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Thomas Pesquet

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Thomas Gautier Pesquet (French pronunciation: [tɔmɑ ɡotje pɛskɛ]; born 27 February 1978) 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Thomas Pesquet is the 379th most popular astronaut (down from 311th in 2019), the 5,378th most popular biography from France (down from 5,275th in 2019) and the 6th most popular French Astronaut.

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Among ASTRONAUTS

Among astronauts, Thomas Pesquet ranks 379 out of 556Before him are Byron K. Lichtenberg, Liu Wang, Maurizio Cheli, Aleksandr Skvortsov, Aleksey Ovchinin, and Stephen Robinson. After him are James S. Voss, Jan Davis, Robert J. Cenker, Ed Lu, Nicole Stott, and Kathryn P. Hire.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1978, Thomas Pesquet ranks 384Before him are Deniz Aytekin, Mista, Shinya Yabusaki, Jamie Clayton, D'Angelo Dinero, and Andrés Velencoso. After him are Tomoe Kato, Simon Webbe, Marisa Miller, Mía Maestro, Héctor Lombard, and Sébastien Grosjean.

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In France

Among people born in France, Thomas Pesquet ranks 5,378 out of 6,770Before him are Hervé Morin (1961), José Touré (1961), Coralie Trinh Thi (1976), Ana Girardot (1988), Michel Dussuyer (1959), and Youssef El-Arabi (1987). After him are Alain Casanova (1961), Éric Srecki (1964), Yoann Lemoine (1983), David Foenkinos (1974), Marina Hands (1975), and Anthony Lopes (1990).

Among ASTRONAUTS In France

Among astronauts born in France, Thomas Pesquet ranks 6Before him are Jean-Loup Chrétien (1938), Léopold Eyharts (1957), Claudie Haigneré (1957), Jean-Pierre Haigneré (1948), and Jean-François Clervoy (1958).