May 13, 2022
On this date in 1957, Claudie Haigneré, the first French woman to go to space, was born. She visited the Mir space station as part of the Russian-French Cassiopée mission. Additionally in 1999 Haigneré commanded a Soyuz capsule during reentry. While in space she conducted experiments in physiology, developmental biology, and fluid physics.
Claudie Haigneré waves from inside the Soyuz. Image credit: ESA