Jean-Pierre Haigneré Status: Retired 5/19/1948 – Nationality: French Type: Government Agency: National Center of Space Research Jean-Pierre Haigneré (born 19 May 1948) is a French Air Force officer and a former CNES spationaut. He flew on two missions to the Mir space station in 1993 and 1999. The Mir Altair long-duration mission (186 days) in 1993 also included an EVA.