St. Louis Science Center: Astronomy Fact Of The Day For May 13

St. Louis MO

14 May, 2022

6:18 AM

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Press release from St. Louis Science Center: 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. This press release was produced by St. Louis Science Center. The views expressed here are the author's own.