions. He was selected by France's space agency, the National Center for Space Studies (CNES), in July 1986.
His first flight was aboard Soyuz TM-15 in July 1992 to the space station Mir. He stayed on board for about two weeks before returning on Soyuz TM-14.
His second and final mission in space was aboard Columbia (STS-93) as mission specialist in July 1999. The mission lasted just under 5 days.
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