Moon Watch UniverseNov 21st, 2017
(Photo: CNES/TASS)November 26, 1988, French cosmonaut Jean-Loup Chrétien together with Russian cosmonauts Alexander Volkov and Sergei Krikalev before launch of Soyuz TM-07 mission. Armée de l’Air General Chrétien made his 2nd spaceflight as he took part in the 24-day French “Aragatz” mission aboard the Russian space station Mir. During this CNES-agency sponsored space mission, on 9th December 1988, Chrétien became the first European to make a spacewalk in a Russian Orlan spacesuit, which took 6 hours and was the longest EVA made at that time.
Note each cosmonaut wore 3 wrist watches; Chrétien wore a Yema Spationaute III, a Poljot 3133 and an Omega Speedmaster on a brown strap at his left forearm.
(Photo: CNES)November 1988, French cosmonaut Jean-Loup Chrétien juggles 3 Omega Speedmaster chronographs onboard the Russian space station Mir as he took part in the 24-day French mission known as Aragatz (Soyuz TM-7). [...] Note Chrétien also wore an Omega Speedmaster on a clasp type bracelet at his left wrist.
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Il y a 40 ans, Jean-Loup Chrétien devenait le premier Français dans l'espaceNathan Le Guennic Vulgarisateur scientifique Publié le 24/06/2022
24 juin 1982, Jean-Loup Chrétien s'envole avec deux cosmonautes soviétiques dans les airs et devient le premier Français et le premier Européen de l'Ouest à voyager dans l'espace. Retour sur l'événement. (...)
https://www.futura-sciences.com/sciences/actualites/espace-il-y-40-ans-jean-loup-chretien-devenait-premier-francais-espace-99233/Jean-Loup Chrétien: “astronauts must not remain exceptions”June 24, 2022 by

On the occasion of the 40th anniversary of his first flight in space, Jean-Loup Chrétien looked back on his career during an exchange with lemon squeezer. First a fighter pilot, he joined the CNES (national center for space studies) to become the very first French astronaut.
Born in 1938 in La Rochelle, Jean-Loup Chrétien joined the Air Force in 1961. Almost 20 years later, in 1979, his life took a historic turn. Like Neil Armstrong and other aviators before him, he swapped his military uniform for an astronaut’s spacesuit. (...)
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