Jean-Pierre Haignere, born May 19, 1948 in Paris, France, has been in space twice as an astronaut for France's National Centre for Space Studies.
His first flight was aboard Soyuz TM-17 to the space station Mir, launched July 1, 1993. He returned to Earth July 22 aboard Soyuz TM-16.
His second and final flight was aboard Soyuz TM-29 to Mir in February 1999. He participated in Mir EO-27 and stayed aboard for almost 189 days before returning to Earth in August 1999.
Soyuz TM-17 crew (L-R): Vasili Tsibliyev, Aleksandr Serebrov, Jean-Pierre Haignere
Mission patch
Soyuz TM-17, launched July 1, 1993, was the seventeenth mission to the space station Mir. Its crew consisted of Commander Vasili Tsibliyev, Aleksandr Serebrov, and Jean-Pierre Haignere (ESA). The spacecraft struck the station twice about 2 seconds apart, but fortunately neither the Soyuz capsule nor Mir were seriously damaged.
Aleksandr Serebrov, born February 15, 1944 in Moscow, Russia, is a veteran of four space flights. He is one of the few people to fly for both the Soviet and Russian space programs.
His first mission was aboard Soyuz T-7, launched in August 1982 as Flight Engineer to Salyut 7. He returned two and half weeks later aboard Soyuz T-5.
His second mission was aboard Soyuz T-8 as Flight Engineer to Salyut 7 in April 1983. Unfortunately, the spacecraft failed to dock with the space station and returned to Earth two days later.
His third trip was aboard Soyuz TM-8 in September 1989 to Mir as part of expedition Mir EO-5 with fellow cosmonaut Aleksandr Viktorenko. They remained in space for 166 days before returning to Earth in February 1990.
Serebrov's fourth and final flight was aboard Soyuz TM-17, launched in July 1993 to Mir with fellow cosmonaut Vasili Tsibliyev. They remained in space for almost 197 days and returned to Earth in January 1994.
Yury Usachov, born October 9, 1957 in the former Soviet Union, is a veteran of four space flights, including two on Soyuz spacecraft and two on space shuttles.
Usachov's first trip into space was aboard Soyuz TM-18 in January 1994 as part of the Mir EO-15 crew. He performed EVAs to assess potential damage done to Mir when Soyuz TM-17 hit the space station twice while leaving. They found no damage. He returned to Earth in July 1994.
His second trip to space was aboard the Soyuz TM-23 spacecraft in February 1996 as part of the Mir EO-21 crew. Shannon Lucid joined him for part of his stay. He returned to Earth September 1996.
Usachov's third mission was on Atlantis (STS-101) in May 2000 as mission specialist to the International Space Station. The mission lasted almost 10 days.
His fourth and final trip into space was aboard Discovery (STS-102) in March 2001 to the ISS. He was the commander of Expedition 2, which lasted until August, when he returned to Earth on Discovery (STS-105).
Over the course of his career, he has performed seven EVA and has spent 553 days in space.
Vasily Tsibliyev, born February 20, 1954, is a veteran of two Soyuz missions and served as commander of Mir. Selected as a cosmonaut in March 1987, Vasily first went into space on Soyuz TM-17, July 1993 - January 1994 as commander. It was the 17th mission to Mir.
His second and final flight was on Soyuz TM-25, from February - August 1997. During his command, a Progress spacecraft, an unmanned craft which ferries supplies to Mir, hit the space station, damaging Mir.
But the crew managed to save Mir. Watch the video below: I haven't found the continuation of it though.
