# articles

feed_id: tag:flickr.com,2005:/photo/50096372053
title: Food tasting
uri: 2020-07-25-Food-tasting
url: https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50096372053/
content:
			<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/thom_astro/">Thomas Pesquet</a> posted a photo:</p>
	
<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50096372053/" title="Food tasting"><img src="media/93676cf1.50096372053_38333c38d3_m.jpg" data-original-source="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50096372053_38333c38d3_m.jpg" width="160" height="240" alt="Food tasting" /></a></p>

<p>ESA astronauts Thomas Pesquet and Matthias Maurer with NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei tasting possible food for their International Space Station missions<br />
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Credits: NASA–James Blair</p>


feed_id: tag:flickr.com,2005:/photo/50096947261
title: Food tasting
uri: 2020-07-25-Food-tasting
url: https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50096947261/
content:
			<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/thom_astro/">Thomas Pesquet</a> posted a photo:</p>
	
<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50096947261/" title="Food tasting"><img src="media/d83a1f7f.50096947261_3019c2d09b_m.jpg" data-original-source="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50096947261_3019c2d09b_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="Food tasting" /></a></p>

<p>ESA astronauts Thomas Pesquet and Matthias Maurer with NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei tasting possible food for their International Space Station missions<br />
<br />
Credits: NASA–James Blair</p>


feed_id: tag:flickr.com,2005:/photo/50096371273
title: Food tasting
uri: 2020-07-25-Food-tasting
url: https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50096371273/
content:
			<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/thom_astro/">Thomas Pesquet</a> posted a photo:</p>
	
<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50096371273/" title="Food tasting"><img src="media/52d1669a.50096371273_37fde56049_m.jpg" data-original-source="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50096371273_37fde56049_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="Food tasting" /></a></p>

<p>ESA astronauts Thomas Pesquet and Matthias Maurer with NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei tasting possible food for their International Space Station missions<br />
<br />
Credits: NASA–James Blair</p>


feed_id: tag:flickr.com,2005:/photo/50097179882
title: Food tasting
uri: 2020-07-25-Food-tasting
url: https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50097179882/
content:
			<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/thom_astro/">Thomas Pesquet</a> posted a photo:</p>
	
<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50097179882/" title="Food tasting"><img src="media/78097144.50097179882_ff4ddaeba5_m.jpg" data-original-source="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50097179882_ff4ddaeba5_m.jpg" width="240" height="180" alt="Food tasting" /></a></p>

<p>ESA astronauts Thomas Pesquet and Matthias Maurer with NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei tasting possible food for their International Space Station missions<br />
<br />
Credits: NASA–James Blair</p>


feed_id: tag:flickr.com,2005:/photo/50096369483
title: Food tasting
uri: 2020-07-25-Food-tasting
url: https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50096369483/
content:
			<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/thom_astro/">Thomas Pesquet</a> posted a photo:</p>
	
<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50096369483/" title="Food tasting"><img src="media/74fcb2e9.50096369483_41891e1769_m.jpg" data-original-source="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50096369483_41891e1769_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="Food tasting" /></a></p>

<p>ESA astronauts Thomas Pesquet and Matthias Maurer with NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei tasting possible food for their International Space Station missions<br />
<br />
Credits: NASA–James Blair</p>


feed_id: tag:flickr.com,2005:/photo/50081889603
title: NBL training
uri: NBL-training
url: https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50081889603/
content:
			<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/thom_astro/">Thomas Pesquet</a> posted a photo:</p>
	
<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50081889603/" title="NBL training"><img src="media/1be0a113.50081889603_76d928a6d3_m.jpg" data-original-source="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50081889603_76d928a6d3_m.jpg" width="240" height="192" alt="NBL training" /></a></p>

<p>ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet during International Space Station spacewalk maintenance 2 training at the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory.<br />
<br />
Thomas exchanged some of the Space Station heat exchangers that interface the internal cooling loops collecting heat loads, and external ammonia cooling loops that reject heatt via the radiators.<br />
<br />
The exchangers are underneath the micro meteorite shields so hard to get to.<br />
<br />
Another task involved exchanging ammonia tanks. These tasks are part of 12 major failures that would force an astronaut to go out the door in a short amount of time to repair, and need to be rehears in the NBL pool before flight.<br />
<br />
Credits: NASA–Bill Stafford</p>


feed_id: tag:flickr.com,2005:/photo/50082714097
title: NBL training
uri: 2020-07-25-NBL-training
url: https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50082714097/
content:
			<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/thom_astro/">Thomas Pesquet</a> posted a photo:</p>
	
<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50082714097/" title="NBL training"><img src="media/fbfbe9f6.50082714097_6b42c5fc07_m.jpg" data-original-source="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50082714097_6b42c5fc07_m.jpg" width="240" height="192" alt="NBL training" /></a></p>

<p>ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet during International Space Station spacewalk maintenance 2 training at the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory.<br />
<br />
Thomas exchanged some of the Space Station heat exchangers that interface the internal cooling loops collecting heat loads, and external ammonia cooling loops that reject heatt via the radiators.<br />
<br />
The exchangers are underneath the micro meteorite shields so hard to get to.<br />
<br />
Another task involved exchanging ammonia tanks. These tasks are part of 12 major failures that would force an astronaut to go out the door in a short amount of time to repair, and need to be rehears in the NBL pool before flight.<br />
<br />
Credits: NASA–Bill Stafford</p>


feed_id: tag:flickr.com,2005:/photo/50081889378
title: NBL training
uri: 2020-07-25-NBL-training
url: https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50081889378/
content:
			<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/thom_astro/">Thomas Pesquet</a> posted a photo:</p>
	
<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50081889378/" title="NBL training"><img src="media/4dfcf839.50081889378_c417cea33e_m.jpg" data-original-source="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50081889378_c417cea33e_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="NBL training" /></a></p>

<p>ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet during International Space Station spacewalk maintenance 2 training at the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory.<br />
<br />
Thomas exchanged some of the Space Station heat exchangers that interface the internal cooling loops collecting heat loads, and external ammonia cooling loops that reject heatt via the radiators.<br />
<br />
The exchangers are underneath the micro meteorite shields so hard to get to.<br />
<br />
Another task involved exchanging ammonia tanks. These tasks are part of 12 major failures that would force an astronaut to go out the door in a short amount of time to repair, and need to be rehears in the NBL pool before flight.<br />
<br />
Credits: NASA–Bill Stafford</p>


feed_id: tag:flickr.com,2005:/photo/50081889263
title: NBL training
uri: 2020-07-25-NBL-training
url: https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50081889263/
content:
			<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/thom_astro/">Thomas Pesquet</a> posted a photo:</p>
	
<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50081889263/" title="NBL training"><img src="media/49b5d45d.50081889263_1ce82a349c_m.jpg" data-original-source="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50081889263_1ce82a349c_m.jpg" width="240" height="192" alt="NBL training" /></a></p>

<p>ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet during International Space Station spacewalk maintenance 2 training at the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory.<br />
<br />
Thomas exchanged some of the Space Station heat exchangers that interface the internal cooling loops collecting heat loads, and external ammonia cooling loops that reject heatt via the radiators.<br />
<br />
The exchangers are underneath the micro meteorite shields so hard to get to.<br />
<br />
Another task involved exchanging ammonia tanks. These tasks are part of 12 major failures that would force an astronaut to go out the door in a short amount of time to repair, and need to be rehears in the NBL pool before flight.<br />
<br />
Credits: NASA–Bill Stafford</p>


feed_id: tag:flickr.com,2005:/photo/50081890218
title: NBL training
uri: 2020-07-25-NBL-training
url: https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50081890218/
content:
			<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/thom_astro/">Thomas Pesquet</a> posted a photo:</p>
	
<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50081890218/" title="NBL training"><img src="media/d6cf5e5f.50081890218_c02bbe1313_m.jpg" data-original-source="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50081890218_c02bbe1313_m.jpg" width="240" height="192" alt="NBL training" /></a></p>

<p>ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet during International Space Station spacewalk maintenance 2 training at the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory.<br />
<br />
Thomas exchanged some of the Space Station heat exchangers that interface the internal cooling loops collecting heat loads, and external ammonia cooling loops that reject heatt via the radiators.<br />
<br />
The exchangers are underneath the micro meteorite shields so hard to get to.<br />
<br />
Another task involved exchanging ammonia tanks. These tasks are part of 12 major failures that would force an astronaut to go out the door in a short amount of time to repair, and need to be rehears in the NBL pool before flight.<br />
<br />
Credits: NASA–Bill Stafford</p>


feed_id: tag:flickr.com,2005:/photo/50081890328
title: NBL training
uri: 2020-07-25-NBL-training
url: https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50081890328/
content:
			<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/thom_astro/">Thomas Pesquet</a> posted a photo:</p>
	
<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50081890328/" title="NBL training"><img src="media/0b233b91.50081890328_22e2c2133f_m.jpg" data-original-source="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50081890328_22e2c2133f_m.jpg" width="240" height="192" alt="NBL training" /></a></p>

<p>ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet during International Space Station spacewalk maintenance 2 training at the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory.<br />
<br />
Thomas exchanged some of the Space Station heat exchangers that interface the internal cooling loops collecting heat loads, and external ammonia cooling loops that reject heatt via the radiators.<br />
<br />
The exchangers are underneath the micro meteorite shields so hard to get to.<br />
<br />
Another task involved exchanging ammonia tanks. These tasks are part of 12 major failures that would force an astronaut to go out the door in a short amount of time to repair, and need to be rehears in the NBL pool before flight.<br />
<br />
Credits: NASA–Bill Stafford</p>


feed_id: tag:flickr.com,2005:/photo/50081890423
title: NBL training
uri: 2020-07-25-NBL-training
url: https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50081890423/
content:
			<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/thom_astro/">Thomas Pesquet</a> posted a photo:</p>
	
<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50081890423/" title="NBL training"><img src="media/d162694e.50081890423_18deedc832_m.jpg" data-original-source="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50081890423_18deedc832_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="NBL training" /></a></p>

<p>ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet during International Space Station spacewalk maintenance 2 training at the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory.<br />
<br />
Thomas exchanged some of the Space Station heat exchangers that interface the internal cooling loops collecting heat loads, and external ammonia cooling loops that reject heatt via the radiators.<br />
<br />
The exchangers are underneath the micro meteorite shields so hard to get to.<br />
<br />
Another task involved exchanging ammonia tanks. These tasks are part of 12 major failures that would force an astronaut to go out the door in a short amount of time to repair, and need to be rehears in the NBL pool before flight.<br />
<br />
Credits: NASA–Bill Stafford</p>


feed_id: tag:flickr.com,2005:/photo/35322777150
title: Houston
uri: 2020-07-25-Houston
url: https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/35322777150/
content:
			<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/thom_astro/">Thomas Pesquet</a> posted a photo:</p>
	
<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/35322777150/" title="Houston"><img src="media/3960843c.35322777150_e11cd7daa8_m.jpg" data-original-source="https://live.staticflickr.com/4074/35322777150_e11cd7daa8_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="Houston" /></a></p>

<p>So long Houston I am sure I will be back soon! Thanks to all Johnson Space Center for the training and refresher courses. I am going back to Europe for a month...<br />
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Bye-bye Houston, bye-bye. Après dix semaines intenses, retour en europe pour une pause estivale... la seule occasion de voir famille et amis avant un long moment. <br />
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Credits: ESA/NASA–T. Pesquet<br />
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134E3720</p>


feed_id: tag:flickr.com,2005:/photo/34963106375
title: St Malo
uri: 2020-07-31-St-Malo
url: https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/34963106375/
content:
			<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/thom_astro/">Thomas Pesquet</a> posted a photo:</p>
	
<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/34963106375/" title="St Malo"><img src="media/abbd45fb.34963106375_2e1e1fb2be_m.jpg" data-original-source="https://live.staticflickr.com/4224/34963106375_2e1e1fb2be_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="St Malo" /></a></p>

<p>En attendant de pouvoir reprendre des photos de la terre l’année prochaine, il m’en reste encore quelques-unes à publier. Cet été, j'imagine que beaucoup vont rester en France... l'occasion de découvrir tous les coins magnifiques de notre pays ! J'essaierai de donner des idées avec quelques posts #VacancesenFrance... Si comme moi vous appréciez les températures... modérées, filez en Bretagne ! Histoire, culture, et paysages magnifiques pour ceux qui aiment la mer. Ici Saint Malo, avec ses forts et ville fortifiée bien visibles de l'espace... et les plages…<br />
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With many staying closer to home due to Corona this summer a tour of some holiday destinations in France. St Malo in Brittany is known for its historic walled city, castles, forts, beaches and boats. All visible from space! I am taking a few weeks off myself, hopefully everybody can enjoy the Summer after a tumultuous beginning of 2020.<br />
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Credits: ESA/NASA–T. Pesquet<br />
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134E5665</p>


feed_id: tag:flickr.com,2005:/photo/33716428193
title: Lugano
uri: Lugano
url: https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/33716428193/
content:
			<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/thom_astro/">Thomas Pesquet</a> posted a photo:</p>
	
<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/33716428193/" title="Lugano"><img src="media/ba0dbf66.33716428193_e4f191048b_m.jpg" data-original-source="https://live.staticflickr.com/4162/33716428193_e4f191048b_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="Lugano" /></a></p>

<p>Some alpine freshness for the Summer with the Swiss town of Lugano and lake that seems to spawn mountains. Some amazing views at the top! Today Switzerland celebrates its founding and the Swiss enjoy a national holiday. <br />
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Un peu de fraîcheur alpine avec le lac de Lugano qui semble naître des montagnes. Des belles vues assurées! Bonne Fête Nationale Suisse!<br />
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Credits: ESA/NASA<br />
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134E2591</p>


feed_id: tag:flickr.com,2005:/photo/32064128701
title: Biarritz
uri: 2020-08-06-Biarritz
url: https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/32064128701/
content:
			<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/thom_astro/">Thomas Pesquet</a> posted a photo:</p>
	
<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/32064128701/" title="Biarritz"><img src="media/0b42d9ec.32064128701_fd5976c3fa_m.jpg" data-original-source="https://live.staticflickr.com/588/32064128701_fd5976c3fa_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="Biarritz" /></a></p>

<p>A clear pass over Basque country with the beaches, the famous rocky formation and the town of Biarritz. Surely there are some surfers, although it looks calm at the time I took this photo. You can also spot the airport Biarritz BIA.<br />
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Maintenant que l’actualité spatiale prend une pause, continuons la série des Vacances En France, avec la côte Basque, une autre destination privilégiée l’été. On voit ici l’Adour, l'agglomération Bayonne-Anglet-Biarritz, le rocher de la Vierge et peut-être quelques surfeurs? Bon, sachez quand même qu'en école de pilote, dans le Nord de la France, on avait appris que c'était l'endroit où il pleuvait le plus de France !! Et oui !! Ou était-ce de la propagande nordiste ? ;)<br />
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Credits: ESA/NASA–T. Pesquet<br />
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145A1253</p>


feed_id: tag:flickr.com,2005:/photo/33642770574
title: Tours
uri: 2020-08-09-Tours
url: https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/33642770574/
content:
			<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/thom_astro/">Thomas Pesquet</a> posted a photo:</p>
	
<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/33642770574/" title="Tours"><img src="media/4e3455f3.33642770574_88d4fa48eb_m.jpg" data-original-source="https://live.staticflickr.com/4183/33642770574_88d4fa48eb_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="Tours" /></a></p>

<p>Vacances en France à base de photos depuis l’ISS : suite... Peut-être certains choisiront-ils le patrimoine historique des châteaux de la Loire cet été, auquel cas ils passeront sûrement par la belle ville de Tours. La Touraine et sa douceur de vivre ont depuis toujours été au cœur de la France. Bonnes vacances !<br />
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More of France's possible holiday destinations as seen from the International Space Station: if you visit the castles of the Loire river this summer will undoubtedly pass by the pretty city of Tours. Happy holidays! <br />
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Credits: ESA/NASA<br />
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134E3512</p>


feed_id: tag:flickr.com,2005:/photo/35322781150
title: Marseille
uri: 2020-08-10-Marseille
url: https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/35322781150/
content:
			<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/thom_astro/">Thomas Pesquet</a> posted a photo:</p>
	
<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/35322781150/" title="Marseille"><img src="media/c60453af.35322781150_b19db3603a_m.jpg" data-original-source="https://live.staticflickr.com/4233/35322781150_b19db3603a_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="Marseille" /></a></p>

<p>Le tour de France estival continue avec la ville de Marseille. Malgré leur importance capitale :wink::sweat_smile:, il n’y a pas que l’ OM :soccer:️ et Plus belle la vie dans le coin... essayez le parc national des calanques et le MuCEM... d’autres suggestions peut-être, de la part des locaux ? <br />
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Continuing our holiday destinations in France: Marseille, one of the largest cities but with a Mediterranean climate. <br />
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Credits: ESA/NASA<br />
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134E2551</p>


feed_id: tag:flickr.com,2005:/photo/50220609828
title: Cockput training
uri: Cockput-training
url: https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50220609828/
content:
			<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/thom_astro/">Thomas Pesquet</a> posted a photo:</p>
	
<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50220609828/" title="Cockput training"><img src="media/d7947fd1.50220609828_38317ce327_m.jpg" data-original-source="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50220609828_38317ce327_m.jpg" width="240" height="148" alt="Cockput training" /></a></p>

<p>ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet and Matthias Maurer training with the SpaceX Crew Dragon cockpit in California, USA.<br />
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Credits: SpaceX</p>


feed_id: tag:flickr.com,2005:/photo/50220610283
title: Cockput training
uri: 2020-08-13-Cockput-training
url: https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50220610283/
content:
			<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/thom_astro/">Thomas Pesquet</a> posted a photo:</p>
	
<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50220610283/" title="Cockput training"><img src="media/255439d3.50220610283_166e9b39d2_m.jpg" data-original-source="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50220610283_166e9b39d2_m.jpg" width="240" height="151" alt="Cockput training" /></a></p>

<p>ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet and Matthias Maurer training with the SpaceX Crew Dragon cockpit in California, USA.<br />
<br />
Credits: SpaceX</p>


feed_id: tag:flickr.com,2005:/photo/50221482522
title: SpaceX training
uri: SpaceX-training
url: https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50221482522/
content:
			<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/thom_astro/">Thomas Pesquet</a> posted a photo:</p>
	
<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50221482522/" title="SpaceX training"><img src="media/e79cc897.50221482522_8c99153820_m.jpg" data-original-source="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50221482522_8c99153820_m.jpg" width="240" height="159" alt="SpaceX training" /></a></p>

<p>ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet and Matthias Maurer training with the SpaceX Crew Dragon cockpit in California, USA.<br />
<br />
Credits: SpaceX</p>


feed_id: tag:flickr.com,2005:/photo/50221483367
title: Falcon
uri: Falcon
url: https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50221483367/
content:
			<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/thom_astro/">Thomas Pesquet</a> posted a photo:</p>
	
<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50221483367/" title="Falcon"><img src="media/70d02129.50221483367_9d0b088ffa_m.jpg" data-original-source="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50221483367_9d0b088ffa_m.jpg" width="240" height="150" alt="Falcon" /></a></p>

<p>ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet and Matthias Maurer training with the SpaceX Crew Dragon cockpit in California, USA.<br />
<br />
Credits: SpaceX</p>


feed_id: tag:flickr.com,2005:/photo/50221264386
title: Falcon duo
uri: Falcon-duo
url: https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50221264386/
content:
			<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/thom_astro/">Thomas Pesquet</a> posted a photo:</p>
	
<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50221264386/" title="Falcon duo"><img src="media/35ca98c2.50221264386_945261765d_m.jpg" data-original-source="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50221264386_945261765d_m.jpg" width="137" height="240" alt="Falcon duo" /></a></p>

<p>ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet and Matthias Maurer training with the SpaceX Crew Dragon cockpit in California, USA.<br />
<br />
Credits: SpaceX</p>


feed_id: tag:flickr.com,2005:/photo/50220567123
title: SpaceX cockpit training
uri: SpaceX-cockpit-training
url: https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50220567123/
content:
			<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/thom_astro/">Thomas Pesquet</a> posted a photo:</p>
	
<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50220567123/" title="SpaceX cockpit training"><img src="media/04a79443.50220567123_fd979f2925_m.jpg" data-original-source="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50220567123_fd979f2925_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="SpaceX cockpit training" /></a></p>

<p>ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet and Matthias Maurer training with the SpaceX Crew Dragon cockpit in California, USA.<br />
<br />
Credits: SpaceX</p>


feed_id: tag:flickr.com,2005:/photo/50221219661
title: SpaceX cockpit training
uri: 2020-08-13-SpaceX-cockpit-training
url: https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50221219661/
content:
			<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/thom_astro/">Thomas Pesquet</a> posted a photo:</p>
	
<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50221219661/" title="SpaceX cockpit training"><img src="media/695ce6ac.50221219661_b2602ff177_m.jpg" data-original-source="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50221219661_b2602ff177_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="SpaceX cockpit training" /></a></p>

<p>ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet and Matthias Maurer training with the SpaceX Crew Dragon cockpit in California, USA.<br />
<br />
Credits: SpaceX</p>


feed_id: tag:flickr.com,2005:/photo/35322783040
title: Montpellier
uri: 2020-08-14-Montpellier
url: https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/35322783040/
content:
			<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/thom_astro/">Thomas Pesquet</a> posted a photo:</p>
	
<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/35322783040/" title="Montpellier"><img src="media/c7527a69.35322783040_3b63bfd6ef_m.jpg" data-original-source="https://live.staticflickr.com/4241/35322783040_3b63bfd6ef_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="Montpellier" /></a></p>

