Strasbourg astronaut Jean-Jacques Favier dies
Astronaut Jean-Jacques Favier dies at the age of 73 Announces the National Center for Space Studies (CNES). He was the only Alsatian to go into space. An engineer and physicist by training, he was born in Kiel, a border town with Strasbourg in 1949. Then Jean-Jacques Favier died part of his studies in Strasbourg, Especially in Lycée Clipper. Then he continued his studies in Grenoble.
Microgravity experiments in space
In 1985, he was selected as an “experimental astronaut” by the French Space Agency, while he was a research engineer at the Atomic Energy Authority (CEA). After working for ten years on science projects related to space, he finally rode the Columbia space shuttle, June 20 to July 7, 1996., to perform microgravity experiments on board. Thus he becomes Jean-Jacques Favier “The first French scientist to remain in space” According to CNES.
Subsequently, Jean-Jacques Favier engaged in education and research, He had worked privately on preparing a lunar or Martian base with the French National Center for Space Studies. For several years, from November 2014, he also held the position of Director of Research Programs at ISU, International Space University in Ilkirch. He also participated in meetings with children, such as during Scientific conference for children 2017.
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