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Patrick Baudry, French military officer and astronaut

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Patrick Baudry

French fighter pilot and astronaut (born 1946)

Patrick Pierre Roger Baudry is a retired lieutenant colonel in the French Air Force and a former CNES astronaut. In 1985, he became the second French citizen in space, after Jean-Loup Chrétien, when he flew aboard NASA's Space Shuttle mission STS-51-G.
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March 6

Day of the year

March 6 is the 65th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 300 days remain until the end of the year.
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