Thomas Gautier Pesquet
Thomas Gautier Pesquet is a French aerospace engineer, airline pilot, and ESA astronaut who has completed two long-duration missions to the International . He is one of Europe's most experienced spacewalkers and became the first French of the ISS.
- Born
- February 27, 1978
- Died
- N/A
- Birthplace
- Rouen, Normandy,France
Flights
2
Spacewalks
6
EVA time
39 hours, 54 minutes
In space
396 days, 11 hours, 34 minutes
Bio
Pesquet studied aerospace engineering and aviation before working as an engineer and later as an Air France pilot. ESA selected him in the 2009 astronaut group, and he completed basic training in 2010.
His first mission, Proxima, launched on Soyuz MS-03 in November 2016 and served 50/51. His second mission, Alpha, launched on SpaceX Crew-2 in April 2021 and served Expedition 65/66, including a period as ISS commander.
Pesquet has six totaling 39 hours, 54 minutes. Expedition labels describe station increments inside his Soyuz and Crew Dragon flights, not separate spaceflights.