Thomas Pesquet Set to Return to Space in 2027
The agreement sends Thomas Pesquet to the ISS and Arnaud Prost to Haven-1 on two-week missions that include science experiments and outreach.
- Vast announced an agreement with the French government at the Choose France Summit to fly two French astronauts, with European Space Agency astronaut Thomas Pesquet commanding the International Space Station mission.
- Changes to NASA rules in 2025 now permit private mission commanders from Canada, Europe, or Japan with spaceflight experience, enabling Pesquet to qualify after flying long-duration missions in 2016 and 2021.
- ESA reserve astronaut Arnaud Prost will fly on the Haven-1 mission, continuing a pattern of reserve astronauts like Marcus Wandt and SBawosz UznaDski-Wi[niewski, who flew on Axiom Space's Ax-3 and Ax-4 missions.
- Both missions using SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft are scheduled for 2027, with Vast Chief Executive Max Haot stating the agreement reinforces the company's commitment to operating the world's first commercial space station.
- The missions will conduct science experiments with French institutions, highlighting industry reliance on 'sovereign astronauts' for commercial business cases; the French government will provide details at the International Space Summit in Paris in September.
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In 2027, two French astronauts, Thomas Pesquet and Arnaud Prost, will take part in two separate missions as part of a partnership between the State and the American company Vast. The announcement was officialised at the Choose France summit and welcomed by Emmanuel Macron, who sees it as a confirmation of France's "space ambition".Unlike one might imagine, the two astronauts will not fly together. They will be engaged in two separate missions, a…
The Frenchman Thomas Pesquet will return to space in 2027 and still ambition to set foot on the Moon.
Emmanuel Macron announced on Monday, June 1, that the two astronauts Thomas Pesquet and Arnaud Prost will go into space in 2027. The American company Vast "made an agreement with France for two missions involving Thomas Pesquet and Arnaud Prost. [...] This confirms France's spatial ambition," wrote the Head of State on X, after announcing earlier this agreement on the margins of the "Choose France" summit.
Emmanuel Macron announced Monday, June 1st at night that the two astronauts will fly as part of an agreement signed between Paris and the American space company Vast. One will go to the ISS, the other to a commercial space station.
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