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The first Frenchwoman in space, Claudie Haigneré, visited the Mir space station for 16 days in 1996, as part of the Russian-French Cassiopée mission. Haigneré was a cosmonaut for the "Centre National d'Études Spatiales" and later the European Space Agency.

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Prior to June 16th, 2007, Shannon Lucid held the record for the longest duration spaceflight.

After that Sunitha Williams holds the record at 195 days.

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