French astronaut Thomas Pesquet is returning to Earth next Monday.
If you're not familiar with the name, do you probably remember the romantic scene of astronauts playing the last melody of a Marseillaise in space in a saxophone during the "Eight Minutes in Paris" alternating ceremony at the closing ceremony of this year's Tokyo Olympics?
The astronaut who loves to blow the saxophone is none other than Thomas Pescai.
Born in Rouen, France in 1978, Thomas is the tenth Frenchman to go into space.
Before becoming an astronaut, he was a passenger aircraft pilot.
Professionally, in July 2020, Thomas participated in the second mission of SpaceX Dragon Spacecraft 2, the first European to participate in the Dragon spacecraft mission.
On April 23, 2021, Thomas entered the International Space Station (ISS) for the second time and flew the Expedition 65/66 mission, and on October 4 this year he stayed on the International Space Station to perform the Expedition 66 mission and served as the International Space Command Station, the first French astronaut to serve as commander.
Pictured above is his teammates on the mission, from left to right, Akihiko Hoshide Japan, Robert Shane Kimbrough (USA), Megan MacArthur (K. Megan Mcarthur USA) and Thomas.
With a strong resume, Thomas's professional qualities do not need to be repeated.
But what makes everyone pay more attention to the astronaut is the various interesting astronaut daily life in space that he shares on social media.
During each mission, Thomas updates various short videos or pictures synchronously on his various social media accounts.
Or introduce the content of space work in a simple and humorous text, or share the daily life of astronauts.
He has also performed magic tricks in space and demonstrated methods of daily exercise in space.
Through his words and pictures, everyone feels that the unreachable space life seems to be less complicated and strange.
Harvest the joy of green peppers in space!
Thomas, who was elected the United Nations Goodwill Ambassador for Food and Agriculture, also sent many photos of the Earth taken from space.
He has repeatedly expressed his hope that through these photos, he can arouse everyone's desire to attach importance to environmental protection.
He wants everyone to see the beauty of the earth and realize the seriousness of the ecological crisis, so as to work together to protect their homes.
In his pictures, he shows the spectacular beauty of the earth, but also shows the fragility of the earth under the influence of fires, droughts and storms caused by a warming climate.
Thomas was thus awarded the title of "Future Ambassador for Earth".
While on land, Thomas has a wide range of hobbies, including basketball, rugby, swimming and skiing, and outdoor adventure.
Born in science, he also has a great passion for foreign languages. Speaks English and Russian, and has also studied German, Chinese and Spanish.
In addition, his greatest hobbies are reading and playing saxophone.
Thomas watching Dunes.
On his first space mission, he carried with him the work of the French pilot writer Antoine de saint-exupéry and the little prince doll that a friend had given him in his socks.
However, due to the weight limit of his belongings, his saxophone was not initially brought.
It was then that his wife and NASA joined forces to conceal him, and other supplies were subsequently delivered.
Thomas said that it actually felt strange to play the saxophone in space at the beginning, because of the weightlessness, it felt like a new challenge.
But he happily accepted the challenge and has been playing the saxophone for 20 years, saying there are no difficulties that cannot be solved.
Friends jokingly called him a musician who was "delayed" by his aviation career.
Since then, he has been carrying the saxophone wind to space, which is the most romantic scene in "Eight Minutes of Paris".
Tomorrow Thomas is about to return to Earth from this space mission!
The first thing he had to do when he came back was supposed to be talked about in a connection with Lafayette Karl Lagerfeld, because in space you can only wipe your body with a wet wipe, so you come back "to take a hot bath for a full ten minutes"!
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ref：
https://www.leparisien.fr/environnement/thomas-pesquet-de-retour-sur-terre-lundi-il-sera-un-futur-grand-ambassadeur-de-la-planete-07-11-2021-fj4pd2ak6jdsdnfdmmwwyc6a4i.php?ts=1636272093900
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/thomas_pesquet
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