<p>Montpellier, une autre idée de #VacancesEnFrance pour cet été ! On ne peut pas voir tout ses attraits depuis l'espace... mais pas d'excuse pour aller les admirer de plus près. En prime, les Cévennes :mountain_bicyclist:‍♂️ au nord, et l'étang de l’Or :boat:️⛱ à l'est... évidemment je n'avais pas résisté à prendre en photo l'aéroport ! Bonnes vacances... #proximarchives<br />
<br />
Montpellier, another idea for a holiday destination in #France. You easily spot the Arc de Triomphe, the train tracks to the main station, the Port Ariane, the airport, but not everything is visible from space, all the more reason to go there! <br />
<br />
Credits: ESA/NASA<br />
<br />
134E2258</p>


feed_id: tag:flickr.com,2005:/photo/35322783650
title: Montpellier airport
uri: Montpellier-airport
url: https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/35322783650/
content:
			<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/thom_astro/">Thomas Pesquet</a> posted a photo:</p>
	
<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/35322783650/" title="Montpellier airport"><img src="media/dc360d0e.35322783650_513338c623_m.jpg" data-original-source="https://live.staticflickr.com/4230/35322783650_513338c623_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="Montpellier airport" /></a></p>

<p>Montpellier, une autre idée de #VacancesEnFrance pour cet été ! On ne peut pas voir tout ses attraits depuis l'espace... mais pas d'excuse pour aller les admirer de plus près. En prime, les Cévennes :mountain_bicyclist:‍♂️ au nord, et l'étang de l’Or :boat:️⛱ à l'est... évidemment je n'avais pas résisté à prendre en photo l'aéroport ! Bonnes vacances... #proximarchives<br />
<br />
Montpellier, another idea for a holiday destination in #France. You easily spot the Arc de Triomphe, the train tracks to the main station, the Port Ariane, the airport, but not everything is visible from space, all the more reason to go there! <br />
<br />
Credits: ESA/NASA<br />
<br />
134E2257</p>


feed_id: tag:flickr.com,2005:/photo/34902418855
title: Toulouse
uri: 2020-08-27-Toulouse
url: https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/34902418855/
content:
			<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/thom_astro/">Thomas Pesquet</a> posted a photo:</p>
	
<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/34902418855/" title="Toulouse"><img src="media/0c5c9d29.34902418855_b97f84d43f_m.jpg" data-original-source="https://live.staticflickr.com/4201/34902418855_b97f84d43f_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="Toulouse" /></a></p>

<p>Alors que certains (beaucoup ?) sont déjà rentrés, il reste quelques jours d'août pour finir la série des #VacancesEnFrance ! Si vous avez choisi le sud-ouest, vous êtes sûrement passés par sa capitale (désolé Bordeaux :wink: : la belle ville de Toulouse ! Une ville sportive :rugby_football:, étudiante :books: et dynamique, berceau de l'aéronautique :airplane: ️:rocket: en France (hello Airbus, Thales et plein d'autres), pleine d'histoire et de joie de vivre. Certains diront que je ne suis pas totalement impartial (il paraît que je suis passé à ISAE Supaero, au CNES et qu'il m'arrive de supporter le Stade Toulousain, :wink:emoji :innocent:... Bonne fin de vacances à toutes et à tous.<br />
<br />
Some might already be back from holidays, but there are still a few days left to finish the series of holiday destinations in France. This is Toulouse, a city full of students, aero-space industry, sport, history and a love of life. I have fond memories of being a student here and working at CNES. <br />
<br />
Credits: ESA/NASA<br />
<br />
134E2540</p>


feed_id: tag:flickr.com,2005:/photo/50276536773
title: jsc2016e183860
uri: jsc2016e183860
url: https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50276536773/
content:
			<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/thom_astro/">Thomas Pesquet</a> posted a photo:</p>
	
<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50276536773/" title="jsc2016e183860"><img src="media/669b0235.50276536773_7424413e76_m.jpg" data-original-source="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50276536773_7424413e76_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="jsc2016e183860" /></a></p>

<p>On the front screen in the cavernous control room at the Russian Mission Control Center in Korolev, Russia, the Expedition 50 crewmembers receive congratulatory calls from friends and family Nov. 20 following the arrival of Peggy Whitson of NASA, Oleg Novitskiy of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) and Thomas Pesquet of the European Space Agency at the International Space Station on the Soyuz MS-03 spacecraft. Hatches opened between the Soyuz and the station about two and a half hours after the Soyuz docked to the complex.<br />
<br />
 <br />
<br />
NASA/Stephanie Stoll</p>


feed_id: tag:flickr.com,2005:/photo/50277369287
title: jsc2016e183861
uri: jsc2016e183861
url: https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50277369287/
content:
			<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/thom_astro/">Thomas Pesquet</a> posted a photo:</p>
	
<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50277369287/" title="jsc2016e183861"><img src="media/26dd22a5.50277369287_4e98eb2f19_m.jpg" data-original-source="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50277369287_4e98eb2f19_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="jsc2016e183861" /></a></p>

<p>On the front screen in the cavernous control room at the Russian Mission Control Center in Korolev, Russia, the Expedition 50 crewmembers receive congratulatory calls from friends and family Nov. 20 following the arrival of Peggy Whitson of NASA, Oleg Novitskiy of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) and Thomas Pesquet of the European Space Agency at the International Space Station on the Soyuz MS-03 spacecraft. Hatches opened between the Soyuz and the station about two and a half hours after the Soyuz docked to the complex.<br />
<br />
 <br />
<br />
 <br />
<br />
NASA/Stephanie Stoll</p>


feed_id: tag:flickr.com,2005:/photo/50277213786
title: jsc2016e183862
uri: jsc2016e183862
url: https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50277213786/
content:
			<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/thom_astro/">Thomas Pesquet</a> posted a photo:</p>
	
<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50277213786/" title="jsc2016e183862"><img src="media/ce1a461c.50277213786_21afb0f3a6_m.jpg" data-original-source="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50277213786_21afb0f3a6_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="jsc2016e183862" /></a></p>

<p>On the front screen in the cavernous control room at the Russian Mission Control Center in Korolev, Russia, the Expedition 50 crewmembers receive congratulatory calls from friends and family Nov. 20 following the arrival of Peggy Whitson of NASA, Oleg Novitskiy of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) and Thomas Pesquet of the European Space Agency at the International Space Station on the Soyuz MS-03 spacecraft. Hatches opened between the Soyuz and the station about two and a half hours after the Soyuz docked to the complex.<br />
<br />
 <br />
<br />
 <br />
<br />
NASA/Stephanie Stoll</p>


feed_id: tag:flickr.com,2005:/photo/50276537063
title: jsc2016e183859
uri: jsc2016e183859
url: https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50276537063/
content:
			<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/thom_astro/">Thomas Pesquet</a> posted a photo:</p>
	
<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50276537063/" title="jsc2016e183859"><img src="media/adb0b0b0.50276537063_bbf730443f_m.jpg" data-original-source="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50276537063_bbf730443f_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="jsc2016e183859" /></a></p>

<p>At the Russian Mission Control Center in Korolev, Russia, NASA Administrator Charles Bolden (left) and cosmonaut Sergei Krikalev, now a manager in the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos), watch as the Expedition 50 crewmembers receive congratulatory calls from friends and family members Nov. 20 who gathered to watch the arrival of Peggy Whitson of NASA, Oleg Novitskiy of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) and Thomas Pesquet of the European Space Agency at the International Space Station on the Soyuz MS-03 spacecraft.<br />
<br />
 <br />
<br />
NASA/Stephanie Stoll</p>


feed_id: tag:flickr.com,2005:/photo/50276510413
title: jsc2016e165871
uri: jsc2016e165871
url: https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50276510413/
content:
			<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/thom_astro/">Thomas Pesquet</a> posted a photo:</p>
	
<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50276510413/" title="jsc2016e165871"><img src="media/298bd618.50276510413_fee60a6707_m.jpg" data-original-source="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50276510413_fee60a6707_m.jpg" width="160" height="240" alt="jsc2016e165871" /></a></p>


feed_id: tag:flickr.com,2005:/photo/50277187626
title: jsc2016e165869
uri: jsc2016e165869
url: https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50277187626/
content:
			<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/thom_astro/">Thomas Pesquet</a> posted a photo:</p>
	
<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50277187626/" title="jsc2016e165869"><img src="media/a817920f.50277187626_739832ba4f_m.jpg" data-original-source="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50277187626_739832ba4f_m.jpg" width="160" height="240" alt="jsc2016e165869" /></a></p>


feed_id: tag:flickr.com,2005:/photo/50277187686
title: jsc2016e165868
uri: jsc2016e165868
url: https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50277187686/
content:
			<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/thom_astro/">Thomas Pesquet</a> posted a photo:</p>
	
<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50277187686/" title="jsc2016e165868"><img src="media/36474dcd.50277187686_5c6990a9d1_m.jpg" data-original-source="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50277187686_5c6990a9d1_m.jpg" width="160" height="240" alt="jsc2016e165868" /></a></p>


feed_id: tag:flickr.com,2005:/photo/50277187731
title: jsc2016e165864
uri: jsc2016e165864
url: https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50277187731/
content:
			<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/thom_astro/">Thomas Pesquet</a> posted a photo:</p>
	
<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50277187731/" title="jsc2016e165864"><img src="media/e66cee26.50277187731_032088086d_m.jpg" data-original-source="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50277187731_032088086d_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="jsc2016e165864" /></a></p>


feed_id: tag:flickr.com,2005:/photo/50276493598
title: jsc2016e092555
uri: jsc2016e092555
url: https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50276493598/
content:
			<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/thom_astro/">Thomas Pesquet</a> posted a photo:</p>
	
<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50276493598/" title="jsc2016e092555"><img src="media/40a723a4.50276493598_52f514448f_m.jpg" data-original-source="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50276493598_52f514448f_m.jpg" width="240" height="192" alt="jsc2016e092555" /></a></p>


feed_id: tag:flickr.com,2005:/photo/50277325957
title: jsc2016e092556
uri: jsc2016e092556
url: https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50277325957/
content:
			<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/thom_astro/">Thomas Pesquet</a> posted a photo:</p>
	
<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50277325957/" title="jsc2016e092556"><img src="media/c15afa52.50277325957_ba21bc3ee1_m.jpg" data-original-source="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50277325957_ba21bc3ee1_m.jpg" width="240" height="192" alt="jsc2016e092556" /></a></p>


feed_id: tag:flickr.com,2005:/photo/50277170521
title: jsc2016e092557
uri: jsc2016e092557
url: https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50277170521/
content:
			<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/thom_astro/">Thomas Pesquet</a> posted a photo:</p>
	
<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50277170521/" title="jsc2016e092557"><img src="media/f0c3b365.50277170521_9b7b55b3b0_m.jpg" data-original-source="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50277170521_9b7b55b3b0_m.jpg" width="240" height="192" alt="jsc2016e092557" /></a></p>


feed_id: tag:flickr.com,2005:/photo/50277170796
title: jsc2016e106733
uri: jsc2016e106733
url: https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50277170796/
content:
			<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/thom_astro/">Thomas Pesquet</a> posted a photo:</p>
	
<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50277170796/" title="jsc2016e106733"><img src="media/12eb8e7f.50277170796_b17b38bba7_m.jpg" data-original-source="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50277170796_b17b38bba7_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="jsc2016e106733" /></a></p>

<p>Date: 08-25-16<br />
Location: Bldg 5 South - Highbay<br />
Subject: Expedition 50 Cake Cutting Ceremony <br />
Photographer: James Blair</p>


feed_id: tag:flickr.com,2005:/photo/50277169991
title: jsc2016e106734
uri: jsc2016e106734
url: https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50277169991/
content:
			<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/thom_astro/">Thomas Pesquet</a> posted a photo:</p>
	
<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50277169991/" title="jsc2016e106734"><img src="media/236a7738.50277169991_4bce075f0c_m.jpg" data-original-source="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50277169991_4bce075f0c_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="jsc2016e106734" /></a></p>

<p>Date: 08-25-16<br />
Location: Bldg 5 South - Highbay<br />
Subject: Expedition 50 Cake Cutting Ceremony <br />
Photographer: James Blair</p>


feed_id: tag:flickr.com,2005:/photo/50276491688
title: jsc2017e103087
uri: jsc2017e103087
url: https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50276491688/
content:
			<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/thom_astro/">Thomas Pesquet</a> posted a photo:</p>
	
<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50276491688/" title="jsc2017e103087"><img src="media/d1f374e5.50276491688_71b10a7381_m.jpg" data-original-source="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50276491688_71b10a7381_m.jpg" width="240" height="192" alt="jsc2017e103087" /></a></p>

<p>PHOTO DATE:  07-25-17<br />
LOCATION:  Building 9 (SVMF Floor Area)<br />
SUBJECT:  Expedition 50 crew Training Plaque Hanging ceremony. <br />
PHOTOGRAPHER: BILL STAFFORD</p>


feed_id: tag:flickr.com,2005:/photo/50277168986
title: jsc2017e103088
uri: jsc2017e103088
url: https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50277168986/
content:
			<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/thom_astro/">Thomas Pesquet</a> posted a photo:</p>
	
<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50277168986/" title="jsc2017e103088"><img src="media/c9640a0f.50277168986_ab3ff081d9_m.jpg" data-original-source="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50277168986_ab3ff081d9_m.jpg" width="240" height="192" alt="jsc2017e103088" /></a></p>

<p>PHOTO DATE:  07-25-17<br />
LOCATION:  Building 9 (SVMF Floor Area)<br />
SUBJECT:  Expedition 50 crew Training Plaque Hanging ceremony. <br />
PHOTOGRAPHER: BILL STAFFORD</p>


feed_id: tag:flickr.com,2005:/photo/50277325072
title: jsc2017e103089
uri: jsc2017e103089
url: https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50277325072/
content:
			<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/thom_astro/">Thomas Pesquet</a> posted a photo:</p>
	
<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50277325072/" title="jsc2017e103089"><img src="media/f6d3d63d.50277325072_01b755026d_m.jpg" data-original-source="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50277325072_01b755026d_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="jsc2017e103089" /></a></p>

<p>PHOTO DATE:  07-25-17<br />
LOCATION:  Building 9 (SVMF Floor Area)<br />
SUBJECT:  Expedition 50 crew Training Plaque Hanging ceremony. <br />
PHOTOGRAPHER: BILL STAFFORD</p>


feed_id: tag:flickr.com,2005:/photo/50277325332
title: jsc2017e103090
uri: jsc2017e103090
url: https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50277325332/
content:
			<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/thom_astro/">Thomas Pesquet</a> posted a photo:</p>
	
<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50277325332/" title="jsc2017e103090"><img src="media/1cd8444c.50277325332_61bc0bb12f_m.jpg" data-original-source="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50277325332_61bc0bb12f_m.jpg" width="192" height="240" alt="jsc2017e103090" /></a></p>

<p>PHOTO DATE:  07-25-17<br />
LOCATION:  Building 9 (SVMF Floor Area)<br />
SUBJECT:  Expedition 50 crew Training Plaque Hanging ceremony. <br />
PHOTOGRAPHER: BILL STAFFORD</p>


feed_id: tag:flickr.com,2005:/photo/50277325532
title: jsc2017e103091
uri: jsc2017e103091
url: https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50277325532/
content:
			<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/thom_astro/">Thomas Pesquet</a> posted a photo:</p>
	
<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50277325532/" title="jsc2017e103091"><img src="media/a3386bfb.50277325532_063157c433_m.jpg" data-original-source="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50277325532_063157c433_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="jsc2017e103091" /></a></p>

<p>PHOTO DATE:  07-25-17<br />
LOCATION:  Building 9 (SVMF Floor Area)<br />
SUBJECT:  Expedition 50 crew Training Plaque Hanging ceremony. <br />
PHOTOGRAPHER: BILL STAFFORD</p>


feed_id: tag:flickr.com,2005:/photo/50277325407
title: jsc2017e103093
uri: jsc2017e103093
url: https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50277325407/
content:
			<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/thom_astro/">Thomas Pesquet</a> posted a photo:</p>
	
<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50277325407/" title="jsc2017e103093"><img src="media/0b29a82e.50277325407_ac0da17d47_m.jpg" data-original-source="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50277325407_ac0da17d47_m.jpg" width="192" height="240" alt="jsc2017e103093" /></a></p>

<p>PHOTO DATE:  07-25-17<br />
LOCATION:  Building 9 (SVMF Floor Area)<br />
SUBJECT:  Expedition 50 crew Training Plaque Hanging ceremony. <br />
PHOTOGRAPHER: BILL STAFFORD</p>


feed_id: tag:flickr.com,2005:/photo/50277325187
title: jsc2017e103094
uri: jsc2017e103094
url: https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50277325187/
content:
			<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/thom_astro/">Thomas Pesquet</a> posted a photo:</p>
	
<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50277325187/" title="jsc2017e103094"><img src="media/e32633fa.50277325187_8e0d9feed2_m.jpg" data-original-source="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50277325187_8e0d9feed2_m.jpg" width="240" height="192" alt="jsc2017e103094" /></a></p>

<p>PHOTO DATE:  07-25-17<br />
LOCATION:  Building 9 (SVMF Floor Area)<br />
SUBJECT:  Expedition 50 crew Training Plaque Hanging ceremony. <br />
PHOTOGRAPHER: BILL STAFFORD</p>


feed_id: tag:flickr.com,2005:/photo/35322782440
title: Saint-Gilles-Croix-de-Vie
uri: Saint-Gilles-Croix-de-Vie
url: https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/35322782440/
content:
			<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/thom_astro/">Thomas Pesquet</a> posted a photo:</p>
	
<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/35322782440/" title="Saint-Gilles-Croix-de-Vie"><img src="media/b948589f.35322782440_7ff815f14b_m.jpg" data-original-source="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/35322782440_7ff815f14b_m.jpg" width="160" height="240" alt="Saint-Gilles-Croix-de-Vie" /></a></p>

<p>Un petit passage, alors que la fin des #VacancesEnFrance approche, par Saint-Gilles-Croix -de-Vie, en Vendée. Bien que je n'y sois jamais allé, on doit apercevoir j'imagine l'île d'Yeu depuis la côte. L'occasion de relancer un débat insoluble en France : vous êtes plutôt Océan Atlantique :surfer::ocean:... ou Méditerrannée ️ ?<br />
<br />
The end of the summer holidays approaches but there's still time to share Saint-Gilles-Croix-de-Vie in the Vendée. I have never been there but it looks like a great place to surf the waves.<br />
<br />
Credits: ESA/NASA<br />
<br />
134E2298</p>


feed_id: tag:flickr.com,2005:/photo/50283273816
title: iss051e051579
uri: iss051e051579
url: https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50283273816/
content:
			<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/thom_astro/">Thomas Pesquet</a> posted a photo:</p>
	
<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50283273816/" title="iss051e051579"><img src="media/f24ad566.50283273816_82b3002a4b_m.jpg" data-original-source="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50283273816_82b3002a4b_m.jpg" width="240" height="201" alt="iss051e051579" /></a></p>


feed_id: tag:flickr.com,2005:/photo/35322782640
title: Hyères-Toulon airport
uri: Hyères-Toulon-airport
url: https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/35322782640/
content:
			<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/thom_astro/">Thomas Pesquet</a> posted a photo:</p>
	
<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/35322782640/" title="Hyères-Toulon airport"><img src="media/07a031d5.35322782640_074f21c0db_m.jpg" data-original-source="https://live.staticflickr.com/4241/35322782640_074f21c0db_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="Hyères-Toulon airport" /></a></p>

<p>Airportsfromspace: Hyères-Toulon une fois de plus, avec ses pistes en croix reconnaissables de loin.<br />
<br />
Toulon–Hyères Airport  (TLN/LFTH)<br />
<br />
Credits: ESA/NASA<br />
<br />
134E2266</p>


feed_id: tag:flickr.com,2005:/photo/35322782860
title: Bandol, Sanary, Six-Fours-les-plages et l'île des Embiez
uri: Bandol-Sanary-Six-Fours-les-plages-et-l-île-des-Embiez
url: https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/35322782860/
content:
			<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/thom_astro/">Thomas Pesquet</a> posted a photo:</p>
	
<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/35322782860/" title="Bandol, Sanary, Six-Fours-les-plages et l&#039;île des Embiez"><img src="media/ad092e28.35322782860_54ee4d9ddb_m.jpg" data-original-source="https://live.staticflickr.com/4129/35322782860_54ee4d9ddb_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="Bandol, Sanary, Six-Fours-les-plages et l&#039;île des Embiez" /></a></p>

<p>Dernier post pour les #VacancesEnFrance, j'espère que vous avez apprécié le voyage à travers notre beau pays :fr: ! Il y a bien sûr des milliers d'autres endroits qui auraient mérité une photo (et une visite)... d'ailleurs, vous avez des suggestions pour la prochaine fois ? Seule condition, il faut pouvoir les repérer depuis l'espace... :earth_africa::eyes:. On termine ici avec la côte Varoise : Bandol, Sanary, Six-Fours-les-plages et l'île des Embiez (des noms qui fleurent bon l'été). Vous serez peut-être arrivés (ou repartis) par l'aéroport de Toulon-Hyères, que les pilotes affectionnent pour ses approches à vue. La plage de l'Almanarre non loin est idéale pour le kite-surf  ️:surfer:, je le sais, j'y suis passé... quand j'étais plus jeune ! :wink:<br />
<br />
A final holiday in France post: the coast of Varoise. Are there any places I missed taking a picture of on my last stay on the International Space Station? There must be thousands more spots to photograph, let me know, only condition is that they can be seen from space.<br />
<br />
Credits: ESA/NASA<br />
<br />
134E2262</p>


feed_id: tag:flickr.com,2005:/photo/50286738552
title: Mars2020 - oct 2019
uri: Mars2020-oct-2019
url: https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50286738552/
content:
			<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/thom_astro/">Thomas Pesquet</a> posted a photo:</p>
	
