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    ESA > Our Activities > Human Spaceflight > Astronauts

    The Andromède mission

    Two crews
    Two crews on board ISS

     31 Oct Andromède crew back on Earth

    Space Station 'taxi' flight returns ESA astronaut to Earth
    31 October 2001 ESA PR 63-2001. ESA astronaut Claudie Haigneré and her two Russian colleagues were welcomed back to Earth today after successfully delivering a new 'lifeboat' to the International Space Station. The Andromède crew safely descended to Earth in a Soyuz capsule, ending a 10 day Russian-French mission on a dewy autumn morning in Baikonur, Kazakhstan at 05:59 CET (04:59 GMT). »»»

    Daily updates:
    » Andromède mission landing - photo report »»»
    » Day 11: Wednesday 31 October 2001 »»»
    » Day 10: Tuesday 30 October 2001 »»»
    » Day 8: Sunday 28 October 2001 »»»
    » Day 7: Saturday 27 October 2001 »»»
    » Day 6 Friday 26 October 2001 »»»
    » Day 5 »» » Day 4 »»     » Day 3 »»     » Day 2 »»     » Day 1 »»

    Andromède mission videos:
    » Background information and mission updates »»»

    ESA Press releases:
    » N°58-2001: European astronaut Claudie Haigneré heads for the International Space Station »»»
    » N°57-2001: First European woman heads for International Space Station »»»

    Claudie's training diary

    » Part 5: Ready to go! »»»
    » Part 4: Dress rehearsal in Baikonur »»
    » Part 3: Testing times for the Andromède crew »»
    » Part 2: A change of scene »»
    » Part 1: The story so far »»

    The Andromède mission

    » Europe’s first woman heads for ISS on CNES-led flight »»»
    » More Europeans to fly to the Space Station »»»
    » Andromède mission facts »»»
    » Logo draws on artistic talent »»»

    An interview with Claudie

    6 July 2001 Born in Le Creusot in 1957, just a few months before Sputnik 1 showed that the bounds of Earth's gravity could be broken, Claudie is currently the only woman among the sixteen members of the European Astronaut Corps. »»»

    » Claudie's biography »»»

    Last update: 25 February 2005

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