Peggy, Thomas and Oleg

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