<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50286738552/" title="Mars2020 - oct 2019"><img src="media/78773821.50286738552_95370be561_m.jpg" data-original-source="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50286738552_95370be561_m.jpg" width="240" height="147" alt="Mars2020 - oct 2019" /></a></p>


feed_id: tag:flickr.com,2005:/photo/50286738567
title: SuperCam instrument Oct 2019
uri: SuperCam-instrument-Oct-2019
url: https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50286738567/
content:
			<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/thom_astro/">Thomas Pesquet</a> posted a photo:</p>
	
<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50286738567/" title="SuperCam instrument Oct 2019"><img src="media/da5a3aab.50286738567_c1dd13d1a7_m.jpg" data-original-source="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50286738567_c1dd13d1a7_m.jpg" width="240" height="146" alt="SuperCam instrument Oct 2019" /></a></p>


feed_id: tag:flickr.com,2005:/photo/50285910043
title: Cal targets - Oct 2019
uri: Cal-targets-Oct-2019
url: https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50285910043/
content:
			<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/thom_astro/">Thomas Pesquet</a> posted a photo:</p>
	
<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50285910043/" title="Cal targets - Oct 2019"><img src="media/2c575839.50285910043_0c0078e3d8_m.jpg" data-original-source="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50285910043_0c0078e3d8_m.jpg" width="240" height="146" alt="Cal targets - Oct 2019" /></a></p>


feed_id: tag:flickr.com,2005:/photo/32694082264
title: Ajaccio
uri: Ajaccio
url: https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/32694082264/
content:
			<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/thom_astro/">Thomas Pesquet</a> posted a photo:</p>
	
<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/32694082264/" title="Ajaccio"><img src="media/d3ff71ff.32694082264_702d1434ae_m.jpg" data-original-source="https://live.staticflickr.com/2926/32694082264_702d1434ae_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="Ajaccio" /></a></p>

<p>Allez, dernier sursis, la rentrée scolaire ce n'est que demain ! Aujourd'hui petite escapade en Corse-du-Sud, préfecture Ajaccio, pour une bouffée de lumière et d'air frais avant, peut-être, les salles de classe demain.<br />
<br />
A last holiday post, the French schools do not start until 1 September after all. A virtual visit to Corsica: Ajaccio!<br />
<br />
Credits: ESA/NASA<br />
<br />
145A6724</p>


feed_id: tag:flickr.com,2005:/photo/50293396016
title: Yuri Gagarin statue with mask at EAC
uri: Yuri-Gagarin-statue-with-mask-at-EAC
url: https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50293396016/
content:
			<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/thom_astro/">Thomas Pesquet</a> posted a photo:</p>
	
<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50293396016/" title="Yuri Gagarin statue with mask at EAC"><img src="media/e73d620c.50293396016_02f74f4a88_m.jpg" data-original-source="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50293396016_02f74f4a88_m.jpg" width="180" height="240" alt="Yuri Gagarin statue with mask at EAC" /></a></p>

<p>Bonne rentrée à tous cette semaine :muscle:! Oui l'école :books::school_satchel:, on y va parfois en traînant les pieds, mais elle ouvre beaucoup de portes dans la vie :key::door:, je suis bien placé pour le savoir. N'oubliez pas de vous protéger et de protéger les autres... Youri Gagarin l'aurait fait lui-aussi :mask::joy: (photo prise au Centre des Astronautes de Cologne). J'en profite pour remercier tous les profs qui m'ont appris quelquechose :wink::gift_heart:, sur les bancs de l'école ou en dehors (sport, musique, etc.).<br />
<br />
Back to school :school_satchel::school:, and back to work for many this week. Remember to #StaySafe, Yuri Gagarin is showing a good example. :mask::man:‍:rocket:<br />
<br />
Credits: ESA</p>


feed_id: tag:flickr.com,2005:/photo/50108663802
title: Hand protection
uri: Hand-protection
url: https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50108663802/
content:
			<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/thom_astro/">Thomas Pesquet</a> posted a photo:</p>
	
<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50108663802/" title="Hand protection"><img src="media/32df7ca4.50108663802_f2ddcfb89f_m.jpg" data-original-source="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50108663802_f2ddcfb89f_m.jpg" width="192" height="240" alt="Hand protection" /></a></p>

<p>Certains attaquent l'année scolaire avec un nouveau cartable, d'autres rentrent au travail avec quelques changements : moi c'est avec un nouveau scaphandre que septembre commence ! Le scaphandre EMU est utilisé pour les sorties extra-véhiculaires, et même si les gants   sont faits sur mesure, et les bras et les jambes sont ajustables à volonté, le torse lui est en métal rigide et existe en seulement trois tailles : M, L et XL. Ma taille a toujours été L, mais c'est une bonne idée de tester des tailles alternatives, pour être capable de sortir même en cas d'indisponibilité de sa taille préférée. D'où cette séance d'essayage du XL (parce que le M est fait pour les petits gabarits... impossible pour moi de rentrer dedans !). Comme c'est la NASA, une attention extrême est portée aux moindres détails : pas question de laisser quoi que ce soit au hasard... Tous les réglages sont notés attentivement, et j'utiliserai ensuite cette taille pour l'entraînement en piscine afin de m'habituer aux différences. Fun fact : 6hrs dans un scaphandre avec de nombreuses parties métalliques, c'est douloureux ! Chacun installe des protections individuelles sur ses épaules, ses hanches, ou ses mains. Aucun astronaute n'a les mêmes. <br />
<br />
Trying out a spacesuit. The gloves are made to measure and the legs and arms can be adjusted at will, but the torso is rigid and only comes in three sizes: M, L, and XL. I have been using an L, but it is a good idea to check that other sizes fit, just in case we need to do an emergency spacewalk. Here I tried out the XL (the M is way too small). Nothing is left to chance at space agencies! All the adjustments needed are noted by NASA people in detail and I will spend hours training in the Neutral Buoyancy Facility to get used to the setup. Working in a part-metal spacesuit is painful! Each astronaut adds protection to alleviate the pain, on the shoulders, hips, or legs. Although the suits come in three sizes, each astronaut adapts to their needs.<br />
<br />
Expedition 65/SpaceX Crew-2 astronaut Thomas Pesquet during EMU Logistics Fit Check. <br />
<br />
Location:  Sonny Carter Training Facility - Flight Crew Equipment Suit Lab.  <br />
<br />
Credits: NASA–Robert Markowitz</p>


feed_id: tag:flickr.com,2005:/photo/50108664107
title: Spacesuit check
uri: Spacesuit-check
url: https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50108664107/
content:
			<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/thom_astro/">Thomas Pesquet</a> posted a photo:</p>
	
<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50108664107/" title="Spacesuit check"><img src="media/477711ab.50108664107_46bb251640_m.jpg" data-original-source="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50108664107_46bb251640_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="Spacesuit check" /></a></p>

<p>Certains attaquent l'année scolaire avec un nouveau cartable, d'autres rentrent au travail avec quelques changements : moi c'est avec un nouveau scaphandre que septembre commence ! Le scaphandre EMU est utilisé pour les sorties extra-véhiculaires, et même si les gants   sont faits sur mesure, et les bras et les jambes sont ajustables à volonté, le torse lui est en métal rigide et existe en seulement trois tailles : M, L et XL. Ma taille a toujours été L, mais c'est une bonne idée de tester des tailles alternatives, pour être capable de sortir même en cas d'indisponibilité de sa taille préférée. D'où cette séance d'essayage du XL (parce que le M est fait pour les petits gabarits... impossible pour moi de rentrer dedans !). Comme c'est la NASA, une attention extrême est portée aux moindres détails : pas question de laisser quoi que ce soit au hasard... Tous les réglages sont notés attentivement, et j'utiliserai ensuite cette taille pour l'entraînement en piscine afin de m'habituer aux différences. Fun fact : 6hrs dans un scaphandre avec de nombreuses parties métalliques, c'est douloureux ! Chacun installe des protections individuelles sur ses épaules, ses hanches, ou ses mains. Aucun astronaute n'a les mêmes. <br />
<br />
Trying out a spacesuit. The gloves are made to measure and the legs and arms can be adjusted at will, but the torso is rigid and only comes in three sizes: M, L, and XL. I have been using an L, but it is a good idea to check that other sizes fit, just in case we need to do an emergency spacewalk. Here I tried out the XL (the M is way too small). Nothing is left to chance at space agencies! All the adjustments needed are noted by NASA people in detail and I will spend hours training in the Neutral Buoyancy Facility to get used to the setup. Working in a part-metal spacesuit is painful! Each astronaut adds protection to alleviate the pain, on the shoulders, hips, or legs. Although the suits come in three sizes, each astronaut adapts to their needs.<br />
<br />
Expedition 65/SpaceX Crew-2 astronaut Thomas Pesquet during EMU Logistics Fit Check. <br />
<br />
Location:  Sonny Carter Training Facility - Flight Crew Equipment Suit Lab.  <br />
<br />
Credits: NASA–Robert Markowitz</p>


feed_id: tag:flickr.com,2005:/photo/50107857138
title: Does the glove fit?
uri: Does-the-glove-fit
url: https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50107857138/
content:
			<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/thom_astro/">Thomas Pesquet</a> posted a photo:</p>
	
<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50107857138/" title="Does the glove fit?"><img src="media/ba20460a.50107857138_a69ec57bbd_m.jpg" data-original-source="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50107857138_a69ec57bbd_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="Does the glove fit?" /></a></p>

<p>Certains attaquent l'année scolaire avec un nouveau cartable, d'autres rentrent au travail avec quelques changements : moi c'est avec un nouveau scaphandre que septembre commence ! Le scaphandre EMU est utilisé pour les sorties extra-véhiculaires, et même si les gants   sont faits sur mesure, et les bras et les jambes sont ajustables à volonté, le torse lui est en métal rigide et existe en seulement trois tailles : M, L et XL. Ma taille a toujours été L, mais c'est une bonne idée de tester des tailles alternatives, pour être capable de sortir même en cas d'indisponibilité de sa taille préférée. D'où cette séance d'essayage du XL (parce que le M est fait pour les petits gabarits... impossible pour moi de rentrer dedans !). Comme c'est la NASA, une attention extrême est portée aux moindres détails : pas question de laisser quoi que ce soit au hasard... Tous les réglages sont notés attentivement, et j'utiliserai ensuite cette taille pour l'entraînement en piscine afin de m'habituer aux différences. Fun fact : 6hrs dans un scaphandre avec de nombreuses parties métalliques, c'est douloureux ! Chacun installe des protections individuelles sur ses épaules, ses hanches, ou ses mains. Aucun astronaute n'a les mêmes. <br />
<br />
Trying out a spacesuit. The gloves are made to measure and the legs and arms can be adjusted at will, but the torso is rigid and only comes in three sizes: M, L, and XL. I have been using an L, but it is a good idea to check that other sizes fit, just in case we need to do an emergency spacewalk. Here I tried out the XL (the M is way too small). Nothing is left to chance at space agencies! All the adjustments needed are noted by NASA people in detail and I will spend hours training in the Neutral Buoyancy Facility to get used to the setup. Working in a part-metal spacesuit is painful! Each astronaut adds protection to alleviate the pain, on the shoulders, hips, or legs. Although the suits come in three sizes, each astronaut adapts to their needs.<br />
<br />
Expedition 65/SpaceX Crew-2 astronaut Thomas Pesquet during EMU Logistics Fit Check. <br />
<br />
Location:  Sonny Carter Training Facility - Flight Crew Equipment Suit Lab.  <br />
<br />
Credits: NASA–Robert Markowitz<br />
<br />
jsc2020e030815</p>


feed_id: tag:flickr.com,2005:/photo/50108668837
title: Trying a spacesuit
uri: Trying-a-spacesuit
url: https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50108668837/
content:
			<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/thom_astro/">Thomas Pesquet</a> posted a photo:</p>
	
<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50108668837/" title="Trying a spacesuit"><img src="media/50f95635.50108668837_a89d6bb417_m.jpg" data-original-source="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50108668837_a89d6bb417_m.jpg" width="160" height="240" alt="Trying a spacesuit" /></a></p>

<p>Certains attaquent l'année scolaire avec un nouveau cartable, d'autres rentrent au travail avec quelques changements : moi c'est avec un nouveau scaphandre que septembre commence ! Le scaphandre EMU est utilisé pour les sorties extra-véhiculaires, et même si les gants   sont faits sur mesure, et les bras et les jambes sont ajustables à volonté, le torse lui est en métal rigide et existe en seulement trois tailles : M, L et XL. Ma taille a toujours été L, mais c'est une bonne idée de tester des tailles alternatives, pour être capable de sortir même en cas d'indisponibilité de sa taille préférée. D'où cette séance d'essayage du XL (parce que le M est fait pour les petits gabarits... impossible pour moi de rentrer dedans !). Comme c'est la NASA, une attention extrême est portée aux moindres détails : pas question de laisser quoi que ce soit au hasard... Tous les réglages sont notés attentivement, et j'utiliserai ensuite cette taille pour l'entraînement en piscine afin de m'habituer aux différences. Fun fact : 6hrs dans un scaphandre avec de nombreuses parties métalliques, c'est douloureux ! Chacun installe des protections individuelles sur ses épaules, ses hanches, ou ses mains. Aucun astronaute n'a les mêmes. <br />
<br />
Trying out a spacesuit. The gloves are made to measure and the legs and arms can be adjusted at will, but the torso is rigid and only comes in three sizes: M, L, and XL. I have been using an L, but it is a good idea to check that other sizes fit, just in case we need to do an emergency spacewalk. Here I tried out the XL (the M is way too small). Nothing is left to chance at space agencies! All the adjustments needed are noted by NASA people in detail and I will spend hours training in the Neutral Buoyancy Facility to get used to the setup. Working in a part-metal spacesuit is painful! Each astronaut adds protection to alleviate the pain, on the shoulders, hips, or legs. Although the suits come in three sizes, each astronaut adapts to their needs.<br />
<br />
Expedition 65/SpaceX Crew-2 astronaut Thomas Pesquet during EMU Logistics Fit Check. <br />
<br />
Location:  Sonny Carter Training Facility - Flight Crew Equipment Suit Lab.  <br />
<br />
Credits: NASA–Robert Markowitz<br />
<br />
jsc2020e030827</p>


feed_id: tag:flickr.com,2005:/photo/50107861178
title: Spacesuit catwalk
uri: Spacesuit-catwalk
url: https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50107861178/
content:
			<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/thom_astro/">Thomas Pesquet</a> posted a photo:</p>
	
<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50107861178/" title="Spacesuit catwalk"><img src="media/1c94e540.50107861178_5060a3ce90_m.jpg" data-original-source="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50107861178_5060a3ce90_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="Spacesuit catwalk" /></a></p>

<p>Certains attaquent l'année scolaire avec un nouveau cartable, d'autres rentrent au travail avec quelques changements : moi c'est avec un nouveau scaphandre que septembre commence ! Le scaphandre EMU est utilisé pour les sorties extra-véhiculaires, et même si les gants   sont faits sur mesure, et les bras et les jambes sont ajustables à volonté, le torse lui est en métal rigide et existe en seulement trois tailles : M, L et XL. Ma taille a toujours été L, mais c'est une bonne idée de tester des tailles alternatives, pour être capable de sortir même en cas d'indisponibilité de sa taille préférée. D'où cette séance d'essayage du XL (parce que le M est fait pour les petits gabarits... impossible pour moi de rentrer dedans !). Comme c'est la NASA, une attention extrême est portée aux moindres détails : pas question de laisser quoi que ce soit au hasard... Tous les réglages sont notés attentivement, et j'utiliserai ensuite cette taille pour l'entraînement en piscine afin de m'habituer aux différences. Fun fact : 6hrs dans un scaphandre avec de nombreuses parties métalliques, c'est douloureux ! Chacun installe des protections individuelles sur ses épaules, ses hanches, ou ses mains. Aucun astronaute n'a les mêmes. <br />
<br />
Trying out a spacesuit. The gloves are made to measure and the legs and arms can be adjusted at will, but the torso is rigid and only comes in three sizes: M, L, and XL. I have been using an L, but it is a good idea to check that other sizes fit, just in case we need to do an emergency spacewalk. Here I tried out the XL (the M is way too small). Nothing is left to chance at space agencies! All the adjustments needed are noted by NASA people in detail and I will spend hours training in the Neutral Buoyancy Facility to get used to the setup. Working in a part-metal spacesuit is painful! Each astronaut adds protection to alleviate the pain, on the shoulders, hips, or legs. Although the suits come in three sizes, each astronaut adapts to their needs.<br />
<br />
Expedition 65/SpaceX Crew-2 astronaut Thomas Pesquet during EMU Logistics Fit Check. <br />
<br />
Location:  Sonny Carter Training Facility - Flight Crew Equipment Suit Lab.  <br />
<br />
Credits: NASA–Robert Markowitz<br />
<br />
jsc2020e030847</p>


feed_id: tag:flickr.com,2005:/photo/50107861893
title: A little adjustment...
uri: A-little-adjustment
url: https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50107861893/
content:
			<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/thom_astro/">Thomas Pesquet</a> posted a photo:</p>
	
<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50107861893/" title="A little adjustment..."><img src="media/a191d08b.50107861893_8537629f35_m.jpg" data-original-source="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50107861893_8537629f35_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="A little adjustment..." /></a></p>

<p>Certains attaquent l'année scolaire avec un nouveau cartable, d'autres rentrent au travail avec quelques changements : moi c'est avec un nouveau scaphandre que septembre commence ! Le scaphandre EMU est utilisé pour les sorties extra-véhiculaires, et même si les gants   sont faits sur mesure, et les bras et les jambes sont ajustables à volonté, le torse lui est en métal rigide et existe en seulement trois tailles : M, L et XL. Ma taille a toujours été L, mais c'est une bonne idée de tester des tailles alternatives, pour être capable de sortir même en cas d'indisponibilité de sa taille préférée. D'où cette séance d'essayage du XL (parce que le M est fait pour les petits gabarits... impossible pour moi de rentrer dedans !). Comme c'est la NASA, une attention extrême est portée aux moindres détails : pas question de laisser quoi que ce soit au hasard... Tous les réglages sont notés attentivement, et j'utiliserai ensuite cette taille pour l'entraînement en piscine afin de m'habituer aux différences. Fun fact : 6hrs dans un scaphandre avec de nombreuses parties métalliques, c'est douloureux ! Chacun installe des protections individuelles sur ses épaules, ses hanches, ou ses mains. Aucun astronaute n'a les mêmes. <br />
<br />
Trying out a spacesuit. The gloves are made to measure and the legs and arms can be adjusted at will, but the torso is rigid and only comes in three sizes: M, L, and XL. I have been using an L, but it is a good idea to check that other sizes fit, just in case we need to do an emergency spacewalk. Here I tried out the XL (the M is way too small). Nothing is left to chance at space agencies! All the adjustments needed are noted by NASA people in detail and I will spend hours training in the Neutral Buoyancy Facility to get used to the setup. Working in a part-metal spacesuit is painful! Each astronaut adds protection to alleviate the pain, on the shoulders, hips, or legs. Although the suits come in three sizes, each astronaut adapts to their needs.<br />
<br />
Expedition 65/SpaceX Crew-2 astronaut Thomas Pesquet during EMU Logistics Fit Check. <br />
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Location:  Sonny Carter Training Facility - Flight Crew Equipment Suit Lab.  <br />
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Credits: NASA–Robert Markowitz<br />
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jsc2020e030842</p>


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			<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/thom_astro/">Thomas Pesquet</a> posted a photo:</p>
	
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			<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/thom_astro/">Thomas Pesquet</a> posted a photo:</p>
	
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			<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/thom_astro/">Thomas Pesquet</a> posted a photo:</p>
	
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			<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/thom_astro/">Thomas Pesquet</a> posted a photo:</p>
	
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			<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/thom_astro/">Thomas Pesquet</a> posted a photo:</p>
	
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			<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/thom_astro/">Thomas Pesquet</a> posted a photo:</p>
	
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			<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/thom_astro/">Thomas Pesquet</a> posted a photo:</p>
	
<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50305973703/" title="4903655232"><img src="media/97b23261.50305973703_5faa9aa69b_m.jpg" data-original-source="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50305973703_5faa9aa69b_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="4903655232" /></a></p>


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			<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/thom_astro/">Thomas Pesquet</a> posted a photo:</p>
	
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			<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/thom_astro/">Thomas Pesquet</a> posted a photo:</p>
	
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url: https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50306812347/
content:
			<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/thom_astro/">Thomas Pesquet</a> posted a photo:</p>
	
<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50306812347/" title="5005157479"><img src="media/32a559de.50306812347_5a1271458c_m.jpg" data-original-source="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50306812347_5a1271458c_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="5005157479" /></a></p>


feed_id: tag:flickr.com,2005:/photo/50306812432
title: FCR Team Template with 2 Patches
uri: FCR-Team-Template-with-2-Patches
url: https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50306812432/
content:
			<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/thom_astro/">Thomas Pesquet</a> posted a photo:</p>
	
<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50306812432/" title="FCR Team Template with 2 Patches"><img src="media/a4e6cb6f.50306812432_7d80effc38_m.jpg" data-original-source="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50306812432_7d80effc38_m.jpg" width="240" height="191" alt="FCR Team Template with 2 Patches" /></a></p>

<p>FCR Team Template with 2 Patches</p>


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title: jsc2017e103112
uri: jsc2017e103112
url: https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50306659806/
content:
			<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/thom_astro/">Thomas Pesquet</a> posted a photo:</p>
	
