CANCEL
Badges
ISS Visitor
This astronaut visited the International Space Station.
Crossed Kármán Line
This astronaut crossed the Kármán Line (100 km), the internationally accepted boundary of space.
Space Resident
This astronaut has spent over a month in space.
Elite Spacewalker
This astronaut is in the top 5% for total spacewalking time.
Elite Spaceflyer
This astronaut is in the top 5% for total time in space.
Crewmates
429
Peggy A. Whitson
4
MISSIONS
675.2
DAYS IN SPACE
10
SPACEWALKS
2.5
DAYS SPACEWALKING
490
Akihiko Hoshide
3
MISSIONS
340.5
DAYS IN SPACE
4
SPACEWALKS
1.2
DAYS SPACEWALKING
498
Robert S. Kimbrough
3
MISSIONS
388.7
DAYS IN SPACE
9
SPACEWALKS
2.5
DAYS SPACEWALKING
505
K. Megan McArthur
2
MISSIONS
212.6
DAYS IN SPACE
-
SPACEWALKS
-
DAYS SPACEWALKING
538
Oleg Novitskiy
5
MISSIONS
545.1
DAYS IN SPACE
3
SPACEWALKS
0.9
DAYS SPACEWALKING
Bio
Thomas is an aerospace engineer, pilot and French astronaut with the European Space Agency. A veteran of a sixth month stay on the Station, Thomas will become the first European to fly on a commercial human spacecraft on Crew-2. His ESA mission name for this flight is Alpha, after Alpha Centauri, the closest star system to our Sun.
WIKIPEDIA EXCERPT
Thomas Gautier Pesquet is a French aerospace engineer, pilot, European Space Agency astronaut, actor, musician, and writer. 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.