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Thomas Pesquet first ESA astronaut to ride a Dragon to space – techtoday19
Thomas Pesquet training on board a SpaceX Crew Dragon. Credits:SpaceX/NASA/ESAESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet has officially been assigned to the second operational flight of SpaceX’s Crew Dragon spacecraft, launching in spring 2021 from Cape Canaveral, USA, to …

Thomas Pesquet training on board a SpaceX Crew Dragon. Credits:SpaceX/NASA/ESA
ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet has officially been assigned to the second operational flight of SpaceXs Crew Dragon spacecraft, launching in spring 2021 from Cape Canaveral, USA, to the International Space Station. Thomas second mission to the International Space Station will be called Alpha. This is after Alpha Centauri, the closest stellar system to Earth, following the French tradition to name space missions after …