Thomas Pesquet

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Thomas Gautier Pesquet is a French aerospace engineer, pilot, and European Space Agency astronaut. Pesquet was selected by ESA as a candidate in May 2009, and he successfully completed his basic training in November 2010. From November 2016 to June 2017, Pesquet was part of Expeditions 50 and 51 on the International Space Station as a flight engineer.

Biography from Launch Library 2.

Born in

Rouen

Education

Lycée Pierre-Corneille; Institut Supérieur de l'Aéronautique et de l'Espace; Polytechnic School of Montreal; University of Toulouse (1896-1968)

Awards

Officer of the Legion of Honour; Knight of the Legion of Honour; Aeronautical Medal; NASA Distinguished Public Service Medal; NASA Space Flight Medal

From Wikidata.

• Falcon 9 Block 5 | Vast-PAM-1 (Vast ISS Mission 1)Commander · TBD · with Adrianos Golemis, Aleš SvobodaNET Q3 2027
• Falcon 9 Block 5 | Crew-2Mission Specialist · Success · with Akihiko Hoshide, K. Megan McArthur, Robert S. KimbroughApril 23, 2021
• Soyuz-FG | Soyuz MS-03Flight Engineer · Success · with Oleg Novitskiy, Peggy WhitsonNovember 17, 2016

• Expedition 50 EVA 36h 34m2017-03-24
• Expedition 50 EVA 25h 58m2017-01-13

• Expedition 65International Space Station · Commander2021-04-17 – 2021-10-17
• Expedition 51International Space Station · Flight Engineer2017-04-10 – 2017-06-02
• Expedition 50International Space Station · Flight Engineer2016-10-30 – 2017-04-10