Michel Bignier
French space pioneer Michel Bignier died in his sleep on Oct. 12. He was 80. After graduating from the prestigious Ecole Polytechnique and Enac civil aviation school, Bignier in 1953 joined the French defense ministry's flight test center. He soon focused on missiles and participated in early...
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