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Michel Ange-Charles Tognini (born September 30, 1949, in Vincennes, France) is a French test pilot, Brigadier General in the French Air Force, and a former CNES and ESA astronaut who serves from 01.01.2005 to 01.11.2011 as Head of the European Astronaut Centre of the European Space Agency.

Tognini made his first spaceflight on July 27, 1992, aboard Soyuz TM-15 (returning on Soyuz TM-14, August 10).

Tognini flew aboard Space Shuttle Columbia on STS-93 (July 22–27, 1999) (STS: Space transportation System). During the five-day mission his primary task was to assist in the deployment of the Chandra X-Ray Observatory, and to conduct a spacewalk if needed.

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STS 93 (COLUMBIA) · CHANDRA XRAY OBSERVATORY · MICHEL TOGNINI (C.N.E.S.)