Which astronaut was born first; Jean-Loup Chrétien or Lodewijk van den Berg?
Jean-Loup Chrétien Jean-Loup Jacques Marie Chrétien (born 20 August 1938) is a French retired "Général de Brigade" (brigadier general) in the "Armée de l'Air" (French air force), and a former CNES spationaut. He flew on two Franco-Soviet space missions and a NASA Space Shuttle mission. Chrétien was the first Frenchman and the first western European in space.
Jeanette J. Epps Jeanette Jo Epps (born November 3, 1970) is an American aerospace engineer and NASA astronaut.