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<p>PHOTO DATE:  07-25-17<br />
LOCATION:  Building 9 (SVMF Floor Area)<br />
SUBJECT:  Expedition 50 crew Training Plaque Hanging ceremony. <br />
PHOTOGRAPHER: BILL STAFFORD</p>


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title: DSC_0010
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url: https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50305973558/
content:
			<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/thom_astro/">Thomas Pesquet</a> posted a photo:</p>
	
<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50305973558/" title="DSC_0010"><img src="media/8572e642.50305973558_e69c9bb760_m.jpg" data-original-source="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50305973558_e69c9bb760_m.jpg" width="240" height="174" alt="DSC_0010" /></a></p>


feed_id: tag:flickr.com,2005:/photo/50306659881
title: jsc2017e103695
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url: https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50306659881/
content:
			<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/thom_astro/">Thomas Pesquet</a> posted a photo:</p>
	
<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50306659881/" title="jsc2017e103695"><img src="media/4ef4a942.50306659881_0b2e61b807_m.jpg" data-original-source="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50306659881_0b2e61b807_m.jpg" width="160" height="240" alt="jsc2017e103695" /></a></p>

<p>PHOTO DATE: July 25, 2017<br />
LOCATION: Space Center Houston - IMAX Theater <br />
SUBJECT: EXP 50/51 Crew Debrief.<br />
PHOTOGRAPHER: Josh Valcarcel</p>


feed_id: tag:flickr.com,2005:/photo/50306812687
title: jsc2017e103705
uri: jsc2017e103705
url: https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50306812687/
content:
			<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/thom_astro/">Thomas Pesquet</a> posted a photo:</p>
	
<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50306812687/" title="jsc2017e103705"><img src="media/7d8a3c5f.50306812687_495b68c8cc_m.jpg" data-original-source="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50306812687_495b68c8cc_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="jsc2017e103705" /></a></p>

<p>PHOTO DATE: July 25, 2017<br />
LOCATION: Space Center Houston - IMAX Theater <br />
SUBJECT: EXP 50/51 Crew Debrief.<br />
PHOTOGRAPHER: Josh Valcarcel</p>


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title: jsc2017e103702
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url: https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50305974578/
content:
			<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/thom_astro/">Thomas Pesquet</a> posted a photo:</p>
	
<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50305974578/" title="jsc2017e103702"><img src="media/73b1ca1e.50305974578_4c105318ee_m.jpg" data-original-source="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50305974578_4c105318ee_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="jsc2017e103702" /></a></p>

<p>PHOTO DATE: July 25, 2017<br />
LOCATION: Space Center Houston - IMAX Theater <br />
SUBJECT: EXP 50/51 Crew Debrief.<br />
PHOTOGRAPHER: Josh Valcarcel</p>


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title: jsc2017e103701
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content:
			<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/thom_astro/">Thomas Pesquet</a> posted a photo:</p>
	
<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50305974738/" title="jsc2017e103701"><img src="media/692bbb61.50305974738_f2ff043146_m.jpg" data-original-source="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50305974738_f2ff043146_m.jpg" width="160" height="240" alt="jsc2017e103701" /></a></p>

<p>PHOTO DATE: July 25, 2017<br />
LOCATION: Space Center Houston - IMAX Theater <br />
SUBJECT: EXP 50/51 Crew Debrief.<br />
PHOTOGRAPHER: Josh Valcarcel</p>


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title: jsc2017e103699
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content:
			<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/thom_astro/">Thomas Pesquet</a> posted a photo:</p>
	
<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50306813332/" title="jsc2017e103699"><img src="media/99866df7.50306813332_289623843c_m.jpg" data-original-source="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50306813332_289623843c_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="jsc2017e103699" /></a></p>

<p>PHOTO DATE: July 25, 2017<br />
LOCATION: Space Center Houston - IMAX Theater <br />
SUBJECT: EXP 50/51 Crew Debrief.<br />
PHOTOGRAPHER: Josh Valcarcel</p>


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title: jsc2017e103698
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content:
			<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/thom_astro/">Thomas Pesquet</a> posted a photo:</p>
	
<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50306813732/" title="jsc2017e103698"><img src="media/bbf8d069.50306813732_52045befbe_m.jpg" data-original-source="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50306813732_52045befbe_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="jsc2017e103698" /></a></p>

<p>PHOTO DATE: July 25, 2017<br />
LOCATION: Space Center Houston - IMAX Theater <br />
SUBJECT: EXP 50/51 Crew Debrief.<br />
PHOTOGRAPHER: Josh Valcarcel</p>


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			<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/thom_astro/">Thomas Pesquet</a> posted a photo:</p>
	
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			<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/thom_astro/">Thomas Pesquet</a> posted a photo:</p>
	
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			<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/thom_astro/">Thomas Pesquet</a> posted a photo:</p>
	
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			<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/thom_astro/">Thomas Pesquet</a> posted a photo:</p>
	
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			<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/thom_astro/">Thomas Pesquet</a> posted a photo:</p>
	
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			<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/thom_astro/">Thomas Pesquet</a> posted a photo:</p>
	
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			<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/thom_astro/">Thomas Pesquet</a> posted a photo:</p>
	
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			<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/thom_astro/">Thomas Pesquet</a> posted a photo:</p>
	
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content:
			<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/thom_astro/">Thomas Pesquet</a> posted a photo:</p>
	
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url: https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50306150253/
content:
			<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/thom_astro/">Thomas Pesquet</a> posted a photo:</p>
	
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uri: 2020-09-05-
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			<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/thom_astro/">Thomas Pesquet</a> posted a photo:</p>
	
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content:
			<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/thom_astro/">Thomas Pesquet</a> posted a photo:</p>
	
<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50306987657/" title=" "><img src="media/10ae24f1.50306987657_94b224d33b_m.jpg" data-original-source="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50306987657_94b224d33b_m.jpg" width="240" height="180" alt=" " /></a></p>


feed_id: tag:flickr.com,2005:/photo/50306150058
title: Exclusive - The Global Positive Forum - Paris
uri: Exclusive-The-Global-Positive-Forum-Paris
url: https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50306150058/
content:
			<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/thom_astro/">Thomas Pesquet</a> posted a photo:</p>
	
<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50306150058/" title="Exclusive - The Global Positive Forum - Paris"><img src="media/ee61b688.50306150058_621433a209_m.jpg" data-original-source="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50306150058_621433a209_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="Exclusive - The Global Positive Forum - Paris" /></a></p>

<p>Exclusive -  President Emmanuel Macron meets Thomas Pesquet at the Elysee Presidential Palace, during the Global Positive Forum on September 1st, 2017 in Paris. Photo by Jerome Domine/ABACAPRESS.COM</p>


feed_id: tag:flickr.com,2005:/photo/50306834451
uri: 2020-09-05-
url: https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50306834451/
content:
			<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/thom_astro/">Thomas Pesquet</a> posted a photo:</p>
	
<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50306834451/" title=" "><img src="media/fabdb314.50306834451_caa27f82ca_m.jpg" data-original-source="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50306834451_caa27f82ca_m.jpg" width="160" height="240" alt=" " /></a></p>


feed_id: tag:flickr.com,2005:/photo/50306834381
uri: 2020-09-05-
url: https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50306834381/
content:
			<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/thom_astro/">Thomas Pesquet</a> posted a photo:</p>
	
<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50306834381/" title=" "><img src="media/98f972b0.50306834381_e711d9e22a_m.jpg" data-original-source="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50306834381_e711d9e22a_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt=" " /></a></p>


feed_id: tag:flickr.com,2005:/photo/50306987362
uri: 2020-09-05-
url: https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50306987362/
content:
			<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/thom_astro/">Thomas Pesquet</a> posted a photo:</p>
	
<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50306987362/" title=" "><img src="media/e0cd4f75.50306987362_de32ecf12a_m.jpg" data-original-source="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50306987362_de32ecf12a_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt=" " /></a></p>


feed_id: tag:flickr.com,2005:/photo/50306149733
title: Exclusive - The Global Positive Forum - Paris
uri: 2020-09-05-Exclusive-The-Global-Positive-Forum-Paris
url: https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50306149733/
content:
			<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/thom_astro/">Thomas Pesquet</a> posted a photo:</p>
	
<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50306149733/" title="Exclusive - The Global Positive Forum - Paris"><img src="media/edac2cad.50306149733_007df5a3f0_m.jpg" data-original-source="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50306149733_007df5a3f0_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="Exclusive - The Global Positive Forum - Paris" /></a></p>

<p>Exclusive -  President Emmanuel Macron meets Thomas Pesquet at the Elysee Presidential Palace, during the Global Positive Forum on September 1st, 2017 in Paris. Photo by Jerome Domine/ABACAPRESS.COM</p>


feed_id: tag:flickr.com,2005:/photo/50306834111
uri: 2020-09-05-
url: https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50306834111/
content:
			<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/thom_astro/">Thomas Pesquet</a> posted a photo:</p>
	
<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50306834111/" title=" "><img src="media/599a1a0c.50306834111_65459ee49c_m.jpg" data-original-source="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50306834111_65459ee49c_m.jpg" width="240" height="240" alt=" " /></a></p>


feed_id: tag:flickr.com,2005:/photo/50306986897
uri: 2020-09-05-
url: https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50306986897/
content:
			<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/thom_astro/">Thomas Pesquet</a> posted a photo:</p>
	
<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50306986897/" title=" "><img src="media/6753bc12.50306986897_54865e24f7_m.jpg" data-original-source="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50306986897_54865e24f7_m.jpg" width="180" height="240" alt=" " /></a></p>


feed_id: tag:flickr.com,2005:/photo/50306149263
uri: 2020-09-05-
url: https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50306149263/
content:
			<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/thom_astro/">Thomas Pesquet</a> posted a photo:</p>
	
<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50306149263/" title=" "><img src="media/519d512d.50306149263_5c88699d7f_m.jpg" data-original-source="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50306149263_5c88699d7f_m.jpg" width="180" height="240" alt=" " /></a></p>


feed_id: tag:flickr.com,2005:/photo/50306986852
uri: 2020-09-05-
url: https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50306986852/
content:
			<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/thom_astro/">Thomas Pesquet</a> posted a photo:</p>
	
<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50306986852/" title=" "><img src="media/58cd74a6.50306986852_068f0f4637_m.jpg" data-original-source="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50306986852_068f0f4637_m.jpg" width="180" height="240" alt=" " /></a></p>


feed_id: tag:flickr.com,2005:/photo/50306983877
uri: 2020-09-10-
url: https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50306983877/
content:
			<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/thom_astro/">Thomas Pesquet</a> posted a photo:</p>
	
<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50306983877/" title=" "><img src="media/27a3934b.50306983877_b7964b9a7f_m.jpg" data-original-source="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50306983877_b7964b9a7f_m.jpg" width="240" height="180" alt=" " /></a></p>


feed_id: tag:flickr.com,2005:/photo/50306829601
uri: 2020-09-10-
url: https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50306829601/
content:
			<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/thom_astro/">Thomas Pesquet</a> posted a photo:</p>
	
<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50306829601/" title=" "><img src="media/0e86e72e.50306829601_2150a4de55_m.jpg" data-original-source="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50306829601_2150a4de55_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt=" " /></a></p>


feed_id: tag:flickr.com,2005:/photo/50306983027
uri: 2020-09-10-
url: https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50306983027/
content:
			<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/thom_astro/">Thomas Pesquet</a> posted a photo:</p>
	
<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50306983027/" title=" "><img src="media/ef26fc89.50306983027_9d9926d322_m.jpg" data-original-source="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50306983027_9d9926d322_m.jpg" width="160" height="240" alt=" " /></a></p>


feed_id: tag:flickr.com,2005:/photo/31774648216
title: Mexico
uri: Mexico
url: https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/31774648216/
content:
			<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/thom_astro/">Thomas Pesquet</a> posted a photo:</p>
	
<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/31774648216/" title="Mexico"><img src="media/5966d1ff.31774648216_2d75e0d022_m.jpg" data-original-source="https://live.staticflickr.com/464/31774648216_2d75e0d022_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="Mexico" /></a></p>

<p>The best views on the International Space Station are vertically below our trajectory, but we can also view Earth from the sides. I remember Mexico caught our attention on this pass.<br />
<br />
Sur l’ISS, les meilleures vues sont à la verticale juste en dessous de notre trajectoire, mais on peut aussi essayer des vues rasantes sur le côté. Le Mexique se prête au jeu <br />
<br />
Credits: ESA/NASA<br />
<br />
128F3110</p>


feed_id: tag:flickr.com,2005:/photo/50275209712
title: Mayorquín, Nayarit
uri: Mayorquín-Nayarit
url: https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50275209712/
content:
			<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/thom_astro/">Thomas Pesquet</a> posted a photo:</p>
	
<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50275209712/" title="Mayorquín, Nayarit"><img src="media/ee085aae.50275209712_1a643769d3_m.jpg" data-original-source="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50275209712_1a643769d3_m.jpg" width="240" height="228" alt="Mayorquín, Nayarit" /></a></p>

<p>Una gran imagen de México para celebrar hoy el Aniversario de la Independencia mexicana. Recuerdo cómo me cautivó la vista desde el espacio de los hermosos colores y paisajes de México. <br />
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A Big Picture Earth Art of Mexico to celebrate their independence today. I remember Mexico often caught our eye from space with its beautiful colours and landscapes.<br />
<br />
Sur l’ISS, les meilleures vues sont à la verticale juste en dessous de notre trajectoire, mais on peut aussi essayer des vues rasantes sur le côté. Le Mexique se prête au jeu.<br />
<br />
Credits: ESA/NASA<br />
<br />
Expedition 51 Earth observation composite of Mayorquín, Nayarit, Mexico. Created with iss051e039361-iss051e039368.<br />
<br />
jsc2017e064013</p>


feed_id: tag:flickr.com,2005:/photo/50305936143
title: Airbus A310 cockpit
uri: Airbus-A310-cockpit
url: https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50305936143/
content:
			<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/thom_astro/">Thomas Pesquet</a> posted a photo:</p>
	
<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50305936143/" title="Airbus A310 cockpit"><img src="media/79d67be2.50305936143_85cb567377_m.jpg" data-original-source="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50305936143_85cb567377_m.jpg" width="160" height="240" alt="Airbus A310 cockpit" /></a></p>

<p>45 ans d'évolution des cockpits !!  J'ai eu la chance d'être aux commandes du Soyuz très analogique (et hyper fiable), de l'Airbus A310 de Novespace, de l' A350, puis finalement du Crew Dragon et de son cockpit (presque) entièrement digital. Passionnant pour un pilote, mais même dans la vie de tous les jours (voitures, smartphones...), les interfaces se simplifient et sont de plus en plus intuitives, malgré les fonctions toujours plus avancées.<br />
<br />
Who doesn't like cockpits? 45 years of evolution in these pictures, I am lucky to have been at the controls of the Soyuz spacecraft, the Airbus A310, the A350, and now the Crew Dragon (during training, so far). Following consumer products the &quot;control rooms&quot; for the aircraft and spacecraft have become steadily more digital, simplifying the interface with the machine being piloted while also offering more functions.<br />
<br />
Credits: Novespace/ESA<br />
<br />
IMG_0908</p>


feed_id: tag:flickr.com,2005:/photo/50275185643
title: Airbus A350 cockpit
uri: Airbus-A350-cockpit
url: https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50275185643/
content:
			<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/thom_astro/">Thomas Pesquet</a> posted a photo:</p>
	
<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50275185643/" title="Airbus A350 cockpit"><img src="media/11fd9219.50275185643_7a9987d6ee_m.jpg" data-original-source="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50275185643_7a9987d6ee_m.jpg" width="240" height="167" alt="Airbus A350 cockpit" /></a></p>

<p>45 ans d'évolution des cockpits !! [emoji starry eyes] J'ai eu la chance d'être aux commandes du Soyuz très analogique (et hyper fiable), de l'Airbus A310 de Novespace, de l' A350, puis finalement du Crew Dragon et de son cockpit (presque) entièrement digital. Passionnant pour un pilote, mais même dans la vie de tous les jours (voitures, smartphones...), les interfaces se simplifient et sont de plus en plus intuitives, malgré les fonctions toujours plus avancées.<br />
<br />
Who doesn't like cockpits? 45 years of evolution in these pictures, I am lucky to have been at the controls of the Soyuz spacecraft, the Airbus A310, the A350, and now the Crew Dragon (during training, so far). Following consumer products the &quot;control rooms&quot; for the aircraft and spacecraft have become steadily more digital, simplifying the interface with the machine being piloted while also offering more functions.<br />
<br />
Credits: Airbus–S. Ramadier<br />
<br />
50137-029</p>


feed_id: tag:flickr.com,2005:/photo/32011275914
title: La Palma
uri: La-Palma
url: https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/32011275914/
content:
			<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/thom_astro/">Thomas Pesquet</a> posted a photo:</p>
	
<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/32011275914/" title="La Palma"><img src="media/bc3519d7.32011275914_c769d89acc_m.jpg" data-original-source="https://live.staticflickr.com/604/32011275914_c769d89acc_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="La Palma" /></a></p>

<p>Face à face avec un des telescopes les plus puissants du monde : le Gran Telescopio Canarias (GTC)  :telescope:, perché à 2 396 mètres d’altitude, sur l'île de La Palma :es:: on le distingue accroché aux pentes, à gauche de la photo. Ce sont des mesures réalisées par des téléscopes similaires qui ont permis de découvir récemment une molécule peut-être liée à la vie , dans l'atmosphère de Vénus, notre voisine plutôt inhospitalière. Mais attention, on ne peut pas encore conclure : disons que c'est comme avoir 3 bons numéros quand on essaie de gagner au loto... c'est beaucoup mieux que zéro... mais il y a encore du chemin !  On voit nettement aussi, sur cette photo prise avec mon zoom maximum, le relief des îles Canaries, parcouru de sentiers et parsemé d’arbres :deciduous_tree:. <br />
<br />
Face to face with one of the most powerful telescopes on Earth. I took this picture from the International Space Station zooming to the max. :eyes: Can you spot the Gran Telescopio Canarias perched atop La Palma :es:? The :telescope: detected a giant planet orbiting a white dwarf for the first time. The landscape in the Canary islands is traversed by paths and strewn with trees, which you can see almost one by one in this photo too.<br />
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Credits: ESA/NASA<br />
<br />
145A3308</p>


feed_id: tag:flickr.com,2005:/photo/50275050346
title: Mega resolution Malta
uri: Mega-resolution-Malta
url: https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50275050346/
content:
			<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/thom_astro/">Thomas Pesquet</a> posted a photo:</p>
	
<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50275050346/" title="Mega resolution Malta"><img src="media/4a77b827.50275050346_ae76ab1064_m.jpg" data-original-source="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50275050346_ae76ab1064_m.jpg" width="240" height="230" alt="Mega resolution Malta" /></a></p>

<p>Pour fêter aujourd'hui le jour de l'indépendance de Malte :mt:, archipel historique au coeur de la Méditerrannée, voilà un collage de plus de 20 photos prises depuis mon poste d'observation habituel dans l'ISS. Beaucoup d'Histoire (avec un grand &quot;H&quot;) à explorer dans ce cliché. C'est aussi aujourd'hui la journée internationale de la paix, s'il en fallait une. Difficile en Europe d'imaginer des conflits armés nous toucher, mais malheureusement la guerre fait encore rage ailleurs. Une bonne raison d'être conscients de notre chance, de réfléchir à ce qui entretient les liens pacificques entre les nations, et d'aider ceux qui en ont besoin. <br />
<br />
Malta celebrates its independence on the same day as the international day of peace. ️ A great reason to share this Big Picture of Malta and wish everybody in the world peace. :v:<br />
<br />
Expedition 51 Earth observation composite of the Republic of Malta. Composite created with iss051e039211-iss051e039251. <br />
<br />
jsc2017e064012</p>


feed_id: tag:flickr.com,2005:/photo/50367620082
title: Shane at SpaceX
uri: Shane-at-SpaceX
url: https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50367620082/
content:
			<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/thom_astro/">Thomas Pesquet</a> posted a photo:</p>
	
<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50367620082/" title="Shane at SpaceX"><img src="media/c05a09af.50367620082_d255ae9eb0_m.jpg" data-original-source="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50367620082_d255ae9eb0_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="Shane at SpaceX" /></a></p>

<p>L'entraînement continue chez SpaceX... pas encore de scaphandres (sur mesure), mais ça n'empêche pas de passer beaucoup de temps au simulateur pour apprivoiser le Dragon, répéter les scenarii nominaux... <br />
<br />
Aki looking like a boss, couldn't be happier to share a ride to space with these guys.<br />
<br />
Credits: SpaceX<br />
<br />
Crew-2_Visit_20200902-129A9217</p>


feed_id: tag:flickr.com,2005:/photo/50367463796
title: The crew together
uri: The-crew-together
url: https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50367463796/
content:
			<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/thom_astro/">Thomas Pesquet</a> posted a photo:</p>
	
<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50367463796/" title="The crew together"><img src="media/c5dd1420.50367463796_696c7578d4_m.jpg" data-original-source="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50367463796_696c7578d4_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="The crew together" /></a></p>

<p>L'entraînement continue chez SpaceX... pas encore de scaphandres (sur mesure), mais ça n'empêche pas de passer beaucoup de temps au simulateur pour apprivoiser le Dragon, répéter les scenarii nominaux... et aussi ceux où les choses se passent un peu moins bien. Megan, en plus d'être au top techniquement et humainement, a en général les plus belles chaussettes de la terre. On est tous jaloux !!<br />
<br />
Here's the crew together, training on SpaceX crew dragon. Aki looking like a boss, and all of us wishing we had cool socks like Megan our awesome pilot. Yes when you float in space, you don't need shoes, and also the interior is all white, we want to keep it clean, a space capsule is not unlike your living room, in a weird sort of way (&quot;take your shoes off!&quot;). There's a lot of experience, nerves of steel and some good spirits in this capsule (all of them sitting to my left) : Couldn't be happier to share a ride to space with these guys.<br />
<br />
Credits: SpaceX<br />
<br />
Crew-2_Visit_20200902-129A9251_1</p>


feed_id: tag:flickr.com,2005:/photo/50367622052
title: Me and Megan
uri: Me-and-Megan
url: https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50367622052/
content:
			<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/thom_astro/">Thomas Pesquet</a> posted a photo:</p>
	
