Jean-Jacques Favier
Jean-Jacques Favier | |
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1985 CNES Group 2 | |
Missions | STS-78 |
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Jean-Jacques Favier (13 April 1949 – 19 March 2023) was a German-born French engineer and a
Career
Favier was the advisor to the director of the Material Science Research Center (CEREM) at the
Favier was assigned as an alternate payload specialist on STS-65/IML-2, the second International Microgravity Laboratory mission, and supported the mission as a Crew Interface Coordinator (CIC/APS) from the Payload Operations Control Center (POCC) at the Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama.
Favier flew on STS-78 and logged over 405 hours in space. STS-78 Columbia (20 June to 7 July 1996) was a 16-day Life and Microgravity Spacelab mission. It included studies sponsored by ten nations and five space agencies, was the first mission to combine both a full microgravity studies agenda and a comprehensive life science investigation, and served as a model for future studies on board the International Space Station. STS-78 orbited the Earth 271 times, covering 7 million miles in 405 hours, 48 minutes.
Favier was a member of the board of advisors of the International Space University and also the chair of the research steering committee.[1] He was co-founder of a remote imaging company called "Blue Planet", aimed at building a constellation of micro-satellites which image with a 1-meter resolution.[2]
Personal life and death
Born in Kehl, Germany, he married Michèle Jean. They had four children. He enjoyed skiing, tennis, wind-surfing, and archaeology.[citation needed]
Favier died on 19 March 2023, in Albi at the age of 73.[3][4]
Education
- Attended primary and secondary schools in Strasbourg, France
- 1971: Received an engineering degree from the INPG-ENSEEG (Grenoble Institute of Technology).
- 1977: Earned a PhD in engineering from the École des mines de Paris
- 1977: Earned a PhD in University of Grenoble
Organisations
- Research Engineer, Commissariat à l'énergie atomique(CEA), 1976-1979
- Head Solidification Group 1970-1986
- Head of Laboratory 1986-1989
- Head Solidification and Crystal Growth Service, 1989 to 1993
- Cons. European Space Agency (ESA)
- Centre National D’Etudes Spatiales (CNES), Paris 1983 to present
- spationaut Candidate CNES, Paris 1985 to present
- Member of Space Station User Panel of ESA.
Awards and honours
- Recipient Zellidja Association 2nd prize, French Academy Literature 1970, E. Brun Price Award French Academy Sciences
- Member of International Organization of Crystal Growth
- Member of American Association of Crystal Growth
- Societe Française de Metallurgie
- Groupe Français de Croissance Cristalline (Committee chairman)
- Visiting professor at University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) (1994–95)
- Member of the Space Science Committee of the European Science Foundation (ESF)
- Several patents on crystal growth processes, furnaces and in situ diagnosis
- French Legion of Honour[1]
- NASA Space Flight Medal[1]
- The Gold Medal of the City of Grenoble[1]
- Published more than 130 research articles in refereed scientific journals and books.[1]
External links
- "Biographical Data:JEAN-JACQUES FAVIER (PH.D.) PAYLOAD SPECIALIST (FRANCE)" (PDF). NASA. August 1996. Retrieved 21 January 2021.
- Spacefacts biography of Jean-Jacques Favier
- Earth from Space: Interactive Astronaut Panel, Michael Barratt, Jean-Jacques Favier, Thomas Marshburn, Donald A. Thomas, the 13th Ilan Ramon International Space Conference, February 2018
References
- ^ a b c d e f "Prof. Jean Jacques Favier". International Space University.
- ^ "The Company: about Blue Planet". Blue Planet.
- ^ "Addio all'astronauta francese Jean-Jacques Favier". CDT. 24 March 2023. Retrieved 24 March 2023.
- ^ https://twitter.com/ase_astronauts/status/1639613201733263360?s=46&t=PqycuNuzJUzsITuBMOpOwg