S95-08571 (1995) --- Astronaut Jean-Loup J.M. Chretien representing Centre National d?Etudes Spatiales (CNES).
Official portrait of Astronaut Candidate (ASCAN) Jean-Loup Chretien
STS093-319-014 (22-27 July 1999) --- Astronaut Michel Tognini, mission specialist, works with the Commercial Generic Bioprocessing Apparatus (CGBA) on the mid deck of the Space Shuttle Columbia. Tognini represents France’s Centre National d’Etudes Spatiales (CNES).
STS-93 MS Tognini works with the CGBA experiment on the middeck of Columbia
STS093-325-019 (22-27 July 1999) --- Astronauts Jeffrey S. Ashby (left), pilot, and Michel Tognini, mission specialist, prepare to put on Launch and Entry suits (LES) on the mid deck of the Earth-orbiting Space Shuttle Columbia. Tognini represents France’s Centre National d’Etudes Spatiales (CNES).
STS-93 Tognini and Ashby prepare to put on their LES on the middeck
STS093-350-008 (22-27 July 1999) --- Astronaut Michel Tognini, mission specialist representing France’s Centre National d’Etudes Spatiales (CNES), checks the Biological Research in Canisters (BRIC) payload petri dishes on the mid deck of the Space Shuttle Columbia. BRIC was designed to investigate the effects of space flight on small arthropod animals and plant specimens.
STS-93 MS Tognini checks the BRIC experiment petri dishes on the middeck
S93-E-5009 (22-27 July 1999) --- Astronaut Michel Tognini, mission specialist, is photographed on the mid deck of the Earth-orbiting Space Shuttle Columbia as he handles the Biological Research in Canisters (BRIC) GN2 freezer. Tognini represents France?s Centre National d?Etudes Spatiales (CNES). The photo was recorded with an electronic still camera (ESC).
BRIC-12,Mission Specialist Tognini handles the GN2 freezer.
French Space Agency President Yannick d’Escatha, left, and NASA Administrator Charles Bolden sign four agreements in support of U.S. and French space cooperation during a ceremony at NASA headquarters in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 17, 2009. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
CNES and NASA Agreements Signed
French Space Agency President Yannick d’Escatha, left, and NASA Administrator Charles Bolden shake hands after having signed four agreements in support of U.S. and French space cooperation during a ceremony at NASA headquarters in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 17, 2009. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
CNES and NASA Agreements Signed
French Space Agency President Yannick d’Escatha, left, and NASA Administrator Charles Bolden joke with each other as they sign four agreements in support of U.S. and French space cooperation during a ceremony at NASA headquarters in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 17, 2009. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
CNES and NASA Agreements Signed
French Space Agency President Yannick d’Escatha, left, and NASA Administrator Charles Bolden joke with each other as they sign four agreements in support of U.S. and French space cooperation during a ceremony at NASA headquarters in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 17, 2009. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
CNES and NASA Agreements Signed