<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50367622052/" title="Me and Megan"><img src="media/262fedb9.50367622052_1f54d5fb0f_m.jpg" data-original-source="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50367622052_1f54d5fb0f_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="Me and Megan" /></a></p>

<p>L'entraînement continue chez SpaceX... pas encore de scaphandres (sur mesure), mais ça n'empêche pas de passer beaucoup de temps au simulateur pour apprivoiser le Dragon, répéter les scenarii nominaux... et aussi ceux où les choses se passent un peu moins bien. Megan, en plus d'être au top techniquement et humainement, a en général les plus belles chaussettes de la terre. On est tous jaloux !!<br />
<br />
Here's the crew together, training on SpaceX crew dragon. Aki looking like a boss, and all of us wishing we had cool socks like Megan our awesome pilot. Yes when you float in space, you don't need shoes, and also the interior is all white, we want to keep it clean, a space capsule is not unlike your living room, in a weird sort of way (&quot;take your shoes off!&quot;). There's a lot of experience, nerves of steel and some good spirits in this capsule (all of them sitting to my left) : Couldn't be happier to share a ride to space with these guys.<br />
<br />
Credits: SpaceX<br />
<br />
Crew-2_Visit_20200902-129A9214</p>


feed_id: tag:flickr.com,2005:/photo/50367464871
title: Aki the boss
uri: Aki-the-boss
url: https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50367464871/
content:
			<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/thom_astro/">Thomas Pesquet</a> posted a photo:</p>
	
<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50367464871/" title="Aki the boss"><img src="media/bb1c488b.50367464871_38ea674bdb_m.jpg" data-original-source="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50367464871_38ea674bdb_m.jpg" width="240" height="182" alt="Aki the boss" /></a></p>

<p>L'entraînement continue chez SpaceX... pas encore de scaphandres (sur mesure), mais ça n'empêche pas de passer beaucoup de temps au simulateur pour apprivoiser le Dragon, répéter les scenarii nominaux... <br />
<br />
Aki looking like a boss, couldn't be happier to share a ride to space with these guys.<br />
<br />
Credits: SpaceX<br />
<br />
Crew-2_Visit_20200902-129A9203</p>


feed_id: tag:flickr.com,2005:/photo/32723077003
title: Catania airport for Luca
uri: Catania-airport-for-Luca
url: https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/32723077003/
content:
			<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/thom_astro/">Thomas Pesquet</a> posted a photo:</p>
	
<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/32723077003/" title="Catania airport for Luca"><img src="media/2cac8ba7.32723077003_18a041b781_m.jpg" data-original-source="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/32723077003_18a041b781_m.jpg" width="160" height="240" alt="Catania airport for Luca" /></a></p>

<p>Pour l'anniversaire :birthday: de Luca Parmitano, voilà sa ville natale Catane en Sicile. Désolé d'être un geek de l'aviation, mais je me dois de pointer le funfact que son aéroport a des procédures spéciales d'approche en cas d'éruption de l'Etna, tout proche. Tanti Auguri !!<br />
<br />
I still have an unpublished image of Catania, Italy, Luca Parmitan's home town. Happy Birthday buddy! This image shows the airport of Catania from space [CTA/LICC], it has published special approach procedures in case of volcanic eruption! (true story)<br />
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Credits: ESA/NASA–T. Pesquet<br />
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145A6763</p>


feed_id: tag:flickr.com,2005:/photo/49774049651
title: (Untitled)
uri: (Untitled)
url: https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/49774049651/
content:
			<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/thom_astro/">Thomas Pesquet</a> posted a photo:</p>
	
<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/49774049651/" title=""><img src="media/939daea0.49774049651_c53a597ebb_m.jpg" data-original-source="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49774049651_c53a597ebb_m.jpg" width="240" height="180" alt="" /></a></p>

<p>A zoom of Chicago, IL, that reminds me of my childhood heroes Chicago Bulls. Watching &quot;The Last Dance&quot; when I get the chance brings back fond memories!<br />
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:exclamation: Attention nostalgie ! J'ai grandi dans les années 90 en regardant Michael Jordan et les Chicago Bulls changer le monde du basket :basketball:, donc pour moi adolescent, l'amérique :us:, c'était Chicago... J'ai usé mon zoom (800 mm avec teleconverter 1,4) à prendre cette photo, je pense que c'est ma plus précise (sur 85 000... ). La lumière rasante souligne les couleurs chaudes et dessine l'ombre des gratte-ciels en 3D... quand on zoome, on dirait presque qu'elle est fausse, non ? Je trouve le niveau de détail assez surprenant pour une photo prise avec un appareil normal, depuis si haut dans le ciel. Allez, je vais regarder The Last Dance sur netflix pour me rajeunir, et oublier que la plupart des compétitions sportives se déroulent sans public ces temps-ci :mask:<br />
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Credits: ESA/NASA–T. Pesquet<br />
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Chicago_Resize_render</p>


feed_id: tag:flickr.com,2005:/photo/50395877487
title: Getting out of a spacecraft in water
uri: Getting-out-of-a-spacecraft-in-water
url: https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50395877487/
content:
			<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/thom_astro/">Thomas Pesquet</a> posted a photo:</p>
	
<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50395877487/" title="Getting out of a spacecraft in water"><img src="media/5b773e78.50395877487_8efac43da7_m.jpg" data-original-source="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50395877487_8efac43da7_m.jpg" width="160" height="240" alt="Getting out of a spacecraft in water" /></a></p>

<p>Une grosse différence entre Soyuz et le Crew Dragon, c'est que ce dernier se pose... sur l'eau. L'avantage, c'est que c'est plus facile de viser (70% de la planète couverte par les océans... et pas de relief à éviter). L'inconvénient, c'est que ça demande un peu plus de matériel pour survivre en cas d'amerissage d'urgence : radeau, bouées, matériel de signalisation, fumigènes, radios...). Le bassin d'entraînement en scaphandre se transforme pour l'occasion en mer déchaînée (ou presque), il manque quelques vagues, et tous les moyens aéroportés qui seront déployés à notre recherche, le jour J. <br />
<br />
Water survival training with the crew. A large difference between the SpaceX Dragon and the Roscosmos Soyuz is that the Dragon is designed to 'land' on water, and the Soyuz to land... on land. SpaceX chooses the splashdown method which is slightly softer, but more importantly there is more area in the Atlantic Ocean to splash down safely than there is wide open flat uninhabited swathes of land in USA. When we return to Earth from space it is hard to pinpoint exactly where we will land, support crew is generally quickly on site, but we need to be able to survive on our own in case of any delays. The colourful masks are not necessary for the survival training in normal times, but are actually waterproof COVID protection masks!<br />
<br />
Date: 09-28-2020<br />
Location: NBL, Pool Topside<br />
Subject:Expedition 65SpaceX Crew-2 astronauts Shane Kimbrough, Thomas Pesquet (ESA), Akihiko Hoshide (JAXA) and Megan McArthur Behnken during USCV Water Survival Training at the NBL.<br />
Photographer: James Blair<br />
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jsc2020e042421</p>


feed_id: tag:flickr.com,2005:/photo/50395023173
title: Water egress
uri: Water-egress
url: https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50395023173/
content:
			<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/thom_astro/">Thomas Pesquet</a> posted a photo:</p>
	
<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50395023173/" title="Water egress"><img src="media/cf957c57.50395023173_20b05618be_m.jpg" data-original-source="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50395023173_20b05618be_m.jpg" width="240" height="130" alt="Water egress" /></a></p>

<p>Une grosse différence entre Soyuz et le Crew Dragon, c'est que ce dernier se pose... sur l'eau. L'avantage, c'est que c'est plus facile de viser (70% de la planète couverte par les océans... et pas de relief à éviter). L'inconvénient, c'est que ça demande un peu plus de matériel pour survivre en cas d'amerissage d'urgence : radeau, bouées, matériel de signalisation, fumigènes, radios...). Le bassin d'entraînement en scaphandre se transforme pour l'occasion en mer déchaînée (ou presque), il manque quelques vagues, et tous les moyens aéroportés qui seront déployés à notre recherche, le jour J. <br />
<br />
Water survival training with the crew. A large difference between the SpaceX Dragon and the Roscosmos Soyuz is that the Dragon is designed to 'land' on water, and the Soyuz to land... on land. SpaceX chooses the splashdown method which is slightly softer, but more importantly there is more area in the Atlantic Ocean to splash down safely than there is wide open flat uninhabited swathes of land in USA. When we return to Earth from space it is hard to pinpoint exactly where we will land, support crew is generally quickly on site, but we need to be able to survive on our own in case of any delays. The colourful masks are not necessary for the survival training in normal times, but are actually waterproof COVID protection masks!<br />
<br />
Date: 09-28-2020<br />
Location: NBL, Pool Topside<br />
Subject:Expedition 65SpaceX Crew-2 astronauts Shane Kimbrough, Thomas Pesquet (ESA), Akihiko Hoshide (JAXA) and Megan McArthur Behnken during USCV Water Survival Training at the NBL.<br />
Photographer: James Blair<br />
<br />
jsc2020e042424</p>


feed_id: tag:flickr.com,2005:/photo/50395024313
title: Splashdown training
uri: Splashdown-training
url: https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50395024313/
content:
			<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/thom_astro/">Thomas Pesquet</a> posted a photo:</p>
	
<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50395024313/" title="Splashdown training"><img src="media/d78c226d.50395024313_cf63f463d4_m.jpg" data-original-source="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50395024313_cf63f463d4_m.jpg" width="171" height="240" alt="Splashdown training" /></a></p>

<p>Une grosse différence entre Soyuz et le Crew Dragon, c'est que ce dernier se pose... sur l'eau. L'avantage, c'est que c'est plus facile de viser (70% de la planète couverte par les océans... et pas de relief à éviter). L'inconvénient, c'est que ça demande un peu plus de matériel pour survivre en cas d'amerissage d'urgence : radeau, bouées, matériel de signalisation, fumigènes, radios...). Le bassin d'entraînement en scaphandre se transforme pour l'occasion en mer déchaînée (ou presque), il manque quelques vagues, et tous les moyens aéroportés qui seront déployés à notre recherche, le jour J. <br />
<br />
Water survival training with the crew. A large difference between the SpaceX Dragon and the Roscosmos Soyuz is that the Dragon is designed to 'land' on water, and the Soyuz to land... on land. SpaceX chooses the splashdown method which is slightly softer, but more importantly there is more area in the Atlantic Ocean to splash down safely than there is wide open flat uninhabited swathes of land in USA. When we return to Earth from space it is hard to pinpoint exactly where we will land, support crew is generally quickly on site, but we need to be able to survive on our own in case of any delays. The colourful masks are not necessary for the survival training in normal times, but are actually waterproof COVID protection masks!<br />
<br />
Date: 09-28-2020<br />
Location: NBL, Pool Topside<br />
Subject:Expedition 65SpaceX Crew-2 astronauts Shane Kimbrough, Thomas Pesquet (ESA), Akihiko Hoshide (JAXA) and Megan McArthur Behnken during USCV Water Survival Training at the NBL.<br />
Photographer: James Blair<br />
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jsc2020e042428</p>


feed_id: tag:flickr.com,2005:/photo/50395880987
title: Fake rain
uri: Fake-rain
url: https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50395880987/
content:
			<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/thom_astro/">Thomas Pesquet</a> posted a photo:</p>
	
<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50395880987/" title="Fake rain"><img src="media/af3f8d4c.50395880987_9e41919604_m.jpg" data-original-source="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50395880987_9e41919604_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="Fake rain" /></a></p>

<p>Une grosse différence entre Soyuz et le Crew Dragon, c'est que ce dernier se pose... sur l'eau. L'avantage, c'est que c'est plus facile de viser (70% de la planète couverte par les océans... et pas de relief à éviter). L'inconvénient, c'est que ça demande un peu plus de matériel pour survivre en cas d'amerissage d'urgence : radeau, bouées, matériel de signalisation, fumigènes, radios...). Le bassin d'entraînement en scaphandre se transforme pour l'occasion en mer déchaînée (ou presque), il manque quelques vagues, et tous les moyens aéroportés qui seront déployés à notre recherche, le jour J. <br />
<br />
Water survival training with the crew. A large difference between the SpaceX Dragon and the Roscosmos Soyuz is that the Dragon is designed to 'land' on water, and the Soyuz to land... on land. SpaceX chooses the splashdown method which is slightly softer, but more importantly there is more area in the Atlantic Ocean to splash down safely than there is wide open flat uninhabited swathes of land in USA. When we return to Earth from space it is hard to pinpoint exactly where we will land, support crew is generally quickly on site, but we need to be able to survive on our own in case of any delays. The colourful masks are not necessary for the survival training in normal times, but are actually waterproof COVID protection masks!<br />
<br />
Date: 09-28-2020<br />
Location: NBL, Pool Topside<br />
Subject:Expedition 65SpaceX Crew-2 astronauts Shane Kimbrough, Thomas Pesquet (ESA), Akihiko Hoshide (JAXA) and Megan McArthur Behnken during USCV Water Survival Training at the NBL.<br />
Photographer: James Blair<br />
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jsc2020e042432</p>


feed_id: tag:flickr.com,2005:/photo/50395027293
title: Lift out of water
uri: Lift-out-of-water
url: https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50395027293/
content:
			<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/thom_astro/">Thomas Pesquet</a> posted a photo:</p>
	
<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50395027293/" title="Lift out of water"><img src="media/b9a344eb.50395027293_1fb0bd7c27_m.jpg" data-original-source="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50395027293_1fb0bd7c27_m.jpg" width="160" height="240" alt="Lift out of water" /></a></p>

<p>Une grosse différence entre Soyuz et le Crew Dragon, c'est que ce dernier se pose... sur l'eau. L'avantage, c'est que c'est plus facile de viser (70% de la planète couverte par les océans... et pas de relief à éviter). L'inconvénient, c'est que ça demande un peu plus de matériel pour survivre en cas d'amerissage d'urgence : radeau, bouées, matériel de signalisation, fumigènes, radios...). Le bassin d'entraînement en scaphandre se transforme pour l'occasion en mer déchaînée (ou presque), il manque quelques vagues, et tous les moyens aéroportés qui seront déployés à notre recherche, le jour J. <br />
<br />
Water survival training with the crew. A large difference between the SpaceX Dragon and the Roscosmos Soyuz is that the Dragon is designed to 'land' on water, and the Soyuz to land... on land. SpaceX chooses the splashdown method which is slightly softer, but more importantly there is more area in the Atlantic Ocean to splash down safely than there is wide open flat uninhabited swathes of land in USA. When we return to Earth from space it is hard to pinpoint exactly where we will land, support crew is generally quickly on site, but we need to be able to survive on our own in case of any delays. The colourful masks are not necessary for the survival training in normal times, but are actually waterproof COVID protection masks!<br />
<br />
Date: 09-28-2020<br />
Location: NBL, Pool Topside<br />
Subject:Expedition 65SpaceX Crew-2 astronauts Shane Kimbrough, Thomas Pesquet (ESA), Akihiko Hoshide (JAXA) and Megan McArthur Behnken during USCV Water Survival Training at the NBL.<br />
Photographer: James Blair<br />
<br />
jsc2020e042438</p>


feed_id: tag:flickr.com,2005:/photo/50395719551
title: Survival swim
uri: Survival-swim
url: https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50395719551/
content:
			<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/thom_astro/">Thomas Pesquet</a> posted a photo:</p>
	
<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50395719551/" title="Survival swim"><img src="media/52467643.50395719551_b9ef476868_m.jpg" data-original-source="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50395719551_b9ef476868_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="Survival swim" /></a></p>

<p>Une grosse différence entre Soyuz et le Crew Dragon, c'est que ce dernier se pose... sur l'eau. L'avantage, c'est que c'est plus facile de viser (70% de la planète couverte par les océans... et pas de relief à éviter). L'inconvénient, c'est que ça demande un peu plus de matériel pour survivre en cas d'amerissage d'urgence : radeau, bouées, matériel de signalisation, fumigènes, radios...). Le bassin d'entraînement en scaphandre se transforme pour l'occasion en mer déchaînée (ou presque), il manque quelques vagues, et tous les moyens aéroportés qui seront déployés à notre recherche, le jour J. <br />
<br />
Water survival training with the crew. A large difference between the SpaceX Dragon and the Roscosmos Soyuz is that the Dragon is designed to 'land' on water, and the Soyuz to land... on land. SpaceX chooses the splashdown method which is slightly softer, but more importantly there is more area in the Atlantic Ocean to splash down safely than there is wide open flat uninhabited swathes of land in USA. When we return to Earth from space it is hard to pinpoint exactly where we will land, support crew is generally quickly on site, but we need to be able to survive on our own in case of any delays. The colourful masks are not necessary for the survival training in normal times, but are actually waterproof COVID protection masks!<br />
<br />
Date: 09-28-2020<br />
Location: NBL, Pool Topside<br />
Subject:Expedition 65SpaceX Crew-2 astronauts Shane Kimbrough, Thomas Pesquet (ESA), Akihiko Hoshide (JAXA) and Megan McArthur Behnken during USCV Water Survival Training at the NBL.<br />
Photographer: James Blair<br />
<br />
jsc2020e042442</p>


feed_id: tag:flickr.com,2005:/photo/50376894457
title: Enter the spacesuit
uri: Enter-the-spacesuit
url: https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50376894457/
content:
			<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/thom_astro/">Thomas Pesquet</a> posted a photo:</p>
	
<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50376894457/" title="Enter the spacesuit"><img src="media/c09eb485.50376894457_cc8fdefceb_m.jpg" data-original-source="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50376894457_cc8fdefceb_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="Enter the spacesuit" /></a></p>

<p>Où trouver le vide le plus total sur terre, pour se préparer aux sorties en scaphandre ? Dans une chambre à vide bien sûr ! Après les préparatifs et les précautions nécessaires, la porte est refermée sur moi (version coffre-fort géant) et l'air est pompé hors de l'enceinte blindée (elle doit résister a la différence de pression). Il ne reste alors d'air et d'oxygène que dans mon scaphandre, comme dans l'espace ! Cet entraînement permet de se familiariser avec le matériel &quot;de classe I&quot; (le vrai matériel spatial), et de tester tous les systèmes en conditions réelles. Merci Aki et Megan de m'avoir aidé à enfiler le scaphandre... est-ce qu'il n'aurait pas rapetissé un peu depuis Proxima ?! ;) <br />
<br />
After trying on the spacesuits, a next step is vacuum chamber testing to ensure there are no leaks. This kind of test is not without danger, as the air is pumped out of the chamber behind us and if the spacesuit were to fail... well reading about rapid depressurisation is not fun. It happened to a NASA engineer Jim Leblanc in 1965 and one of the last things he remembers is the saliva in his mouth boiling on his tongue :astonished:. Thankfully this is extremely rare and Jim survived without permanent damage. A salute to all the ground teams that prepare, train and make sure all spacewalks happen smoothly, thanks to the meticulous planning, engineering and training. Ready for the real thing!<br />
<br />
SpaceX Crew-2 &amp; Expedition 65 ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet during EMU SSATA chamber run.  Photo Date: September 22, 2020.  Location:  Bldg. 7, SSATA Chamber.  Photographer: Robert Markowitz<br />
<br />
jsc2020e041588</p>


feed_id: tag:flickr.com,2005:/photo/50376028908
title: Procedures for vacuum
uri: Procedures-for-vacuum
url: https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50376028908/
content:
			<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/thom_astro/">Thomas Pesquet</a> posted a photo:</p>
	
<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50376028908/" title="Procedures for vacuum"><img src="media/8cfc7cdb.50376028908_57b22f94d2_m.jpg" data-original-source="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50376028908_57b22f94d2_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="Procedures for vacuum" /></a></p>

<p>Où trouver le vide le plus total sur terre, pour se préparer aux sorties en scaphandre ? Dans une chambre à vide bien sûr ! Après les préparatifs et les précautions nécessaires, la porte est refermée sur moi (version coffre-fort géant) et l'air est pompé hors de l'enceinte blindée (elle doit résister a la différence de pression). Il ne reste alors d'air et d'oxygène que dans mon scaphandre, comme dans l'espace ! Cet entraînement permet de se familiariser avec le matériel &quot;de classe I&quot; (le vrai matériel spatial), et de tester tous les systèmes en conditions réelles. Merci Aki et Megan de m'avoir aidé à enfiler le scaphandre... est-ce qu'il n'aurait pas rapetissé un peu depuis Proxima ?! ;) <br />
<br />
After trying on the spacesuits, a next step is vacuum chamber testing to ensure there are no leaks. This kind of test is not without danger, as the air is pumped out of the chamber behind us and if the spacesuit were to fail... well reading about rapid depressurisation is not fun. It happened to a NASA engineer Jim Leblanc in 1965 and one of the last things he remembers is the saliva in his mouth boiling on his tongue :astonished:. Thankfully this is extremely rare and Jim survived without permanent damage. A salute to all the ground teams that prepare, train and make sure all spacewalks happen smoothly, thanks to the meticulous planning, engineering and training. Ready for the real thing!<br />
<br />
SpaceX Crew-2 &amp; Expedition 65 ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet during EMU SSATA chamber run.  Photo Date: September 22, 2020.  Location:  Bldg. 7, SSATA Chamber.  Photographer: Robert Markowitz<br />
<br />
jsc2020e041597</p>


feed_id: tag:flickr.com,2005:/photo/50376029778
title: Enter the vacuum
uri: Enter-the-vacuum
url: https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50376029778/
content:
			<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/thom_astro/">Thomas Pesquet</a> posted a photo:</p>
	
