[Psychiatric selection of European astronauts: the French experience].
In order to realize the future Hermes and Columbus space-flights, European Space Agency decided to build up a european astronaut corps. Space-flights and training constraints require a strict initial selection among candidates. This paper describes space-flights psychological constraints, the aims of a psychiatric exam and its position in astronaut selection procedures as a whole. This paper also describes means and results of that selection among the candidates seen in Paris (France) in 1991.
Solignac
G
G
Centre médical de Psychologie clinique de l'Armée de l'Air, Paris.
Galle-Tessonneau
J R
JR
Bordier
A
A
Denis
J B
JB
D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000328:Adult; D005060:Europe; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010556:Personality Tests; D010560:Personnel Selection; D013026:Space Flight
La sélection psychiatrique des astronautes européens: l'expérience française.