He drew from the springs of science, so he paved the path of research with enthusiasm and passion that led him to the peaks of knowledge, which in turn brought him to success until he found himself an astronaut on his spacecraft. He then traveled on board to outer space for months, despite the risks, adventure and exceptional tasks were entrusted to him after lengthy training and qualification became part of his life.
He loved his travels, so his camera lenses were creative in capturing the most beautiful pictures and scenes of the planet from outer space, the movement of stars and comets.
Thomas Pesquet this young Frenchman, is now preparing to go on a new space trip in early 2021, the 42-year-old astronaut is the tenth French to travel to space, since his first flight in 2016-2017 on board the International Space Station (ISS).
European astronaut on board an American space vehicle
Thomas Pesquet will depart on a second mission aboard the same station during the second half of 2021. He will become the first European astronaut to travel aboard an American «SpaceX’s Crew Dragon capsule.»
Thomas has confirmed that he will already begin intensive training at the end of March, at the Johnson Space Center in Houston, in the United States, as happened during the preparations for his first trip in September of 2016.
Upon arrival at the training center, this adventurer will have to go through the first stages of review to «assess his knowledge of systems and processes, which will allow the trainers to adapt to the training program in line with the requirements of this former French pilot, who first approached the outside world when he was selected by the space agency.» In 2009, the European Union (ESA) among six candidates to form the third group of European astronauts, to become the youngest astronaut in the world.
Thomas leaves nothing to chance
Among the things that He will review at the International Space Station, before taking off again outside the Earth’s atmosphere, is how to repair the various systems and devices on board in the event of a malfunction, such as maintaining the station’s heating and air conditioning system.
For example during his first stay on the International Space Station, Thomas Pesquet was forced
To repair broken toilets on the second day!
In addition, Thomas Pesquet will try to wear his spacesuit, before testing it at the NASA Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory (NBL) assembly, which is used for spacewalk training.
This training lasts about six hours and allows for the anticipation of any potential risk of technical error when having to walk in space and allows practice to control levels of adrenaline and stress.
Before his first experience in space travel as part of a mission called Proxima, Thomas Pesquet had conducted a 100 experiments, half of which were developed by the European Space Agency (ESA) or the French National Center for Space Studies, and the other half by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).
A second space trip with memories of the first flight!
In July 2020, he was chosen to undertake a second mission aboard the Crew Dragon capsule, built by the American private company SpaceX, to become the first European to travel into space aboard an American spacecraft on a highly anticipated mission called Alpha.
Returning to his maiden flight, the French astronaut spent 196 days in space during his stay, on board the International Space Station.
This puts him in second place in the list of French who have traveled to space behind Jean-Pierre Haigneré who collected 209 days in space during two trips, but Thomas’ chances of being ahead of his citizens in terms of staying in space will increase by obtaining a second residence there next year accompanied by the astronaut Russian Oleg Novitskiy the commander of a spacecraft of 2.2 meters in length and 2.1 meters in diameter, the French astronaut entered space at a speed of 28 thousand kilometers per hour in November 2016, returning after 6 months and landing on the Kazakh plains, to end his mission.
What happens when he is in space ?!
Today Thomas knows very well the details of staying in space, as he stated after his first flight what he missed most, besides his longing for his family, was the feeling of freedom.
«Going out for hiking and cycling, going to the mountain or the sea, feeling the wind, rain and different scents contemplating the landscapes … I crave freedom.»
Thomas carried beautiful memories with him from space from the moment of take-off from the space station to the 16 scenes of sunrise he witnessed from there and life in zero gravity, exiting the spacecraft three times with the space suit for maintenance operations and standing in space at a distance of 400 km from Earth.
Certainly, Thomas has prepared everything he needs during his space trip, he had spoken after his return from the Alpha flight that he was spending his spare time photographing the Earth from every angle, taking pictures of different landscapes, the Northern Lights, symbolic places, and more cities. Lighting and other things, the young man spent a long time communicating with the public, especially on Twitter.
Fun trip however! One of the most difficult cases
Thomas most difficult experience is going to normal life after returning to Earth, especially since he has a lean body due to losing an important part of his muscle and bone weight, adapting to life without gravity, he has fainted due to a sharp drop in blood pressure and other health problems, which require a special health care from doctors of the European Astronaut Center in Cologne, Germany.
There are great dangers travelling to space but the fun and scientific glory are worth the adventure, this is what the French astronaut Thomas Pesquet believes.
Thomas Pesquet will carry out the NASA and SpaceX mission aboard the Falcon 9 rocket from the Kennedy Space Center on April 23, 2021. The training in California was very intense for one of the toughest mission.
The astronauts taking part in this mission are:
Commander: Shane Kimbrough of NASA.
Pilot: Megan Mc Arthur of NASA.
Mission specialist Akihiko HOSHIDE of Jasca JAPAN.
Mission specialist: Thomas Pesquet of the european space agency ESA.
He will be the Captain of the crew on board.
