Jean-Francois Clervoy, born November 19, 1958 in France, is a veteran of three space shuttle flights. He has represented both the European Space Agency and the National Centre for Space Studies (French space agency).
His first mission into space was as mission specialist on Atlantis (STS-66) in November 1994. The mission studied the Antarctic Zone Hole while it was diminishing to study its possible effects on mid-latitudes.
His next flight was aboard Atlantis (STS-84) to the space station Mir in May 1997. He flew with birthday twin and fellow astronaut Eileen Collins.
Clervoy's third and last mission was on Discovery (STS-103) as mission specialist in December 1999. It was a repair mission to the Hubble Space Telescope and the last solo flight of Discovery.
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