Jean-Jacques Favier
French - (CNES)
Deceased
Date of Birth: April 13, 1949
Date of Death: March 19, 2023
Jean-Jacques Favier (Born April 13, 1949) was a French engineer and CNES astronaut who flew aboard the STS-78 NASA Space Shuttle mission. Favier was due to fly aboard the Columbia mission in 2003, but later signed out of the mission. Jean-Jacques Favier has been Deputy Director for Space Technology and Deputy Director for Advanced Concepts and Strategy at CNES, Director of the Solidification Laboratory at the French Atomic Energy Commission and Research Program Director at the International Space University.
Spaceflight Record
No spaceflights found for Jean-Jacques Favier.
The National Center of Space Research, or CNES, is a French National Agency in charge of France's space program. In partnership with the US and Russia, they have put 10 people in space. CNES works in tandem with the larger ESA to develop the Ariane 5 and work on other probes and satellites. They are working with Germany to develop a cheaper and more efficient reusable rocket, which hopefully will be ready to fly by 2026.
Falcon 9
Starlink Group 17-3
Space Launch Complex 4E - Vandenberg SFB, CA, USAA batch of 24 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
Falcon 9
Project Kuiper (KF-01)
Space Launch Complex 40 - Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USAFirst of a three launches contract for Amazon's Kuiper low Earth orbit satellite internet constellation, with 24 satellites on board.
Falcon 9
Starlink Group 15-2
Space Launch Complex 4E - Vandenberg SFB, CA, USAA batch of 26 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
Long March 7
Tianzhou-9
201 - Wenchang Space Launch Site, People's Republic of ChinaEighth cargo delivery mission to the Chinese space station.
Falcon 9
Dror-1
Space Launch Complex 40 - Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USANote: SpaceX identifies the mission as "Commercial GTO 1". Dror-1 is a geostationary communication satellite built and developed by Israel Aerospa…
