Michel Tognini
Michel Tognini | |
|---|---|
| Born | 30 September 1949 Vincennes, France |
| Status | Retired |
| Nationality | French |
| Occupation | Test Pilot |
| Space career | |
| CNES/ESA astronaut | |
| Rank | Brigadier General, French Air Force |
Time in space | 18d 17h 46m |
| Selection | 1985 CNES Group 2, 1999 ESA Group |
| Missions | Soyuz TM-15/14, STS-93 |
Mission insignia | |
Michel Ange-Charles Tognini (born 30 September 1949 in Vincennes, France) is a French test pilot, engineer, brigadier general in the French Air Force, and a former CNES and ESA astronaut who served from 1 January 2005 to 1 November 2011 as head of the European Astronaut Centre of the European Space Agency. A veteran of two space flights, Tognini has logged a total of 19 days in space. Tognini has 4000 flight hours on 80 types of aircraft (mainly fighter aircraft, including the MiG-25, Tupolev 154, Lightning MK-3 and MK-5, Gloster Meteor, and F-104). He is fluent in English and Russian.