Thomas Pesquet is a French European Space Agency astronaut and former commercial airline pilot who has flown two long-duration missions to the International Space Station, in 2016 and again in 2021. On his second mission he became the first French citizen to command the space station, leading part of Expedition 65. Pesquet has become widely known for the extensive photography of Earth he shares publicly from orbit, contributing to broader public engagement with the space station program in France and across Europe.
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1978-02-27
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born 27 February 1978
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France
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Soyuz MS-03 (Expedition 50/51)
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Pesquet was the youngest member of the European Astronaut Corps, and the last of the ESA astronaut class of 2009 to arrive in space.
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From November 2016 to June 2017, he was part of Expedition 50 and Expedition 51 on the International Space Station (ISS) as a flight engineer.
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Thomas Gautier Pesquet (French pronunciation: [tɔmɑ ɡotje pɛskɛ]; born 27 February 1978, is a French aerospace engineer, pilot, European Space Agency astronaut, actor, musician, and writer.
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Thomas Gautier Pesquet (French pronunciation: [tɔmɑ ɡotje pɛskɛ]; born 27 February 1978, is a French aerospace engineer, pilot, European Space Agency astronaut, actor, musician, and writer.
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Thomas Gautier Pesquet (French pronunciation: [tɔmɑ ɡotje pɛskɛ]; born 27 February 1978, is a French aerospace engineer, pilot, European Space Agency astronaut, actor, musician, and writer.
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