<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50376029778/" title="Enter the vacuum"><img src="media/28bca3ff.50376029778_2c03320d1e_m.jpg" data-original-source="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50376029778_2c03320d1e_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="Enter the vacuum" /></a></p>

<p>Où trouver le vide le plus total sur terre, pour se préparer aux sorties en scaphandre ? Dans une chambre à vide bien sûr ! Après les préparatifs et les précautions nécessaires, la porte est refermée sur moi (version coffre-fort géant) et l'air est pompé hors de l'enceinte blindée (elle doit résister a la différence de pression). Il ne reste alors d'air et d'oxygène que dans mon scaphandre, comme dans l'espace ! Cet entraînement permet de se familiariser avec le matériel &quot;de classe I&quot; (le vrai matériel spatial), et de tester tous les systèmes en conditions réelles. Merci Aki et Megan de m'avoir aidé à enfiler le scaphandre... est-ce qu'il n'aurait pas rapetissé un peu depuis Proxima ?! ;) <br />
<br />
After trying on the spacesuits, a next step is vacuum chamber testing to ensure there are no leaks. This kind of test is not without danger, as the air is pumped out of the chamber behind us and if the spacesuit were to fail... well reading about rapid depressurisation is not fun. It happened to a NASA engineer Jim Leblanc in 1965 and one of the last things he remembers is the saliva in his mouth boiling on his tongue :astonished:. Thankfully this is extremely rare and Jim survived without permanent damage. A salute to all the ground teams that prepare, train and make sure all spacewalks happen smoothly, thanks to the meticulous planning, engineering and training. Ready for the real thing!<br />
<br />
SpaceX Crew-2 &amp; Expedition 65 ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet during EMU SSATA chamber run.  Photo Date: September 22, 2020.  Location:  Bldg. 7, SSATA Chamber.  Photographer: Robert Markowitz<br />
<br />
jsc2020e041632</p>


feed_id: tag:flickr.com,2005:/photo/50376029958
title: Helmet lights on!
uri: Helmet-lights-on
url: https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50376029958/
content:
			<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/thom_astro/">Thomas Pesquet</a> posted a photo:</p>
	
<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50376029958/" title="Helmet lights on!"><img src="media/eb4dd82d.50376029958_59b4af8504_m.jpg" data-original-source="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50376029958_59b4af8504_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="Helmet lights on!" /></a></p>

<p>Où trouver le vide le plus total sur terre, pour se préparer aux sorties en scaphandre ? Dans une chambre à vide bien sûr ! Après les préparatifs et les précautions nécessaires, la porte est refermée sur moi (version coffre-fort géant) et l'air est pompé hors de l'enceinte blindée (elle doit résister a la différence de pression). Il ne reste alors d'air et d'oxygène que dans mon scaphandre, comme dans l'espace ! Cet entraînement permet de se familiariser avec le matériel &quot;de classe I&quot; (le vrai matériel spatial), et de tester tous les systèmes en conditions réelles. Merci Aki et Megan de m'avoir aidé à enfiler le scaphandre... est-ce qu'il n'aurait pas rapetissé un peu depuis Proxima ?! ;) <br />
<br />
After trying on the spacesuits, a next step is vacuum chamber testing to ensure there are no leaks. This kind of test is not without danger, as the air is pumped out of the chamber behind us and if the spacesuit were to fail... well reading about rapid depressurisation is not fun. It happened to a NASA engineer Jim Leblanc in 1965 and one of the last things he remembers is the saliva in his mouth boiling on his tongue :astonished:. Thankfully this is extremely rare and Jim survived without permanent damage. A salute to all the ground teams that prepare, train and make sure all spacewalks happen smoothly, thanks to the meticulous planning, engineering and training. Ready for the real thing!<br />
<br />
SpaceX Crew-2 &amp; Expedition 65 ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet during EMU SSATA chamber run.  Photo Date: September 22, 2020.  Location:  Bldg. 7, SSATA Chamber.  Photographer: Robert Markowitz<br />
<br />
jsc2020e041631</p>


feed_id: tag:flickr.com,2005:/photo/50323533398
title: Aki and Shane
uri: Aki-and-Shane
url: https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50323533398/
content:
			<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/thom_astro/">Thomas Pesquet</a> posted a photo:</p>
	
<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50323533398/" title="Aki and Shane"><img src="media/faab7caa.50323533398_705053f023_m.jpg" data-original-source="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50323533398_705053f023_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="Aki and Shane" /></a></p>

<p>L'entraînement se poursuit sans relâche : un des thèmes les plus importants concerne les situations d'urgence, auxquelles il faut savoir faire face avec rapidité et précision pour sauver (dans cet ordre) l'équipage, le véhicule, et la mission. Leurs occurences sont excessivement rares, mais elles sont de trois types: un départ de feu feu, une dépressurisation, ou un produit toxique qui se répandrait dans l'ISS. Pour le feu: les matériaux sont ignifugés, l'ISS a des détcteurs de fumée et des réactions automatiques, et bien sûr l'équipage utilise des masques à O2 et des extincteurs (CO2 et eau). Si maintenant l'air venait à quitter nos modules vers le vide de l'extérieur, il convient en premier lieu... de trouver par où la station &quot;fuit&quot; (assez similaire à un sous-marin), puis d'isoler le module affecté ou de réparer le plus rapidement possible. Enfin, un produit toxique en impesanteur serait extrêmement dangereux pour l'équipage, c'est notamment le cas de l'ammoniac concentré du système de refroidissement extérieur. Masques, filtres, pompes, équipements de protection et de communication d'urgence; tout est prévu. La réaction de l'équipage est connue par coeur, basée sur des compétences, ou guidée par des procédures (les livres à la couverture rouge qu'on n'a jamais vraiment envie d'ouvrir :)... en utilisant toutes les ressources humaines disponibles, en équipe, comme dans un avion. Tout cela en coordination la plus étroite possible avec le centre de contrôle qui nous aide précieusement (ici représenté par nos talentueux instructeurs !)<br />
<br />
Training is ramping up and one of the most important is what to do in case of emergency. We learn how to react swiftly to save the crew, the spacecraft and the mission (in this order). The three main scenarios we train for, despite being very rare of course are: fire, depressurisation and toxic leak. We have CO2 and water extinguishers on board the International Space Station and of course fire detectors as well as making sure materials are fire resistant. In case of a leak we isolate it by module and repair as quickly as possible. As the Space Station is a closed environment toxic leaks are very serious, we cannot open a window to let fresh air in! Everything is standby to react with if needed: mask, filters, pumps, protection equipment and we learn the procedures by heart. <br />
<br />
PHOTO DATE: September 09, 2020<br />
LOCATION: Bldg. 9NW - ISS Mockups<br />
SUBJECT:  Expedition 65/SpaceX Crew-2 astronauts Shane Kimbrough, Thomas Pesquet (ESA), Akihiko Hoshide (JAXA) and Megan McArthur Behnken during Emergency Scenarios Training at Space Vehicle Mockup Facility.<br />
PHOTOGRAPHER: Josh Valcarcel<br />
<br />
jsc2020e040313</p>


feed_id: tag:flickr.com,2005:/photo/50324381012
title: Through the hatch
uri: Through-the-hatch
url: https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50324381012/
content:
			<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/thom_astro/">Thomas Pesquet</a> posted a photo:</p>
	
<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50324381012/" title="Through the hatch"><img src="media/1f83c2d8.50324381012_9da4b3fefe_m.jpg" data-original-source="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50324381012_9da4b3fefe_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="Through the hatch" /></a></p>

<p>L'entraînement se poursuit sans relâche : un des thèmes les plus importants concerne les situations d'urgence, auxquelles il faut savoir faire face avec rapidité et précision pour sauver (dans cet ordre) l'équipage, le véhicule, et la mission. Leurs occurences sont excessivement rares, mais elles sont de trois types: un départ de feu feu, une dépressurisation, ou un produit toxique qui se répandrait dans l'ISS. Pour le feu: les matériaux sont ignifugés, l'ISS a des détcteurs de fumée et des réactions automatiques, et bien sûr l'équipage utilise des masques à O2 et des extincteurs (CO2 et eau). Si maintenant l'air venait à quitter nos modules vers le vide de l'extérieur, il convient en premier lieu... de trouver par où la station &quot;fuit&quot; (assez similaire à un sous-marin), puis d'isoler le module affecté ou de réparer le plus rapidement possible. Enfin, un produit toxique en impesanteur serait extrêmement dangereux pour l'équipage, c'est notamment le cas de l'ammoniac concentré du système de refroidissement extérieur. Masques, filtres, pompes, équipements de protection et de communication d'urgence; tout est prévu. La réaction de l'équipage est connue par coeur, basée sur des compétences, ou guidée par des procédures (les livres à la couverture rouge qu'on n'a jamais vraiment envie d'ouvrir :)... en utilisant toutes les ressources humaines disponibles, en équipe, comme dans un avion. Tout cela en coordination la plus étroite possible avec le centre de contrôle qui nous aide précieusement (ici représenté par nos talentueux instructeurs !)<br />
<br />
Training is ramping up and one of the most important is what to do in case of emergency. We learn how to react swiftly to save the crew, the spacecraft and the mission (in this order). The three main scenarios we train for, despite being very rare of course are: fire, depressurisation and toxic leak. We have CO2 and water extinguishers on board the International Space Station and of course fire detectors as well as making sure materials are fire resistant. In case of a leak we isolate it by module and repair as quickly as possible. As the Space Station is a closed environment toxic leaks are very serious, we cannot open a window to let fresh air in! Everything is standby to react with if needed: mask, filters, pumps, protection equipment and we learn the procedures by heart. <br />
<br />
PHOTO DATE: September 09, 2020<br />
LOCATION: Bldg. 9NW - ISS Mockups<br />
SUBJECT:  Expedition 65/SpaceX Crew-2 astronauts Shane Kimbrough, Thomas Pesquet (ESA), Akihiko Hoshide (JAXA) and Megan McArthur Behnken during Emergency Scenarios Training at Space Vehicle Mockup Facility.<br />
PHOTOGRAPHER: Josh Valcarcel<br />
<br />
jsc2020e040312</p>


feed_id: tag:flickr.com,2005:/photo/50323537738
title: Briefing
uri: Briefing
url: https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50323537738/
content:
			<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/thom_astro/">Thomas Pesquet</a> posted a photo:</p>
	
<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50323537738/" title="Briefing"><img src="media/ea25ff4f.50323537738_00642d949c_m.jpg" data-original-source="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50323537738_00642d949c_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="Briefing" /></a></p>

<p>L'entraînement se poursuit sans relâche : un des thèmes les plus importants concerne les situations d'urgence, auxquelles il faut savoir faire face avec rapidité et précision pour sauver (dans cet ordre) l'équipage, le véhicule, et la mission. Leurs occurences sont excessivement rares, mais elles sont de trois types: un départ de feu feu, une dépressurisation, ou un produit toxique qui se répandrait dans l'ISS. Pour le feu: les matériaux sont ignifugés, l'ISS a des détcteurs de fumée et des réactions automatiques, et bien sûr l'équipage utilise des masques à O2 et des extincteurs (CO2 et eau). Si maintenant l'air venait à quitter nos modules vers le vide de l'extérieur, il convient en premier lieu... de trouver par où la station &quot;fuit&quot; (assez similaire à un sous-marin), puis d'isoler le module affecté ou de réparer le plus rapidement possible. Enfin, un produit toxique en impesanteur serait extrêmement dangereux pour l'équipage, c'est notamment le cas de l'ammoniac concentré du système de refroidissement extérieur. Masques, filtres, pompes, équipements de protection et de communication d'urgence; tout est prévu. La réaction de l'équipage est connue par coeur, basée sur des compétences, ou guidée par des procédures (les livres à la couverture rouge qu'on n'a jamais vraiment envie d'ouvrir :)... en utilisant toutes les ressources humaines disponibles, en équipe, comme dans un avion. Tout cela en coordination la plus étroite possible avec le centre de contrôle qui nous aide précieusement (ici représenté par nos talentueux instructeurs !)<br />
<br />
Training is ramping up and one of the most important is what to do in case of emergency. We learn how to react swiftly to save the crew, the spacecraft and the mission (in this order). The three main scenarios we train for, despite being very rare of course are: fire, depressurisation and toxic leak. We have CO2 and water extinguishers on board the International Space Station and of course fire detectors as well as making sure materials are fire resistant. In case of a leak we isolate it by module and repair as quickly as possible. As the Space Station is a closed environment toxic leaks are very serious, we cannot open a window to let fresh air in! Everything is standby to react with if needed: mask, filters, pumps, protection equipment and we learn the procedures by heart. <br />
<br />
PHOTO DATE: September 09, 2020<br />
LOCATION: Bldg. 9NW - ISS Mockups<br />
SUBJECT:  Expedition 65/SpaceX Crew-2 astronauts Shane Kimbrough, Thomas Pesquet (ESA), Akihiko Hoshide (JAXA) and Megan McArthur Behnken during Emergency Scenarios Training at Space Vehicle Mockup Facility.<br />
PHOTOGRAPHER: Josh Valcarcel<br />
<br />
jsc2020e040296</p>


feed_id: tag:flickr.com,2005:/photo/50324213176
title: Emergency training
uri: Emergency-training
url: https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50324213176/
content:
			<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/thom_astro/">Thomas Pesquet</a> posted a photo:</p>
	
<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50324213176/" title="Emergency training"><img src="media/273f193a.50324213176_ecda85c31c_m.jpg" data-original-source="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50324213176_ecda85c31c_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="Emergency training" /></a></p>

<p>L'entraînement se poursuit sans relâche : un des thèmes les plus importants concerne les situations d'urgence, auxquelles il faut savoir faire face avec rapidité et précision pour sauver (dans cet ordre) l'équipage, le véhicule, et la mission. Leurs occurences sont excessivement rares, mais elles sont de trois types: un départ de feu feu, une dépressurisation, ou un produit toxique qui se répandrait dans l'ISS. Pour le feu: les matériaux sont ignifugés, l'ISS a des détcteurs de fumée et des réactions automatiques, et bien sûr l'équipage utilise des masques à O2 et des extincteurs (CO2 et eau). Si maintenant l'air venait à quitter nos modules vers le vide de l'extérieur, il convient en premier lieu... de trouver par où la station &quot;fuit&quot; (assez similaire à un sous-marin), puis d'isoler le module affecté ou de réparer le plus rapidement possible. Enfin, un produit toxique en impesanteur serait extrêmement dangereux pour l'équipage, c'est notamment le cas de l'ammoniac concentré du système de refroidissement extérieur. Masques, filtres, pompes, équipements de protection et de communication d'urgence; tout est prévu. La réaction de l'équipage est connue par coeur, basée sur des compétences, ou guidée par des procédures (les livres à la couverture rouge qu'on n'a jamais vraiment envie d'ouvrir :)... en utilisant toutes les ressources humaines disponibles, en équipe, comme dans un avion. Tout cela en coordination la plus étroite possible avec le centre de contrôle qui nous aide précieusement (ici représenté par nos talentueux instructeurs !)<br />
<br />
Training is ramping up and one of the most important is what to do in case of emergency. We learn how to react swiftly to save the crew, the spacecraft and the mission (in this order). The three main scenarios we train for, despite being very rare of course are: fire, depressurisation and toxic leak. We have CO2 and water extinguishers on board the International Space Station and of course fire detectors as well as making sure materials are fire resistant. In case of a leak we isolate it by module and repair as quickly as possible. As the Space Station is a closed environment toxic leaks are very serious, we cannot open a window to let fresh air in! Everything is standby to react with if needed: mask, filters, pumps, protection equipment and we learn the procedures by heart. <br />
<br />
PHOTO DATE: September 09, 2020<br />
LOCATION: Bldg. 9NW - ISS Mockups<br />
SUBJECT:  Expedition 65/SpaceX Crew-2 astronauts Shane Kimbrough, Thomas Pesquet (ESA), Akihiko Hoshide (JAXA) and Megan McArthur Behnken during Emergency Scenarios Training at Space Vehicle Mockup Facility.<br />
PHOTOGRAPHER: Josh Valcarcel<br />
<br />
jsc2020e040280</p>


feed_id: tag:flickr.com,2005:/photo/50350902997
title: Habitation training
uri: Habitation-training
url: https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50350902997/
content:
			<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/thom_astro/">Thomas Pesquet</a> posted a photo:</p>
	
<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50350902997/" title="Habitation training"><img src="media/fb17a586.50350902997_7ccf557469_m.jpg" data-original-source="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50350902997_7ccf557469_m.jpg" width="240" height="192" alt="Habitation training" /></a></p>

<p>Il y a des choses qui ont changé depuis mon dernier séjour dans l'ISS... mais pas les chambres à coucher ! De la taille d'une cabine téléphonique (certains se rappeleront :)), elles se situent sur les 4 murs de l'ISS, y compris plafond et plancher. On verra laquelle m'est attribuée (plancher la dernière fois)... ce qui est nouveau, par contre, c'est le duvet, avec multiples options de taille, ventilation, et système de fixation au mur ! <br />
<br />
Trying out my &quot;new&quot; sleeping bag for the Station. This is the NASA equivalent of being shown your AirBnB. We don't get to change the sheets though, and remember there is no shower on the International Space Station. We get to choose our own crew quarters, somewhat similar to when you run to get the best bed with your brothers and sisters, i.e. first come first serve. Naturally we are more organised and polite as astronauts, and the Space Station commander has final say! ;)<br />
<br />
Date: 09-15-2020<br />
Location: Bdlg 9NW, ISS Mockups<br />
Subject: SpaceX Crew-2 ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet  during CQ EQ Procedure training<br />
Photographer: James Blair<br />
<br />
jsc2020e041095</p>


feed_id: tag:flickr.com,2005:/photo/50350903147
title: jsc2020e041094
uri: jsc2020e041094
url: https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50350903147/
content:
			<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/thom_astro/">Thomas Pesquet</a> posted a photo:</p>
	
<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50350903147/" title="jsc2020e041094"><img src="media/3bf68959.50350903147_18936dc39f_m.jpg" data-original-source="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50350903147_18936dc39f_m.jpg" width="240" height="171" alt="jsc2020e041094" /></a></p>

<p>Date: 09-15-2020<br />
Location: Bdlg 9NW, ISS Mockups<br />
Subject: SpaceX Crew-2 ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet  during CQ EQ Procedure training<br />
Photographer: James Blair</p>


feed_id: tag:flickr.com,2005:/photo/50350903602
title: Sleeping bag fitting
uri: Sleeping-bag-fitting
url: https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50350903602/
content:
			<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/thom_astro/">Thomas Pesquet</a> posted a photo:</p>
	
<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50350903602/" title="Sleeping bag fitting"><img src="media/23a939d2.50350903602_d89e96559d_m.jpg" data-original-source="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50350903602_d89e96559d_m.jpg" width="171" height="240" alt="Sleeping bag fitting" /></a></p>

<p>Il y a des choses qui ont changé depuis mon dernier séjour dans l'ISS... mais pas les chambres à coucher ! De la taille d'une cabine téléphonique (certains se rappeleront :)), elles se situent sur les 4 murs de l'ISS, y compris plafond et plancher. On verra laquelle m'est attribuée (plancher la dernière fois)... ce qui est nouveau, par contre, c'est le duvet, avec multiples options de taille, ventilation, et système de fixation au mur ! <br />
<br />
Trying out my &quot;new&quot; sleeping bag for the Station. This is the NASA equivalent of being shown your AirBnB. We don't get to change the sheets though, and remember there is no shower on the International Space Station. We get to choose our own crew quarters, somewhat similar to when you run to get the best bed with your brothers and sisters, i.e. first come first serve. Naturally we are more organised and polite as astronauts, and the Space Station commander has final say! ;)<br />
<br />
Date: 09-15-2020<br />
Location: Bdlg 9NW, ISS Mockups<br />
Subject: SpaceX Crew-2 ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet  during CQ EQ Procedure training<br />
Photographer: James Blair<br />
<br />
jsc2020e041092</p>


feed_id: tag:flickr.com,2005:/photo/50350903887
title: Space sleeping bag
uri: Space-sleeping-bag
url: https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50350903887/
content:
			<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/thom_astro/">Thomas Pesquet</a> posted a photo:</p>
	
<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50350903887/" title="Space sleeping bag"><img src="media/78fd6881.50350903887_ec0661bfee_m.jpg" data-original-source="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50350903887_ec0661bfee_m.jpg" width="160" height="240" alt="Space sleeping bag" /></a></p>

<p>Il y a des choses qui ont changé depuis mon dernier séjour dans l'ISS... mais pas les chambres à coucher ! De la taille d'une cabine téléphonique (certains se rappeleront :)), elles se situent sur les 4 murs de l'ISS, y compris plafond et plancher. On verra laquelle m'est attribuée (plancher la dernière fois)... ce qui est nouveau, par contre, c'est le duvet, avec multiples options de taille, ventilation, et système de fixation au mur ! <br />
<br />
Trying out my &quot;new&quot; sleeping bag for the Station. This is the NASA equivalent of being shown your AirBnB. We don't get to change the sheets though, and remember there is no shower on the International Space Station. We get to choose our own crew quarters, somewhat similar to when you run to get the best bed with your brothers and sisters, i.e. first come first serve. Naturally we are more organised and polite as astronauts, and the Space Station commander has final say! ;)<br />
<br />
Date: 09-15-2020<br />
Location: Bdlg 9NW, ISS Mockups<br />
Subject: SpaceX Crew-2 ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet  during CQ EQ Procedure training<br />
Photographer: James Blair<br />
<br />
jsc2020e041091</p>


feed_id: tag:flickr.com,2005:/photo/34868545764
title: World city 2
uri: World-city-2
url: https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/34868545764/
content:
			<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/thom_astro/">Thomas Pesquet</a> posted a photo:</p>
	
