Birthday

1978-02-27

Place of Birth

Rouen, Seine-Maritime, France

Biography

Thomas Gautier Pesquet (born 27 February 1978 in Rouen) 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 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. ... Source: Article "Thomas Pesquet" from Wikipedia in english, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.