Thomas Pesquet, a French astronaut at the European Space Agency, will take part in a long-duration mission to the International Space Station in 2016.
The assignment was announced on 17 March by ESA’s director-general, Jean-Jacques Dordain.
Before becoming a commercial pilot, Pesquet studied aeronautical and space engineering and worked at the CNES, France’s national space agency. He is one of five ESA astronauts chosen for the mission.
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