Thomas Pesquet
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Biography: Thomas Gautier Pesquet (born 27 February 1978 in Rouen) is a French aerospace engineer, pilot, European Space Agency astronaut and actor. 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. Pesquet was born in Rouen, France and considers Dieppe his hometown. He is the younger of two brothers. Pesquet is a black belt in judo and lists basketball, jogging, swimming and squash as his favourite sports. He is an outdoor and adventure activities enthusiast, and enjoys mountain biking, kite surfing, sailing, skiing and mountaineering. He also has extensive experience with, and holds advanced licenses in, both scuba diving and parachuting. His other interests include travelling, playing the saxophone and reading. He is a supporter of the French football team, as well as the French rugby team and the Stade Toulousain. Pesquet graduated from the Lycée Pierre Corneille in Rouen, France, in 1996. In 2001, he received a master's degree from the École nationale supérieure de l'aéronautique et de l'espace in Toulouse, France, majoring in space systems and space vehicle mechanics. He spent his final year before graduation at the École Polytechnique de Montréal, Canada, as an exchange student on the Aeronautics and Space Master. Pesquet graduated from the Air France flight school in 2006. This led to an Airline Transport Pilot License-Instrument Rating (ATPL-IR). He speaks French, English, Spanish, Chinese, German and Russian, and is a member of the French Aeronautics and Astronautics Association (3AF), and of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA). From October 2001, Pesquet worked as a spacecraft dynamics engineer on remote sensing missions for GMV, S.A. in Madrid, Spain. Between 2002 and 2004, Pesquet worked at the French space agency, CNES, as a research engineer on space missions autonomy. He also carried out various studies on future European ground segment design and European space technology harmonization. From late 2002, he was a representative of CNES at CCSDS, the Consultative Committee for Space Data Systems, working on the topic of cross-support between international space agencies. A private pilot, he was selected in 2004 for Air France's flight training programme. He went on to become a commercial pilot for the French airline, where he started flying the Airbus A320 in 2006. He has logged more than 2000 hours flying time on various commercial airliners, and has qualified as a type-rating flight instructor on the A320, and as a Crew Resource Management instructor. In 2018, Pesquet gained his Airbus A310 type rating and is qualified as a Novespace Zero-G aircraft pilot. Pesquet was selected as a European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut in May 2009. He joined ESA in September 2009 and successfully completed Astronaut Basic Training in November 2010. Pesquet is the youngest member of the European Astronaut Corps, and the last of the ESA astronaut class of 2009 to arrive in space. ... Source: Article "Thomas Pesquet" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Rouen, Seine-Maritime, France
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Birthday: February 27, 1978
Age: 47 years old
Gender: Male
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Les Enfoirés 2023 - Enfoirés un jour, toujours
Overview: In January 2023, the Enfoirés performed at La Halle Tony Garnier in Lyon. True to the caused started by Coluche in 1985, forty-seven renowned artists responded, in a festive and warm atmosphere. The Enfoirés are back with the public after two years of absence. Beautiful moments of emotion and laughter are on the agenda.
Genres: Music
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2023-03-03
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ExoMars: Europe's Imposible Mission
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Genres: Documentary TV Movie
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2023-02-08
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Thomas Pesquet : Objectif France
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Genres: Documentary TV Movie
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2023-02-02
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Les Enfoirés 2022 - Un air d'Enfoirés
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Genres: Music
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2022-03-04
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Proxima
Overview: Sarah is a French astronaut training at the European Space Agency in Cologne. She is the only woman in the arduous program. She lives alone with Stella, her seven year old daughter. Sarah feels guilty that she cannot spend more time with her child. Her love is overpowering, unsettling. When Sarah is chosen to join the crew of a year-long space mission called Proxima, it creates chaos in the mother-daughter relationship.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2019-11-27
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Thomas Pesquet: The Makings of a Hero
Overview: At 38, Thomas Pesquet is the youngest French astronaut to be selected for a 180 days mission in the ISS. Oleg Novitskiy, the Russian pilot and the American Peggy Whitson, the most experienced astronaut in the world, train alongside him.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2019-08-07
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Au cœur du Papotin
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Genres: Documentary
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2023-12-28
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16 Sunrises
Overview: 450 kilometers from the Earth, during these six months when the world seems to be moving into the unknown, a dialogue is woven between the astronaut and the visionary work of Saint Exupéry that he took to the space station
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2018-10-03
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Homo Spatius
Overview: Can Homo sapiens evolve into Homo spatius? For over 50 years now, we have been testing our human nature in our effort to conquer outer space, and still 30 years away from a possible human exploration of Mars, a question remains: Can our body take such travels? Will it ever adapt? Combining human adventure and the exploration of the human body, this film offers unique insights into the physical and psychological effects of space travel on the Astronauts and measures the impact on medical sciences.
Genres: Documentary TV Movie
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2018-09-25
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Thomas Pesquet : Objectif Mars
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Genres: Documentary
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2018-08-11
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Through the Eyes of an Astronaut
Overview: Directed by Franco-German duo Pierre-Emmanuel Le Goff and Jürgen Hansen, Through the Eyes of an Astronaut is a 28-minute documentary based on images shot on board (and outside) of the International Space Station (ISS) by Thomas Pesquet, the European Space Agency’s (ESA) youngest astronaut, and the 10th French astronaut to travel into space. Enjoy the highlights of his six-month space odyssey, the Proxima Mission, 400 km above the Earth. Pesquet docked with the ISS in November 2016 for a 196-day, 17-hour, and 49-minute mission. The filmmakers and Pesquet had agreed to a shooting plan before the mission, but the result exceeded their expectations! Pesquet kept a daily visual diary -he brought back more than 600 hours of footage, including 40 in IMAX format, sharing his thoughts and feelings on the beauty and fragile nature of our planet, and man’s place in the universe.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2018-02-08
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C Jamy - Émission spéciale Thomas Pesquet
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Genres: Documentary
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2021-04-20
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Edition spéciale : "Mission Alpha"
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Genres: Documentary History
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2021-04-23
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Les Enfoirés 2017 - Mission Enfoirés
Overview: In January 2017, Les Enfoirés set the Zénith in Toulouse alight with seven exceptional concerts. Faithful to the cause started by Coluche in 1985, thirty-seven renowned artists answered his call, in a festive and warm atmosphere. This year, Les Enfoirés made their revolution and offered a collective show punctuated by 17 tableaux as poetic as they were spectacular through the ages. The entire troupe invites us on March 3 to set sail aboard the liner "Mission Enfoirés" for a cruise with Gérard Jugnot as captain, in search of his sweetheart...
Genres: Music
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2017-03-03
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Thomas Pesquet : L'Envoyé spatial
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Genres: Documentary
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2016-11-10
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Hawa
Overview: A teenage girl lives with her grandmother and worries she will be removed by social services. She sets off to get adopted by someone she admires more than anything, one of the most powerful women in the world.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2022-09-13
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Les Enfoirés 2025 - Au pays des Enfoirés
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Genres: Music
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2025-03-07
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Inner Telescope, a Space Artwork by Eduardo Kac
Overview: Designed to exist in weightlessness by artist Eduardo Kac and created aboard the International Space Station by French astronaut Thomas Pesquet, the artwork Inner Telescope marks the first step toward a new form of artistic and poetic creation, freed from the constraints of gravity. The film Inner Telescope, a space artwork by Eduardo Kac, takes us on this artistic and scientific journey—from the conception of the piece in Eduardo Kac’s studio in Chicago to its realization in orbit by Thomas Pesquet, 400 km above Earth, during the European Space Agency’s Proxima mission.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: fr
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