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Go to topicESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet has been assigned to a long-duration mission on the International Space Station, on 17 March, 2014, at the French Ministry of Higher Education and Research.
The assignment of the French-born astronaut was announced by ESA’s Director General Jean Jacques Dordain in the presence of the French Minister for Higher Education and Research, Geneviève Fioraso, and the President of the French space agency, CNES, Jean-Yves Le Gall.
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