N'afọ 1994, Claudie Haigneré malitere ọzụzụ na Yuri Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center na Star City, Russia maka Franco-Russian Cassiopée mission ma mụta Russian n'oge ya n'ebe ahụ. N'August 17, 1996, ọ ghọrọ nwanyị mbụ French ịga mbara igwe dịka ya na ndị na-ahụ maka mbara igwe abụọ, onye isi ndị isi na onye injinia Aleksandr Kalzuneri, bidoro dị ka onye injinia na onye ọkwọ ụgbọ elu mberede na ụgbọ elu mbara igwe. O buru ụzọ rụọ ọrụ dị ka onye ọrụ nkwado maka ọrụ Mir Altaïr nke 1993 nke di ya n'ọdịnihu Jean-Pierre Haigneré sonyere. A na-akpọ asteroid 135268 Haigneré na nsọpụrụ ha jikọtara.
June 18, 2002