CNES and ESA Career
In July 1996, CNES announced his selection as an astronaut candidate and assigned him to attend NASA’s Astronaut Candidate Training in Houston, Texas.
Perrin reported to the Johnson Space Center in August 1996. Having completed two years of training and evaluation, he qualified for flight assignments as a mission specialist. Perrin was initially assigned technical duties in the Astronaut Office Spacecraft Systems/Operations Branch. During his assignment with NASA, he transferred in 1999 from CNES to the European Space Agency.
He served as a mission specialist on the STS-111 mission in 2002 and logged over 332 hours in space, including 19 hours and 31 minutes in three spacewalks, performed with Franklin Chang-Diaz.
After his flight, Perrin returned to France to work as support astronaut on the Automated Transfer Vehicle program.
He did not fly in space with ESA and left the European Astronaut Corps in 2004. He is currently working as test pilot for Airbus.
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