<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/34868545764/" title="World city 2"><img src="media/1bee3d0f.34868545764_9e9a2b2222_m.jpg" data-original-source="https://live.staticflickr.com/4238/34868545764_9e9a2b2222_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="World city 2" /></a></p>

<p>Je constate que c'est aujourd'hui le jour international des villes #worldcitiesday ; et ça m'arrange bien, parce que je n'ai pas su identifier précisemment ces quatre photos pendant ma mission précédente... est-ce que l'internet viendra à mon secours et se montrera plus doué que moi en géographie ?... :wink::globe_with_meridians:<br />
<br />
From space, cities can sometimes be hard to identify, especially if they didn't grow around distinctive natural features like rivers, or by the sea. Here are four cities from three continents taken during the Proxima mission that have not been identified yet, can you identify them for World Cities Day? :globe_with_meridians:️‍♂️<br />
<br />
Credits: ESA/NASA–T. Pesquet<br />
<br />
134E5181</p>


feed_id: tag:flickr.com,2005:/photo/34900462883
title: World city 4
uri: World-city-4
url: https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/34900462883/
content:
			<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/thom_astro/">Thomas Pesquet</a> posted a photo:</p>
	
<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/34900462883/" title="World city 4"><img src="media/3675210b.34900462883_27d4efe106_m.jpg" data-original-source="https://live.staticflickr.com/4152/34900462883_27d4efe106_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="World city 4" /></a></p>

<p>Je constate que c'est aujourd'hui le jour international des villes #worldcitiesday ; et ça m'arrange bien, parce que je n'ai pas su identifier précisemment ces quatre photos pendant ma mission précédente... est-ce que l'internet viendra à mon secours et se montrera plus doué que moi en géographie ?... :wink::globe_with_meridians:<br />
<br />
From space, cities can sometimes be hard to identify, especially if they didn't grow around distinctive natural features like rivers, or by the sea. Here are four cities from three continents taken during the Proxima mission that have not been identified yet, can you identify them for World Cities Day? :globe_with_meridians:️‍♂️<br />
<br />
Credits: ESA/NASA<br />
<br />
134E5158</p>


feed_id: tag:flickr.com,2005:/photo/35322776010
title: World city 3
uri: World-city-3
url: https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/35322776010/
content:
			<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/thom_astro/">Thomas Pesquet</a> posted a photo:</p>
	
<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/35322776010/" title="World city 3"><img src="media/552da987.35322776010_6828963ff8_m.jpg" data-original-source="https://live.staticflickr.com/4233/35322776010_6828963ff8_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="World city 3" /></a></p>

<p>Je constate que c'est aujourd'hui le jour international des villes #worldcitiesday ; et ça m'arrange bien, parce que je n'ai pas su identifier précisemment ces quatre photos pendant ma mission précédente... est-ce que l'internet viendra à mon secours et se montrera plus doué que moi en géographie ?... :wink::globe_with_meridians:<br />
<br />
From space, cities can sometimes be hard to identify, especially if they didn't grow around distinctive natural features like rivers, or by the sea. Here are four cities from three continents taken during the Proxima mission that have not been identified yet, can you identify them for World Cities Day? :globe_with_meridians:️‍♂️<br />
<br />
Credits: ESA/NASA–T. Pesquet<br />
<br />
134E4067</p>


feed_id: tag:flickr.com,2005:/photo/33376070352
title: World city
uri: World-city
url: https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/33376070352/
content:
			<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/thom_astro/">Thomas Pesquet</a> posted a photo:</p>
	
<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/33376070352/" title="World city"><img src="media/295bf498.33376070352_4bbc1fae4d_m.jpg" data-original-source="https://live.staticflickr.com/3928/33376070352_4bbc1fae4d_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="World city" /></a></p>

<p>Je constate que c'est aujourd'hui le jour international des villes #worldcitiesday ; et ça m'arrange bien, parce que je n'ai pas su identifier précisemment ces quatre photos pendant ma mission précédente... est-ce que l'internet viendra à mon secours et se montrera plus doué que moi en géographie ?... :wink::globe_with_meridians:<br />
<br />
From space, cities can sometimes be hard to identify, especially if they didn't grow around distinctive natural features like rivers, or by the sea. Here are four cities from three continents taken during the Proxima mission that have not been identified yet, can you identify them for World Cities Day? :globe_with_meridians:️‍️‍<br />
<br />
Credits: ESA/NASA–T. Pesquet<br />
<br />
134E0480</p>


feed_id: tag:flickr.com,2005:/photo/49773555178
title: Scary ghoul?
uri: Scary-ghoul
url: https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/49773555178/
content:
			<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/thom_astro/">Thomas Pesquet</a> posted a photo:</p>
	
<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/49773555178/" title="Scary ghoul?"><img src="media/2e9f2c0e.49773555178_220265fc9f_m.jpg" data-original-source="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49773555178_220265fc9f_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="Scary ghoul?" /></a></p>

<p>Halloween n'est pas vraiment une tradition en France, et surtout cette année où il est nécessaire de rester chez soi :mask:... mais je ne résiste pas à cette photo de Shane à l'allure de fantôme qui vous poursuit dans la nuit :ghost:... tout en maintenant sa distance de sécurité ! :jack_o_lantern:<br />
<br />
Scary ghoul, or is it just @astro_shane in a spacesuit at night? Cannot be happier to return to space with the same Shane Kimbrough who was lead on my first spacewalk. Happy Halloween to all celebrating today, but remember to stay safe.<br />
<br />
Credits: ESA/NASA–T. Pesquet<br />
<br />
139D2916</p>


feed_id: tag:flickr.com,2005:/photo/49764434933
title: London for Guy Fawkes
uri: London-for-Guy-Fawkes
url: https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/49764434933/
content:
			<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/thom_astro/">Thomas Pesquet</a> posted a photo:</p>
	
<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/49764434933/" title="London for Guy Fawkes"><img src="media/3c3dd5bc.49764434933_8ff7ee186e_m.jpg" data-original-source="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49764434933_8ff7ee186e_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="London for Guy Fawkes" /></a></p>

<p>Tous les 5 novembre, nos amis anglais tirent des feux d’artifice. Je me rappelle l’avoir constaté la première fois quand j’étais pilote par une nuit très claire en direction de Manchester. C’était un spectacle magique de voir toutes ces petites étincelles depuis nos presque 10km d’altitude. La nuit était tout aussi belle quand, depuis l’ISS, j’ai pris cette photo de Londres, dont on distingue tous les éléments dans la nuit (O2 arena, les grandes avenues, les parcs...).<br />
<br />
Remember, remember, the fifth of November... London at night, bonfire night! In this very clear image of London you can see individual streets from 400 km above. Of course the famous river Thames winds through the city, but you can easily see the bridges that cross it, and the large parks. Notice the bright round spot that is the O2 Arena, lit up as brightly as the centre of London?<br />
<br />
<br />
_83R1907-reduced</p>


feed_id: tag:flickr.com,2005:/photo/33108584484
title: Nouakchott
uri: Nouakchott
url: https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/33108584484/
content:
			<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/thom_astro/">Thomas Pesquet</a> posted a photo:</p>
	
<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/33108584484/" title="Nouakchott"><img src="media/a6cf83b4.33108584484_9e82a9d772_m.jpg" data-original-source="https://live.staticflickr.com/2891/33108584484_9e82a9d772_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="Nouakchott" /></a></p>

<p>La côte de la Mauritanie, près de Nouakchott. De bons souvenirs de pilote : voler en Afrique est une bonne école<br />
<br />
The coast of Mauritania, near Nouakchott. Some great memories flying over this area as a pilot!<br />
<br />
Credits: ESA/NASA<br />
<br />
133D0491</p>


feed_id: tag:flickr.com,2005:/photo/34868549134
title: Abstract water artist
uri: Abstract-water-artist
url: https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/34868549134/
content:
			<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/thom_astro/">Thomas Pesquet</a> posted a photo:</p>
	
<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/34868549134/" title="Abstract water artist"><img src="media/e8bade52.34868549134_d8f1187bb7_m.jpg" data-original-source="https://live.staticflickr.com/4079/34868549134_d8f1187bb7_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="Abstract water artist" /></a></p>

<p>La nature comme artiste abstraite : Le cours et la puissance de l'eau :droplet: sont fascinants vu d'en haut, alors qu'elle se fraye un chemin à travers les paysages les plus variés partout sur la planète.<br />
<br />
Nature the abstract artist. The path and power of water is fascinating from above as it weaves its way through the landscape.<br />
<br />
Credits: ESA/NASA<br />
<br />
134E4467</p>


feed_id: tag:flickr.com,2005:/photo/35579233101
title: Texas Coastline, Gulf of Mexico
uri: Texas-Coastline-Gulf-of-Mexico
url: https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/35579233101/
content:
			<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/thom_astro/">Thomas Pesquet</a> posted a photo:</p>
	
<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/35579233101/" title="Texas Coastline, Gulf of Mexico"><img src="media/ec8a756c.35579233101_6fedfaab9b_m.jpg" data-original-source="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/35579233101_6fedfaab9b_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="Texas Coastline, Gulf of Mexico" /></a></p>

<p>La nature comme artiste abstraite : Le cours et la puissance de l'eau :droplet: sont fascinants vu d'en haut, alors qu'elle se fraye un chemin à travers les paysages les plus variés partout sur la planète.<br />
<br />
Nature the abstract artist. The path and power of water is fascinating from above as it weaves its way through the landscape.<br />
<br />
Credits: ESA/NASA<br />
<br />
134E2384</p>


feed_id: tag:flickr.com,2005:/photo/50593409912
title: Zip to safety
uri: Zip-to-safety
url: https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50593409912/
content:
			<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/thom_astro/">Thomas Pesquet</a> posted a photo:</p>
	
<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50593409912/" title="Zip to safety"><img src="media/617e29c4.50593409912_f5d0013fa7_m.jpg" data-original-source="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50593409912_f5d0013fa7_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="Zip to safety" /></a></p>

<p>Permis de char d'assaut : :white_check_mark: :wink:... Il y a quelques semaines, nous avons répété l'évacuation d'urgence du pas de tir, au NASA's Kennedy Space Center en Floride. En cas de gros problème avant le lancement (comme un incendie), l'équipage pourrait sortir par le bras d'accès à la capsule, descendre en rappel jusqu'à quelques centaines de mètres de la tour d'accès grâce à une grande tyrolienne:aerial_tramway:, puis conduire eux-même un véhicule blindé jusqu'à une distance de sécurité :sweat_smile:. Vertige déconseillé... <br />
 <br />
Armoured vehicle driving license: :white_check_mark::wink: A few weeks ago we practiced a safety drill at NASA's Kennedy Space Center. If ever there is a serious problem before launch (such as a fire) the crew can escape the capsule through the walkway to a zipline that takes us to ground. From there we climb into this armoured vehicle and drive ourselves to safety!<br />
<br />
Credits: NASA<br />
<br />
SpaceX-Emergency-Egress_Side-1024x683_1800x</p>


feed_id: tag:flickr.com,2005:/photo/50590855027
title: How to drive a tank
uri: How-to-drive-a-tank
url: https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50590855027/
content:
			<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/thom_astro/">Thomas Pesquet</a> posted a photo:</p>
	
<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50590855027/" title="How to drive a tank"><img src="media/fe0627fb.50590855027_c9190c3e83_m.jpg" data-original-source="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50590855027_c9190c3e83_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="How to drive a tank" /></a></p>

<p>Permis de char d'assaut : :white_check_mark: :wink:... Il y a quelques semaines, nous avons répété l'évacuation d'urgence du pas de tir, au NASA's Kennedy Space Center en Floride. En cas de gros problème avant le lancement (comme un incendie), l'équipage pourrait sortir par le bras d'accès à la capsule, descendre en rappel jusqu'à quelques centaines de mètres de la tour d'accès grâce à une grande tyrolienne:aerial_tramway:, puis conduire eux-même un véhicule blindé jusqu'à une distance de sécurité :sweat_smile:. Vertige déconseillé... <br />
 <br />
Armoured vehicle driving license: :white_check_mark::wink: A few weeks ago we practiced a safety drill at NASA's Kennedy Space Center. If ever there is a serious problem before launch (such as a fire) the crew can escape the capsule through the walkway to a zipline that takes us to ground. From there we climb into this armoured vehicle and drive ourselves to safety!<br />
<br />
Credits: NASA<br />
<br />
IMG_7432</p>


feed_id: tag:flickr.com,2005:/photo/50589991353
title: Safety first!
uri: 2020-11-12-Safety-first
url: https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50589991353/
content:
			<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/thom_astro/">Thomas Pesquet</a> posted a photo:</p>
	
<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50589991353/" title="Safety first!"><img src="media/94fa5ec5.50589991353_ab9f978966_m.jpg" data-original-source="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50589991353_ab9f978966_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="Safety first!" /></a></p>

<p>Permis de char d'assaut : :white_check_mark: :wink:... Il y a quelques semaines, nous avons répété l'évacuation d'urgence du pas de tir, au NASA's Kennedy Space Center en Floride. En cas de gros problème avant le lancement (comme un incendie), l'équipage pourrait sortir par le bras d'accès à la capsule, descendre en rappel jusqu'à quelques centaines de mètres de la tour d'accès grâce à une grande tyrolienne:aerial_tramway:, puis conduire eux-même un véhicule blindé jusqu'à une distance de sécurité :sweat_smile:. Vertige déconseillé... <br />
 <br />
Armoured vehicle driving license: :white_check_mark::wink: A few weeks ago we practiced a safety drill at NASA's Kennedy Space Center. If ever there is a serious problem before launch (such as a fire) the crew can escape the capsule through the walkway to a zipline that takes us to ground. From there we climb into this armoured vehicle and drive ourselves to safety!<br />
<br />
Credits: NASA<br />
<br />
IMG_7431</p>


feed_id: tag:flickr.com,2005:/photo/50589991453
title: Armoured vehicle portrait
uri: Armoured-vehicle-portrait
url: https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50589991453/
content:
			<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/thom_astro/">Thomas Pesquet</a> posted a photo:</p>
	
<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50589991453/" title="Armoured vehicle portrait"><img src="media/8c140531.50589991453_ca2096e167_m.jpg" data-original-source="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50589991453_ca2096e167_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="Armoured vehicle portrait" /></a></p>

<p>Permis de char d'assaut : :white_check_mark: :wink:... Il y a quelques semaines, nous avons répété l'évacuation d'urgence du pas de tir, au NASA's Kennedy Space Center en Floride. En cas de gros problème avant le lancement (comme un incendie), l'équipage pourrait sortir par le bras d'accès à la capsule, descendre en rappel jusqu'à quelques centaines de mètres de la tour d'accès grâce à une grande tyrolienne:aerial_tramway:, puis conduire eux-même un véhicule blindé jusqu'à une distance de sécurité :sweat_smile:. Vertige déconseillé... <br />
 <br />
Armoured vehicle driving license: :white_check_mark::wink: A few weeks ago we practiced a safety drill at NASA's Kennedy Space Center. If ever there is a serious problem before launch (such as a fire) the crew can escape the capsule through the walkway to a zipline that takes us to ground. From there we climb into this armoured vehicle and drive ourselves to safety!<br />
<br />
Credits: NASA<br />
<br />
IMG_7430</p>


feed_id: tag:flickr.com,2005:/photo/50590733401
title: Safety tank
uri: Safety-tank
url: https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50590733401/
content:
			<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/thom_astro/">Thomas Pesquet</a> posted a photo:</p>
	
<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50590733401/" title="Safety tank"><img src="media/32105166.50590733401_5ab6150b28_m.jpg" data-original-source="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50590733401_5ab6150b28_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="Safety tank" /></a></p>

<p>Permis de char d'assaut : :white_check_mark: :wink:... Il y a quelques semaines, nous avons répété l'évacuation d'urgence du pas de tir, au NASA's Kennedy Space Center en Floride. En cas de gros problème avant le lancement (comme un incendie), l'équipage pourrait sortir par le bras d'accès à la capsule, descendre en rappel jusqu'à quelques centaines de mètres de la tour d'accès grâce à une grande tyrolienne:aerial_tramway:, puis conduire eux-même un véhicule blindé jusqu'à une distance de sécurité :sweat_smile:. Vertige déconseillé... <br />
 <br />
Armoured vehicle driving license: :white_check_mark::wink: A few weeks ago we practiced a safety drill at NASA's Kennedy Space Center. If ever there is a serious problem before launch (such as a fire) the crew can escape the capsule through the walkway to a zipline that takes us to ground. From there we climb into this armoured vehicle and drive ourselves to safety!<br />
<br />
Credits: NASA<br />
<br />
IMG_7429</p>


feed_id: tag:flickr.com,2005:/photo/50618327798
title: jsc2020e046066
uri: jsc2020e046066
url: https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50618327798/
content:
			<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/thom_astro/">Thomas Pesquet</a> posted a photo:</p>
	
<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50618327798/" title="jsc2020e046066"><img src="media/89eab6a7.50618327798_ca0d6bc8ce_m.jpg" data-original-source="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50618327798_ca0d6bc8ce_m.jpg" width="154" height="240" alt="jsc2020e046066" /></a></p>

<p>Date: 11-15-2020<br />
Location: Bldg 30, MCC<br />
Subject: Expedition 64 flight control team with Flight Director Anthony Vareha during SpaceX Crew-1 launch in FCR-1<br />
Photographer: James Blair</p>


feed_id: tag:flickr.com,2005:/photo/50619068416
title: jsc2020e046065
uri: jsc2020e046065
url: https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50619068416/
content:
			<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/thom_astro/">Thomas Pesquet</a> posted a photo:</p>
	
<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50619068416/" title="jsc2020e046065"><img src="media/0f42d879.50619068416_ceab0f344a_m.jpg" data-original-source="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50619068416_ceab0f344a_m.jpg" width="171" height="240" alt="jsc2020e046065" /></a></p>

<p>Date: 11-15-2020<br />
Location: Bldg 30, MCC<br />
Subject: Expedition 64 flight control team with Flight Director Anthony Vareha during SpaceX Crew-1 launch in FCR-1<br />
Photographer: James Blair</p>


feed_id: tag:flickr.com,2005:/photo/50619068561
title: jsc2020e046064
uri: jsc2020e046064
url: https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50619068561/
content:
			<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/thom_astro/">Thomas Pesquet</a> posted a photo:</p>
	
<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50619068561/" title="jsc2020e046064"><img src="media/9e521e59.50619068561_2e5e4c32c0_m.jpg" data-original-source="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50619068561_2e5e4c32c0_m.jpg" width="153" height="240" alt="jsc2020e046064" /></a></p>

<p>Date: 11-15-2020<br />
Location: Bldg 30, MCC<br />
Subject: Expedition 64 flight control team with Flight Director Anthony Vareha during SpaceX Crew-1 launch in FCR-1<br />
Photographer: James Blair</p>


feed_id: tag:flickr.com,2005:/photo/50619068636
title: jsc2020e046063
uri: jsc2020e046063
url: https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50619068636/
content:
			<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/thom_astro/">Thomas Pesquet</a> posted a photo:</p>
	
<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50619068636/" title="jsc2020e046063"><img src="media/02c84a67.50619068636_6d95b88264_m.jpg" data-original-source="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50619068636_6d95b88264_m.jpg" width="198" height="240" alt="jsc2020e046063" /></a></p>

<p>Date: 11-15-2020<br />
Location: Bldg 30, MCC<br />
Subject: Expedition 64 flight control team with Flight Director Anthony Vareha during SpaceX Crew-1 launch in FCR-1<br />
Photographer: James Blair</p>


feed_id: tag:flickr.com,2005:/photo/50619068766
title: jsc2020e046062
uri: jsc2020e046062
url: https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50619068766/
content:
			<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/thom_astro/">Thomas Pesquet</a> posted a photo:</p>
	
<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50619068766/" title="jsc2020e046062"><img src="media/629edc42.50619068766_2ec7cca0ba_m.jpg" data-original-source="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50619068766_2ec7cca0ba_m.jpg" width="155" height="240" alt="jsc2020e046062" /></a></p>

<p>Date: 11-15-2020<br />
Location: Bldg 30, MCC<br />
Subject: Expedition 64 flight control team with Flight Director Anthony Vareha during SpaceX Crew-1 launch in FCR-1<br />
Photographer: James Blair</p>


feed_id: tag:flickr.com,2005:/photo/50619175647
title: jsc2020e046061
uri: jsc2020e046061
url: https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50619175647/
content:
			<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/thom_astro/">Thomas Pesquet</a> posted a photo:</p>
	
<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50619175647/" title="jsc2020e046061"><img src="media/18f238d0.50619175647_c1dc211e22_m.jpg" data-original-source="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50619175647_c1dc211e22_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="jsc2020e046061" /></a></p>

<p>Date: 11-15-2020<br />
Location: Bldg 30, MCC<br />
Subject: Expedition 64 flight control team with Flight Director Anthony Vareha during SpaceX Crew-1 launch in FCR-1<br />
Photographer: James Blair</p>


feed_id: tag:flickr.com,2005:/photo/50612320976
title: Power loss briefing
uri: Power-loss-briefing
url: https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50612320976/
content:
			<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/thom_astro/">Thomas Pesquet</a> posted a photo:</p>
	
<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50612320976/" title="Power loss briefing"><img src="media/6b9398b1.50612320976_560bf01bf3_m.jpg" data-original-source="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50612320976_560bf01bf3_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="Power loss briefing" /></a></p>

