Thomas Pesquet
French - ( ESA)
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Date of Birth: Feb. 27, 1978
Age: 45
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.
Soyuz-FG | Soyuz MS-03
Progress Rocket Space Center | RUSBaikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Nov. 17, 2016, 8:20 p.m.
Status: Success
Mission:
Soyuz MS-03 begins expedition 50 by carrying NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson, ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet and Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Novitskiy to the International Space Station. After launching from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, they will rendezvous to the station where they will remain for their 6 month stay.
Low Earth Orbit
Falcon 9 Block 5 | Crew-2
SpaceX | USAKennedy Space Center, FL, USA
April 23, 2021, 9:49 a.m.
Status: Success
Mission:
SpaceX Crew-2 is the second crewed operational flight of a Crew Dragon spacecraft to the International Space Station as part of NASA's Commercial Crew Program. It used the same Falcon 9 first stage as the Crew-1 mission and the same Crew Dragon capsule as the Demo-2 mission (Endeavour).
Low Earth Orbit B1061 - Flight Proven ( ) Of Course I Still Love You
The European Space Agency is an intergovernmental organisation of 22 member states. Established in 1975 and headquartered in Paris, France, ESA has a worldwide staff of about 2,000 employees. ESA's space flight programme includes human spaceflight (mainly through participation in the International Space Station program); the launch and operation of unmanned exploration missions to other planets and the Moon; Earth observation, science and telecommunication; designing launch vehicles; and maintaining a major spaceport, the Guiana Space Centre at Kourou, French Guiana.
Electron
TROPICS-3
Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1B - Onenui Station, Mahia Peninsula, New ZealandLast two operational (TROPICS-06 & TROPICS-07) satellites for NASA's Time-Resolved Observations of Precipitation Structure and Storm Intensity with a…
SpaceShipTwo
VSS Unity 25
Spaceport America - Air launch to Suborbital flightVirgin Galactic return to space mission ahead of the first commercial flight.
Nuri
NEXTSat-2 & SNIPE
LC-2 - Naro Space Center, South KoreaThird flight of the KSLV-II "Nuri" launch vehicle, carrying NEXTSat-2 as well as SNIPE A through D.
Soyuz 2.1a
Progress MS-23 (84P)
31/6 - Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of KazakhstanProgress resupply mission to the International Space Station.
Falcon 9
Axiom Space Mission 2
Launch Complex 39A - Kennedy Space Center, FL, USAThis is a Crew Dragon flight for a private company Axiom Space. The mission will carry a professionally trained commander alongside three private ast…
