Thomas during training at JSC

ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet participating in underwater spacewalk training at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, USA, on 9 September 2016.

Thomas is currently training for his Proxima mission to the International Space Station, set for launch in November 2016. He will spend six months living and working on the Station at part of Expeditions 49 and 50.

Thomas will be launched into space together with cosmonaut Oleg Novitskiy and and NASA’s Peggy Whitson.

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