MIR Station

MIR Station

Venue

Gardens

Visit an essential page in the history of human spaceflight! By walking through the different modules of the Mir station, discover how astronauts live and work in orbit.

Station MIR - Visitez le double de la Station MIR envoyée dans l'espace - Cité de l'espace

explore the secrets of astronauts’ life in space

You will discover that you can cycle “upside down” to maintain your physical fitness up there. observe what the bedroom looked like for those who lived in this mir station, the ancestor of the international space station (iss) which orbited the earth for fifteen years.
while wandering through the different modules, keep in mind that these are not mock-ups, but duplicates similar to those sent into space.

mir, a special station for french astronauts

In 1996, Mir was the destination of the first Frenchwoman in space, Claudie Haigneré . During this mission, she agreed to be our patron.
A few years earlier, in 1988, it was from the same station that Jean-Loup Chrétien became the first Frenchman to complete a spacewalk.

Station MIR - visitez l'intérieur de la station MIR - Cité de l'espace
Station MIR - visitez l'intérieur de la station MIR - Cité de l'espace
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Ma Cité de l'espace

"Ma Cité de l'espace" is your companion for your visit to conquer space! Find the schedules of events and shows, the exhibitions to visit, the site map, suggestions for visits and practical information.

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