Jean-Pierre Haigneré
Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Infobox astronaut Jean-Pierre Haigneré (born 19 May 1948) is a French Air Force officer and a former CNES spationaut.
Jean-Pierre Haigneré was born in Paris, France, and joined the French Air Force, where he trained as a test pilot.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
He flew on two missions to the Mir space station in 1993 and 1999. The Mir Perseus (Mir EO-27) long-duration mission (186 days) in 1999 also included an EVA.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> In addition to his duties at the European Space Agency, Jean-Pierre Haigneré is also involved in a European space tourism initiative, the Astronaute Club Européen (ACE), which he co-founded with Alain Dupas and Laurent Gathier.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> He is credited with taking the first picture of the shadow of a Solar eclipse from space. He took this during the Mir Perseus (Mir EO-27) mission. Template:External mediaTemplate:Image requested inline
Family
He is married to former French astronaut Claudie Haigneré.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The asteroid 135268 Haigneré is named in their combined honour.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>