Thomas Pesquet, who was born on the 27th of February of 1978 in Rouen of France is a French aerospace engineer, pilot, and European Space Agency, astronaut. At the age of 42 years, Thomas has traveled to space as a flight engineer and has been selected for another travel in 2021.
| Name | Thomas Pesquet |
| Birthday | 27 February,1978 |
| Age | 42 years |
| Gender | Male |
| Nationality | French |
| Ethnicity | White/European |
| Profession | Engineer, Airline Pilot |
| Married/Single | Married |
| Wife | Anne Mottet |
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Pesquet has two brothers and is married to his wife, Anne Mottet. According to the wiki, Thomas is a black belt in judo and loves swimming, jogging and playing basketball. Pesquet is an adventurous person and he has a license for scuba diving and parachuting as well.
10 Facts on Thomas Pesquet
According to the bio, Thomas graduated with a master’s degree from the National Higher French Institute of Aeronautics and Space in 2001 and from Air France flight school in 2006.
Pesquet speaks French, English, Spanish, Chinese, German, and Russian very fluently. He is also a member of the French Aeronautics and Astronautics Association, and of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics.
Thomas started to work as a spacecraft dynamics engineer in Madrid, Spain in the year 2001 and as a research engineer at the French space agency between 2002 and 2004.
After completing the flight training program, Pesquet worked as a commercial pilot attending more than 2000 hours of flight.
In 2009, Thomas joined the European Space Agency and completed his Astronaut Basic training within the next year. Pesquet became the youngest member of European Space corps.
On June 10, 2014, the engineer served as an aquanaut in the Aquarius underwater laboratory during NEEMO 18 undersea exploration mission.
Thomas Pesquet went to space on Soyuz MS-03 on November 17, 2016, and spent six months on the International Space Station as a part of Expedition 50/51.
The French astronaut did his first EVA with Astronaut Shane Kimbrough which lasted for 5 hours and 58 minutes.
On March 11, 2020, ESA announced for Pesquet to travel to ISS in the second half of 2021 for another six months stay from an American Commercial Crew Vehicle.
The information on salary and net worth of Thomas Pesquet is not available.
