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Thomas Pesquet

Portrait photograph of Thomas Pesquet

Photo: Bill Stafford / Public domain

Thomas Pesquet is a French aerospace engineer, pilot, astronaut of the European Space Agency, actor, musician and writer, born on 27 February 1978. ESA selected him in May 2009. From November 2016 to June 2017 he was part of Expedition 50 and Expedition 51 on the International Space Station, launched on Soyuz MS-03. He returned to space in April 2021 aboard the SpaceX Crew Dragon, on Crew-2, for a second six-month stay, during Expedition 66. Wikidata records 396 days and 11 hours in space across the two flights.

Born
27 February 1978
Country
France
Flights
2: Soyuz MS-03 (2016), SpaceX Crew-2 (2021)
Time in space
396 days 11 hours
Stations visited
International Space Station, as part of Expedition 66, Expedition 51, Expedition 50
Flights with a company
SpaceX Crew-2 (SpaceX)

Data as of 2 November 2026. Source: Wikidata (CC0). All people who have flown in space.

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  1. Thomas Pesquet’s Mission Alpha: Six Months Aboard the ISS

    Free Documentary – Space

  2. Inside the ISS: Building, Training and Science in Orbit

    Free Documentary – Space
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Inside the ISS: Building, Training and Science in Orbit

Free Documentary – Space

Duration 52:17

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  1. Inside the ISS: Building, Training and Science in Orbit

    DocumentaryFree Documentary – Space · 52:17

  2. Thomas Pesquet’s Mission Alpha: Six Months Aboard the ISS

    DocumentaryFree Documentary – Space · 51:20

    Mission: Crew-2 (2021)

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