ESA astronat Jean-Pierre Haignere blasted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome on February 20th, 1999, bound for a six month stay aboard the Russian space station Mir. This mission, named Perseus, is the fifth French-Russian mission to date.
Arrival by plane of astronauts at Baikonur; pre-flight conference from behind isolation screen; testing of launch suit and inspection of Soyuz capsule; raising flags with back-up, Claude Andre Deshays; rollout of Salyut launcher.
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