Oleg, Peggy and Thomas

From left: Roscosmos commander Oleg Novitsky, NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson and ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Centre near Moscow, Russia, May 2016.

The trio will be launched to the International Space Station November 2016.

Thomas is keen on sharing his experience in the run up to launch and his adventure in space – follow him and the mission via thomaspesquet.esa.int