Thomas Pesquet

Thomas Pesquet
Official portrait, 2020
Born
Thomas Gautier Pesquet

(1978-02-27) 27 February 1978 (age 46)
Rouen, Normandy, France
StatusActive
Nationality France
Occupations
Space career
CNES/ESA astronaut
Soyuz flight engineer
Crew Dragon mission specialist
Time in space
396 days 11 hours 34 minutes
Selection2009 ESA Group
Total EVAs
6
Total EVA time
39 hours, 54 minutes
MissionsSoyuz MS-03 (Expedition 50/51) SpaceX Crew-2 (Expedition 65/66)
Mission insignia
Websitethomaspesquet.esa.int

Thomas Gautier Pesquet (French pronunciation: [tɔmɑ ɡotje pɛskɛ]; born 27 February 1978) is a French aerospace engineer, pilot, European Space Agency astronaut, actor,[1] musician, and writer. Pesquet was selected by ESA as a candidate in May 2009,[2] and he successfully completed his basic training in November 2010.[3] From November 2016 to June 2017, Pesquet was part of Expedition 50 and Expedition 51 as a flight engineer.[4] Pesquet returned to space in April 2021 on board the SpaceX Crew Dragon for a second six-month stay on the ISS.

  1. ^ "Hawa (2022 French film)", Wikipedia, 2024-01-23, retrieved 2024-01-23
  2. ^ New class of European astronauts report for training
  3. ^ Graduation ceremony for ESA's new astronauts
  4. ^ ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet will fly to the International Space Station in 2016 17 March 2014