Léopold "Leo" Eyharts (born 28 April 1957) is a French Brigadier General in the French Air Force, an engineer and ESA astronaut. He has flown to space two times as part of a Mir expedition[1] and an International Space Station expedition.

Léopold Eyharts
Eyharts in 2007
Born (1957-04-28) 28 April 1957 (age 67)
StatusRetired
NationalityFrench
OccupationTest pilot
Awards
Space career
CNES/ESA astronaut
RankBrigadier General, French Air Force
Time in space
68d 21h 31min
Selection1990 CNES Group 3, 1998 ESA Group
MissionsSoyuz TM-27/26, STS-122/123 (Expedition 16)
Mission insignia

Eyharts was born on 28 April 1957 in Biarritz, Basque Country, France. He graduated as an engineer from the French Air Force Academy of Salon-de-Provence in 1979, and graduated from the École du personnel navigant d'essais et de réception (EPNER) French test pilot school in Istres in 1988.[2]

He launched on board Space Shuttle mission STS-122 to the International Space Station on 7 February 2008, where he joined Expedition 16.[3] He participated in the installation and configuration of the Columbus European laboratory module.[4] He returned to Earth aboard mission STS-123 in March 2008.[5]

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  This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.

  1. ^ "Soyuz TM-27 Kristall". spacefacts.de. Retrieved March 3, 2023.
  2. ^ "ESA Astronaut Leopold Eyharts Bio". ESA. Retrieved March 3, 2023.
  3. ^ "ESA astronaut Léopold Eyharts assigned to European Columbus laboratory mission to the ISS". ESA. February 13, 2007. Retrieved March 3, 2023.
  4. ^ "Léopold Eyharts, the man who will bring Columbus to life". ESA. Retrieved March 3, 2023.
  5. ^ "Leopold Eyharts Biography". NASA. Retrieved March 3, 2023.
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