Mission Andromede - C. Haignere and V. Afanassiev - Andromede mission - C. Haignere and...

Mission Andromede - C. Haignere and V. Afanassiev - Andromede mission - C. Haignere and V. Afanassiev prior to launch - view of the dressing, with a view to launching the Franco-Russian Andromede mission, this Sunday, October 21 at 14:59 (local time). The Andromede mission took place from 21 to 31 October 2001 on board the ISS (the International Space Station). Claudie Haignere was the first European woman to work aboard the ISS. Date of this shot: Sunday, October 21, 2001 at 10:00 am local time. ESA astronaut Claudie Haignere, from France, and Soyuz TM - 33 mission commander Viktor Afanassiev are donning their Sokol pressure suits prior to transfer to the launch pad for launch of the “Andromede” mission to the International Space Station on October 21, 2001.Claudie Haignere participated as first female European astronaut in a 'taxi light' to the International Space Station as Soyuz Flight Engineer. The “” Andromede”” Mission occured from 21 to 31 October 2001, onboard the International Space Station