1.   Mayor Cartron says that if asked, she would suggest the French astronaut Claudie Andre-Deshays as a model for Marianne.

2.   The French astronaut, Claudie Haignere, is the first French citizen to visit the station.

3.   The Russians suggested in its aftermath they may eliminate French astronaut Leopold Eyharts and his science experiments from the flight to Mir with Solovyev and Vinogradov.

4.   Perrin, a French astronaut born in Morocco, is on his first.

5.   Perrin, a French astronaut, is making his first.

6.   A French astronaut, Dr. Claudie Andre-Deshays, for example, already has a ticket for a Soyuz flight in October.

7.   A French astronaut, Leopold Eyharts, also is ticketed for a Mir mission next year.

8.   A decision was also expected on whether French astronaut Leopold Eyharts will be on the next flight to Mir.

9.   Also so honored were three French astronauts, New York theater director Francoise Kourilsky and filmmaker Jean-Marie Poire.

10.   Beside six Russian cosmonauts, the crews are expected to include a French astronaut and possibly a Slovak.