Training of Claudie André Deshays and Jean Pierre Haigneré at the Cité des Etoiles

Training of Claudie André Deshays and Jean Pierre Haigneré at the Cité des Etoiles

Report filmed at the Cité des Etoiles at the BAIKONOUR space center in Russia, on the preparations of the French cosmonauts for their next participation in the "ALTAIR" mission that will start on July 1 aboard SOYUZ. Discovery of the physical training of Claudie ANDRE DESHAYS, understudy of Jean Pierre HAIGNERE, who will in principle be the first French cosmonaut to fly in space in 1996, on a rotating chair to get used to centrifugal force, doing strength training. Inside the space cabin of the Soyuz spacecraft, Jean Pierre Haignere of the CNES is asked by Patrick Hesters about the cost of the expedition; Claudie André Deshays evokes the good acceptance of women in the space of astronauts from the moment they show that they have the skills, motivation and professionalism. She also feels a gallantry and thoughtfulness that is found among the French but also among the Russians. Interview with Vassili TSIBLIEV, Russian cosmonaut, who replies with a smile when Patrick HESTERS asks him if he would have preferred that a woman be already scheduled for the next mission;

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Publication date : 30 April 1993