Philippe Perrin (Colonel, French Air Force) is a French test pilot and former CNES and European Space Agency spationaut.
Perrin was born 6 January 1963, in Meknes, Morocco, but considers Avignon, Provence, to be his hometown. He entered the French École polytechnique (Paris) in 1982 and graduated as "Ingénieur Polytechnicien" (engineering degree) in 1985. Perrin then received his Test Pilot Licence in 1993 from the École du personnel navigant d'e...
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Philippe Perrin (Colonel, French Air Force) is a French test pilot and former CNES and European Space Agency spationaut.
Perrin was born 6 January 1963, in Meknes, Morocco, but considers Avignon, Provence, to be his hometown. He entered the French École polytechnique (Paris) in 1982 and graduated as "Ingénieur Polytechnicien" (engineering degree) in 1985. Perrin then received his Test Pilot Licence in 1993 from the École du personnel navigant d'essais et de réception (EPNER), the French Test Pilot School at Istres Air Force Base and received his Air Line Pilot Certificate in 1995.
He is the only French spationaut to have received the Légion d'Honneur before flying in space since he became chevalier due to his actions while he was a military pilot. He was then elevated to the rank of officer after his space mission.
Prior to graduating from the École polytechnique, Perrin completed military duty in the French Navy, where he was trained in ship piloting and navigation, and spent six...
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