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Thomas Pesquet

Thomas Gautier Pesquet (born 27 February 1978 in Rouen) is a French aerospace engineer, pilot, European Space Agency astronaut and actor. 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 Expedition 50 and Expedition 51 as a flight engineer. Pesquet returned to space in April 2021 on board the SpaceX Crew Dragon for a second six-month stay on the ISS. Pesquet was born in Rouen, France and considers Dieppe his hometown. He is the younger of two brothers. Pesquet is a black belt in judo and lists basketball, jogging, swimming and squash as his favourite sports. He is an outdoor and adventure activities enthusiast, and enjoys mountain biking, kite surfing, sailing, skiing and mountaineering. He also has extensive experience with, and holds advanced licenses in, both scuba diving and parachuting. His other interests include travelling, playing the saxophone and reading. He is a supporter of the French football team, as well as the French rugby team and the Stade Toulousain. Pesquet graduated from the Lycée Pierre Corneille in Rouen, France, in 1996. In 2001, he received a master's degree from the École nationale supérieure de l'aéronautique et de l'espace in Toulouse, France, majoring in space systems and space vehicle mechanics. He spent his final year before graduation at the École Polytechnique de Montréal, Canada, as an exchange student on the Aeronautics and Space Master. Pesquet graduated from the Air France flight school in 2006. This led to an Airline Transport Pilot License-Instrument Rating (ATPL-IR). He speaks French, English, Spanish, Chinese, German and Russian, and is a member of the French Aeronautics and Astronautics Association (3AF), and of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA). From October 2001, Pesquet worked as a spacecraft dynamics engineer on remote sensing missions for GMV, S.A. in Madrid, Spain. Between 2002 and 2004, Pesquet worked at the French space agency, CNES, as a research engineer on space missions autonomy. He also carried out various studies on future European ground segment design and European space technology harmonization. From late 2002, he was a representative of CNES at CCSDS, the Consultative Committee for Space Data Systems, working on the topic of cross-support between international space agencies. A private pilot, he was selected in 2004 for Air France's flight training programme. He went on to become a commercial pilot for the French airline, where he started flying the Airbus A320 in 2006. He has logged more than 2000 hours flying time on various commercial airliners, and has qualified as a type-rating flight instructor on the A320, and as a Crew Resource Management instructor. In 2018, Pesquet gained his Airbus A310 type rating and is qualified as a Novespace Zero-G aircraft pilot. Pesquet was selected as a European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut in May 2009. He joined ESA in September 2009 and successfully completed Astronaut Basic Training in November 2010. Pesquet is the youngest member of the European Astronaut Corps, and the last of the ESA astronaut class of 2009 to arrive in space. ... Source: Article "Thomas Pesquet" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.


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Born:
Feb 27, 1978 In Rouen, Seine-Maritime, France
Movie/TV Credits:
18
First Appeared:
In the series Rendez-vous in an Unknown Land 2004-12-26
Latest Project:
Movie Au cœur du Papotin 2023-12-28
Known For
Poster of ExoMars: Europe's Imposible Mission
Poster of Thomas Pesquet : Objectif France
Poster of Edition spéciale :
Poster of Thomas Pesquet: The Makings of a Hero
Filmography
Movie Au cœur du Papotin Self 2023-12-28
Movie ExoMars: Europe's Imposible Mission Self 2023-02-08
Movie Thomas Pesquet : Objectif France Self 2023-02-02
Movie Les Enfoirés 2023 - Enfoirés un jour, toujours 2023-03-03
Movie Les Enfoirés 2022 - Un air d'Enfoirés 2022-03-04
Movie Hawa Thomas Pesquet 2022-09-13
Series Les Rencontres du Papotin Self 2022-09-03
Movie C Jamy - Émission spéciale Thomas Pesquet Self 2021-04-20
Movie Edition spéciale : "Mission Alpha" Self 2021-04-23
Movie Thomas Pesquet: The Makings of a Hero Self 2019-08-07
Movie Proxima Thomas 2019-11-27
Movie Through the Eyes of an Astronaut Self 2018-02-08
Movie Thomas Pesquet : Objectif Mars Self 2018-08-11
Movie Homo Spatius Self 2018-09-25
Movie 16 Sunrises Self 2018-10-03
Movie Les Enfoirés 2017 - Mission Enfoirés 2017-03-03
Series Jamy's World Self - Guest 2014-05-07
Series Rendez-vous in an Unknown Land Self 2004-12-26