Thomas Pesquet | |
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_cropped.jpg) Official portrait, 2020 | |
| Born | Thomas Gautier Pesquet 27 February 1978 |
| Status | Active |
| Nationality |  France |
| Occupations | |
| Space career | |
| CNES/ESA astronaut Soyuz flight engineer Crew Dragon mission specialist | |
Time in space | 396 days 11 hours 34 minutes |
| Selection | 2009 ESA Group |
Total EVAs | 6 |
Total EVA time | 39 hours, 54 minutes |
| Missions | Soyuz MS-03 (Expedition 50/51) SpaceX Crew-2 (Expedition 65/66) |
Mission insignia |      |
| Website | thomaspesquet |
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.
- ^ "Hawa (2022 French film)", Wikipedia, 2024-01-23, retrieved 2024-01-23
- ^ New class of European astronauts report for training
- ^ Graduation ceremony for ESA's new astronauts
- ^ ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet will fly to the International Space Station in 2016 17 March 2014