11 Facts About Patrick Baudry

Patrick Baudry's hobbies include mechanical sports, such as motorcycling and car racing.

Patrick Baudry enjoys running marathons, playing squash, skiing, shooting, windsurfing, and sky diving.

Patrick Baudry's parents were part of the French resistance during the Second World War and his family was rewarded the Resistance Medal for their courage and effort during the war.

Patrick Baudry completed flight training at Salon-de-Provence and Tours, France, receiving his wings in 1970.

Patrick Baudry entered the Empire Test Pilots' School at Boscombe Down, England, in 1978, and was awarded the Patuxent Trophy at the completion of the course.

Patrick Baudry was assigned to the Flight Test Center in Bretigny-sur-Orge, France, in 1979, where he flew various test projects on fighter and attack-type aircraft which included flying the different types of Mirages, Jaguar, and Crusader.

Patrick Baudry worked for some time after his space flight for Airbus as a test pilot, and is retired in the Aquitaine region.

Patrick Baudry was a member of the back-up crew for the French-Soviet Soyuz T-6 Intercosmos mission and was trained for scientific experiments in the fields of physiology, biology, materials processing in space, and astronomy.

Patrick Baudry is a CNES expert for crewed space flight activities and participates in the analysis of decisions and study of definition for the future "Hermes" space aircraft.

Patrick Baudry flew as a payload specialist on STS-51-G Discovery.

In completing this flight, Patrick Baudry traveled 2.5 million miles in 112 Earth orbits, logging over 169 hours in space.