The end of Thomas Bisquet’s second mission aboard the International Space Station is fast approaching. However, the French will no longer be able to return aboard the International Space Station: La Dépêche du Midi explains why.
He has not yet left the International Space Station that many enthusiasts are already considering the possibility of Thomas Pesquet returning to Earth orbit. After his second mission, will the French astronaut be able to return to the International Space Station?
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The French hero must return to our planet on the night of Saturday 6 November to Sunday: this return had to be postponed due to a “minor medical problem” of one of the crew members. Therefore, Thomas Pesquet and the team members who arrived with them aboard the International Space Station on April 23 will have been in orbit for more than six months in total. The Frenchman performed several missions aboard (one more vehicle which is more) and commanded the space station for several weeks.
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In 2017, at the end of his first stay on the International Space Station, the astronaut made no secret of his desire to return to the International Space Station. At the end of this second mission, Thomas Pesquet will not be able to repeat this ambition: the French will not be able to return aboard the International Space Station. For good reason, the European Space Agency has limited access to the International Space Station to a maximum of two stays per astronaut. Thus, the French champion has fulfilled his share…
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Thomas Pesquet and his team will be recovered at sea by NASA. They will then be taken to Houston (Texas) for biological examinations. The French astronaut is then expected to visit the European Astronaut Center in Cologne, Germany, for at least three weeks. His work with the ISS will not stop there: the French will still have to perform many tasks in connection with the experiments that he conducted on the ISS.