<p>L'entraînement, ce n'est pas toujours de l'action, parfois c'est plutôt basé sur les connaissances ! Vous avez remarqué qu'il fait sombre sur ces photos ? On s'entraîne à faire face à des pannes électriques :zap: majeures... l'ISS est d'habitude bien approvisionnée en électricité par ses panneaux solaires :battery::leaves: (75 à 90 kilowatts) et toute une chaîne de transmission, de conversion, distribution et protetcion, l'équivalent d'une centrale électrique plus le réseau EDF plus les transformateurs plus les plombs de votre maison... évidemment ça peut tomber en panne, et là il s'agit de ne pas se tromper avec le peu qu'il nous reste. Le centre de contrôle nous aide au maximum... sauf si la panne a coupé tous les moyens de transmission bien sûr ‍♂️... ou le contrôle d'attitude de la station, qui peut se mettre à tourner sur elle-même et perdre le nord. Bref, c'est quand même plus calme au simulateur... et ça finit toujours bien ! :bulb:<br />
<br />
When the lights go out... :flashlight: We don't realise how present electricity is until it stops working. Here we are training what to do if the International Space Station suffers a major power loss :zap:. Far from ideal of course but we can survive for a surprisingly long time without electricity, oxygen does not deplete as quickly as you might think, and we can make fresh oxygen chemically, no electricity required! Of course there are backups and batteries but a power loss would be a major concern and need to be fixed as soon as possible! And yes we are using computers to diagnose the problem... batteries are great things! :battery:<br />
<br />
PHOTO DATE: November 13, 2020<br />
LOCATION: Bldg. 5, SSTF TS 21 SIM String 07<br />
SUBJECT:  Commercial Crew Program SpaceX Crew-2 astronauts Shane Kimbrough, Megan McArthur, Aki Hoshide and Thomas Pesquet in EPS Major Case A at SSTF.<br />
PHOTOGRAPHER: Josh Valcarcel<br />
<br />
jsc2020e045123</p>


feed_id: tag:flickr.com,2005:/photo/50611573873
title: Diagnosing
uri: Diagnosing
url: https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50611573873/
content:
			<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/thom_astro/">Thomas Pesquet</a> posted a photo:</p>
	
<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50611573873/" title="Diagnosing"><img src="media/8f84927e.50611573873_e89d8e697b_m.jpg" data-original-source="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50611573873_e89d8e697b_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="Diagnosing" /></a></p>

<p>L'entraînement, ce n'est pas toujours de l'action, parfois c'est plutôt basé sur les connaissances ! Vous avez remarqué qu'il fait sombre sur ces photos ? On s'entraîne à faire face à des pannes électriques :zap: majeures... l'ISS est d'habitude bien approvisionnée en électricité par ses panneaux solaires :battery::leaves: (75 à 90 kilowatts) et toute une chaîne de transmission, de conversion, distribution et protetcion, l'équivalent d'une centrale électrique plus le réseau EDF plus les transformateurs plus les plombs de votre maison... évidemment ça peut tomber en panne, et là il s'agit de ne pas se tromper avec le peu qu'il nous reste. Le centre de contrôle nous aide au maximum... sauf si la panne a coupé tous les moyens de transmission bien sûr ‍♂️... ou le contrôle d'attitude de la station, qui peut se mettre à tourner sur elle-même et perdre le nord. Bref, c'est quand même plus calme au simulateur... et ça finit toujours bien ! :bulb:<br />
<br />
When the lights go out... :flashlight: We don't realise how present electricity is until it stops working. Here we are training what to do if the International Space Station suffers a major power loss :zap:. Far from ideal of course but we can survive for a surprisingly long time without electricity, oxygen does not deplete as quickly as you might think, and we can make fresh oxygen chemically, no electricity required! Of course there are backups and batteries but a power loss would be a major concern and need to be fixed as soon as possible! And yes we are using computers to diagnose the problem... batteries are great things! :battery:<br />
<br />
PHOTO DATE: November 13, 2020<br />
LOCATION: Bldg. 5, SSTF TS 21 SIM String 07<br />
SUBJECT:  Commercial Crew Program SpaceX Crew-2 astronauts Shane Kimbrough, Megan McArthur, Aki Hoshide and Thomas Pesquet in EPS Major Case A at SSTF.<br />
PHOTOGRAPHER: Josh Valcarcel<br />
<br />
jsc2020e045137</p>


feed_id: tag:flickr.com,2005:/photo/50612434317
title: In the dark
uri: In-the-dark
url: https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50612434317/
content:
			<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/thom_astro/">Thomas Pesquet</a> posted a photo:</p>
	
<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50612434317/" title="In the dark"><img src="media/9a7301c3.50612434317_8072fec0d4_m.jpg" data-original-source="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50612434317_8072fec0d4_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="In the dark" /></a></p>

<p>L'entraînement, ce n'est pas toujours de l'action, parfois c'est plutôt basé sur les connaissances ! Vous avez remarqué qu'il fait sombre sur ces photos ? On s'entraîne à faire face à des pannes électriques :zap: majeures... l'ISS est d'habitude bien approvisionnée en électricité par ses panneaux solaires :battery::leaves: (75 à 90 kilowatts) et toute une chaîne de transmission, de conversion, distribution et protetcion, l'équivalent d'une centrale électrique plus le réseau EDF plus les transformateurs plus les plombs de votre maison... évidemment ça peut tomber en panne, et là il s'agit de ne pas se tromper avec le peu qu'il nous reste. Le centre de contrôle nous aide au maximum... sauf si la panne a coupé tous les moyens de transmission bien sûr ‍♂️... ou le contrôle d'attitude de la station, qui peut se mettre à tourner sur elle-même et perdre le nord. Bref, c'est quand même plus calme au simulateur... et ça finit toujours bien ! :bulb:<br />
<br />
When the lights go out... :flashlight: We don't realise how present electricity is until it stops working. Here we are training what to do if the International Space Station suffers a major power loss :zap:. Far from ideal of course but we can survive for a surprisingly long time without electricity, oxygen does not deplete as quickly as you might think, and we can make fresh oxygen chemically, no electricity required! Of course there are backups and batteries but a power loss would be a major concern and need to be fixed as soon as possible! And yes we are using computers to diagnose the problem... batteries are great things! :battery:<br />
<br />
PHOTO DATE: November 13, 2020<br />
LOCATION: Bldg. 5, SSTF TS 21 SIM String 07<br />
SUBJECT:  Commercial Crew Program SpaceX Crew-2 astronauts Shane Kimbrough, Megan McArthur, Aki Hoshide and Thomas Pesquet in EPS Major Case A at SSTF.<br />
PHOTOGRAPHER: Josh Valcarcel<br />
<br />
jsc2020e045132</p>


feed_id: tag:flickr.com,2005:/photo/50612322701
title: Power loss
uri: Power-loss
url: https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50612322701/
content:
			<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/thom_astro/">Thomas Pesquet</a> posted a photo:</p>
	
<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50612322701/" title="Power loss"><img src="media/95347d41.50612322701_1186afe1f7_m.jpg" data-original-source="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50612322701_1186afe1f7_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="Power loss" /></a></p>

<p>L'entraînement, ce n'est pas toujours de l'action, parfois c'est plutôt basé sur les connaissances ! Vous avez remarqué qu'il fait sombre sur ces photos ? On s'entraîne à faire face à des pannes électriques :zap: majeures... l'ISS est d'habitude bien approvisionnée en électricité par ses panneaux solaires :battery::leaves: (75 à 90 kilowatts) et toute une chaîne de transmission, de conversion, distribution et protetcion, l'équivalent d'une centrale électrique plus le réseau EDF plus les transformateurs plus les plombs de votre maison... évidemment ça peut tomber en panne, et là il s'agit de ne pas se tromper avec le peu qu'il nous reste. Le centre de contrôle nous aide au maximum... sauf si la panne a coupé tous les moyens de transmission bien sûr ‍♂️... ou le contrôle d'attitude de la station, qui peut se mettre à tourner sur elle-même et perdre le nord. Bref, c'est quand même plus calme au simulateur... et ça finit toujours bien ! :bulb:<br />
<br />
When the lights go out... :flashlight: We don't realise how present electricity is until it stops working. Here we are training what to do if the International Space Station suffers a major power loss :zap:. Far from ideal of course but we can survive for a surprisingly long time without electricity, oxygen does not deplete as quickly as you might think, and we can make fresh oxygen chemically, no electricity required! Of course there are backups and batteries but a power loss would be a major concern and need to be fixed as soon as possible! And yes we are using computers to diagnose the problem... batteries are great things! :battery:<br />
<br />
PHOTO DATE: November 13, 2020<br />
LOCATION: Bldg. 5, SSTF TS 21 SIM String 07<br />
SUBJECT:  Commercial Crew Program SpaceX Crew-2 astronauts Shane Kimbrough, Megan McArthur, Aki Hoshide and Thomas Pesquet in EPS Major Case A at SSTF.<br />
PHOTOGRAPHER: Josh Valcarcel<br />
<br />
jsc2020e045127</p>


feed_id: tag:flickr.com,2005:/photo/50611576418
title: Aki and Shane solving power problems
uri: Aki-and-Shane-solving-power-problems
url: https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50611576418/
content:
			<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/thom_astro/">Thomas Pesquet</a> posted a photo:</p>
	
<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50611576418/" title="Aki and Shane solving power problems"><img src="media/82d73382.50611576418_3ede7747ff_m.jpg" data-original-source="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50611576418_3ede7747ff_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="Aki and Shane solving power problems" /></a></p>

<p>L'entraînement, ce n'est pas toujours de l'action, parfois c'est plutôt basé sur les connaissances ! Vous avez remarqué qu'il fait sombre sur ces photos ? On s'entraîne à faire face à des pannes électriques :zap: majeures... l'ISS est d'habitude bien approvisionnée en électricité par ses panneaux solaires :battery::leaves: (75 à 90 kilowatts) et toute une chaîne de transmission, de conversion, distribution et protetcion, l'équivalent d'une centrale électrique plus le réseau EDF plus les transformateurs plus les plombs de votre maison... évidemment ça peut tomber en panne, et là il s'agit de ne pas se tromper avec le peu qu'il nous reste. Le centre de contrôle nous aide au maximum... sauf si la panne a coupé tous les moyens de transmission bien sûr ‍♂️... ou le contrôle d'attitude de la station, qui peut se mettre à tourner sur elle-même et perdre le nord. Bref, c'est quand même plus calme au simulateur... et ça finit toujours bien ! :bulb:<br />
<br />
When the lights go out... :flashlight: We don't realise how present electricity is until it stops working. Here we are training what to do if the International Space Station suffers a major power loss :zap:. Far from ideal of course but we can survive for a surprisingly long time without electricity, oxygen does not deplete as quickly as you might think, and we can make fresh oxygen chemically, no electricity required! Of course there are backups and batteries but a power loss would be a major concern and need to be fixed as soon as possible! And yes we are using computers to diagnose the problem... batteries are great things! :battery:<br />
<br />
PHOTO DATE: November 13, 2020<br />
LOCATION: Bldg. 5, SSTF TS 21 SIM String 07<br />
SUBJECT:  Commercial Crew Program SpaceX Crew-2 astronauts Shane Kimbrough, Megan McArthur, Aki Hoshide and Thomas Pesquet in EPS Major Case A at SSTF.<br />
PHOTOGRAPHER: Josh Valcarcel<br />
<br />
jsc2020e045133</p>


feed_id: tag:flickr.com,2005:/photo/50611577163
title: Megan and Shane looking at power issues
uri: Megan-and-Shane-looking-at-power-issues
url: https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50611577163/
content:
			<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/thom_astro/">Thomas Pesquet</a> posted a photo:</p>
	
<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50611577163/" title="Megan and Shane looking at power issues"><img src="media/a6611565.50611577163_b23f9b732b_m.jpg" data-original-source="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50611577163_b23f9b732b_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="Megan and Shane looking at power issues" /></a></p>

<p>L'entraînement, ce n'est pas toujours de l'action, parfois c'est plutôt basé sur les connaissances ! Vous avez remarqué qu'il fait sombre sur ces photos ? On s'entraîne à faire face à des pannes électriques :zap: majeures... l'ISS est d'habitude bien approvisionnée en électricité par ses panneaux solaires :battery::leaves: (75 à 90 kilowatts) et toute une chaîne de transmission, de conversion, distribution et protetcion, l'équivalent d'une centrale électrique plus le réseau EDF plus les transformateurs plus les plombs de votre maison... évidemment ça peut tomber en panne, et là il s'agit de ne pas se tromper avec le peu qu'il nous reste. Le centre de contrôle nous aide au maximum... sauf si la panne a coupé tous les moyens de transmission bien sûr ‍♂️... ou le contrôle d'attitude de la station, qui peut se mettre à tourner sur elle-même et perdre le nord. Bref, c'est quand même plus calme au simulateur... et ça finit toujours bien ! :bulb:<br />
<br />
When the lights go out... :flashlight: We don't realise how present electricity is until it stops working. Here we are training what to do if the International Space Station suffers a major power loss :zap:. Far from ideal of course but we can survive for a surprisingly long time without electricity, oxygen does not deplete as quickly as you might think, and we can make fresh oxygen chemically, no electricity required! Of course there are backups and batteries but a power loss would be a major concern and need to be fixed as soon as possible! And yes we are using computers to diagnose the problem... batteries are great things! :battery:<br />
<br />
PHOTO DATE: November 13, 2020<br />
LOCATION: Bldg. 5, SSTF TS 21 SIM String 07<br />
SUBJECT:  Commercial Crew Program SpaceX Crew-2 astronauts Shane Kimbrough, Megan McArthur, Aki Hoshide and Thomas Pesquet in EPS Major Case A at SSTF.<br />
PHOTOGRAPHER: Josh Valcarcel<br />
<br />
jsc2020e045128</p>


feed_id: tag:flickr.com,2005:/photo/50279588051
title: Not alone
uri: Not-alone
url: https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50279588051/
content:
			<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/thom_astro/">Thomas Pesquet</a> posted a photo:</p>
	
<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50279588051/" title="Not alone"><img src="media/3e5981ea.50279588051_a81b832359_m.jpg" data-original-source="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50279588051_a81b832359_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="Not alone" /></a></p>

<p>Depuis le début du Vendee Globe 2020 :boat::earth_asia:, je suis avec passion les navigateurs (et surtout Initiatives Cœur évidemment, et Sam Davies). J'ai énormément de respect pour les skippers et les épreuves auxquelles ils/elles se confrontent, seuls. Je suis heureux de voir qu'au-delà de mon goût personnel pour cette aventure hors-norme, le spatial joue un rôle prépondérant, et a permis le sauvetage de Kevin Escoffier ! À lire en détail ici : <a href="https://www.esa.int/Space_in_Member_States/France/Les_satellites_au_service_des_marins_du_Vendee_Globe" rel="noreferrer nofollow">www.esa.int/Space_in_Member_States/France/Les_satellites_...</a><br />
<br />
I have been following this year’s Vendée Globe passionately, (in particular the Initiatives Cœur team and Sam Davies). So much respect to the skippers and the amazing ordeals they go through on their own. Aside from my personal interest in the race and adventure it brings, I was pleased to see that space technology played a role in saving Kevin Escoffier : <a href="http://www.esa.int/Applications/Navigation/Galileo_satellites_help_rescue_Vendee_Globe_yachtsman" rel="noreferrer nofollow">www.esa.int/Applications/Navigation/Galileo_satellites_he...</a><br />
<br />
_DA72608</p>


feed_id: tag:flickr.com,2005:/photo/50278913923
title: Sailing
uri: Sailing
url: https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50278913923/
content:
			<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/thom_astro/">Thomas Pesquet</a> posted a photo:</p>
	
<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50278913923/" title="Sailing"><img src="media/e16def8c.50278913923_d3041ae44e_m.jpg" data-original-source="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50278913923_d3041ae44e_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="Sailing" /></a></p>

<p>Depuis le début du Vendee Globe 2020 :boat::earth_asia:, je suis avec passion les navigateurs (et surtout Initiatives Cœur évidemment, et Sam Davies). J'ai énormément de respect pour les skippers et les épreuves auxquelles ils/elles se confrontent, seuls. Je suis heureux de voir qu'au-delà de mon goût personnel pour cette aventure hors-norme, le spatial joue un rôle prépondérant, et a permis le sauvetage de Kevin Escoffier ! À lire en détail ici : <a href="https://www.esa.int/Space_in_Member_States/France/Les_satellites_au_service_des_marins_du_Vendee_Globe" rel="noreferrer nofollow">www.esa.int/Space_in_Member_States/France/Les_satellites_...</a><br />
<br />
I have been following this year’s Vendée Globe passionately, (in particular the Initiatives Cœur team and Sam Davies). So much respect to the skippers and the amazing ordeals they go through on their own. Aside from my personal interest in the race and adventure it brings, I was pleased to see that space technology played a role in saving Kevin Escoffier : <a href="http://www.esa.int/Applications/Navigation/Galileo_satellites_help_rescue_Vendee_Globe_yachtsman" rel="noreferrer nofollow">www.esa.int/Applications/Navigation/Galileo_satellites_he...</a><br />
<br />
_DA72724</p>


feed_id: tag:flickr.com,2005:/photo/50278914803
title: Initiatives Coeur
uri: Initiatives-Coeur
url: https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50278914803/
content:
			<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/thom_astro/">Thomas Pesquet</a> posted a photo:</p>
	
<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50278914803/" title="Initiatives Coeur"><img src="media/cab4680d.50278914803_e33faa3aef_m.jpg" data-original-source="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50278914803_e33faa3aef_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="Initiatives Coeur" /></a></p>

<p>Depuis le début du Vendee Globe 2020 :boat::earth_asia:, je suis avec passion les navigateurs (et surtout Initiatives Cœur évidemment, et Sam Davies). J'ai énormément de respect pour les skippers et les épreuves auxquelles ils/elles se confrontent, seuls. Je suis heureux de voir qu'au-delà de mon goût personnel pour cette aventure hors-norme, le spatial joue un rôle prépondérant, et a permis le sauvetage de Kevin Escoffier ! À lire en détail ici : <a href="https://www.esa.int/Space_in_Member_States/France/Les_satellites_au_service_des_marins_du_Vendee_Globe" rel="noreferrer nofollow">www.esa.int/Space_in_Member_States/France/Les_satellites_...</a><br />
<br />
I have been following this year’s Vendée Globe passionately, (in particular the Initiatives Cœur team and Sam Davies). So much respect to the skippers and the amazing ordeals they go through on their own. Aside from my personal interest in the race and adventure it brings, I was pleased to see that space technology played a role in saving Kevin Escoffier : <a href="http://www.esa.int/Applications/Navigation/Galileo_satellites_help_rescue_Vendee_Globe_yachtsman" rel="noreferrer nofollow">www.esa.int/Applications/Navigation/Galileo_satellites_he...</a><br />
<br />
2019 11 29 - Lorient - Retour de l'IMOCA Initiative Coeur à son port d'attache avec Tanguy Delamotte et Thomas Pesquet à son bord :copyright:Eloi Stichelbaut/polaRYSE/Initiatives Coeur<br />
<br />
20191129_INITIATIVE_ES_0065</p>


feed_id: tag:flickr.com,2005:/photo/50279761222
title: Docked
uri: Docked
url: https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50279761222/
content:
			<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/thom_astro/">Thomas Pesquet</a> posted a photo:</p>
	
<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50279761222/" title="Docked"><img src="media/8cee8740.50279761222_49a5146f46_m.jpg" data-original-source="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50279761222_49a5146f46_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="Docked" /></a></p>

<p>Depuis le début du Vendee Globe 2020 :boat::earth_asia:, je suis avec passion les navigateurs (et surtout Initiatives Cœur évidemment, et Sam Davies). J'ai énormément de respect pour les skippers et les épreuves auxquelles ils/elles se confrontent, seuls. Je suis heureux de voir qu'au-delà de mon goût personnel pour cette aventure hors-norme, le spatial joue un rôle prépondérant, et a permis le sauvetage de Kevin Escoffier ! À lire en détail ici : <a href="https://www.esa.int/Space_in_Member_States/France/Les_satellites_au_service_des_marins_du_Vendee_Globe" rel="noreferrer nofollow">www.esa.int/Space_in_Member_States/France/Les_satellites_...</a><br />
<br />
I have been following this year’s Vendée Globe passionately, (in particular the Initiatives Cœur team and Sam Davies). So much respect to the skippers and the amazing ordeals they go through on their own. Aside from my personal interest in the race and adventure it brings, I was pleased to see that space technology played a role in saving Kevin Escoffier : <a href="http://www.esa.int/Applications/Navigation/Galileo_satellites_help_rescue_Vendee_Globe_yachtsman" rel="noreferrer nofollow">www.esa.int/Applications/Navigation/Galileo_satellites_he...</a><br />
<br />
2019 11 29 - Lorient - Retour de l'IMOCA Initiative Coeur à son port d'attache avec Tanguy Delamotte et Thomas Pesquet à son bord :copyright:Eloi Stichelbaut/polaRYSE/Initiatives Coeur<br />
<br />
20191129_INITIATIVE_ES_0259</p>


feed_id: tag:flickr.com,2005:/photo/50278919358
title: Initiatives Coeur
uri: 2020-12-10-Initiatives-Coeur
url: https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50278919358/
content:
			<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/thom_astro/">Thomas Pesquet</a> posted a photo:</p>
	
<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50278919358/" title="Initiatives Coeur"><img src="media/57abb194.50278919358_24ddba36d6_m.jpg" data-original-source="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50278919358_24ddba36d6_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="Initiatives Coeur" /></a></p>

<p>Depuis le début du Vendee Globe 2020 :boat::earth_asia:, je suis avec passion les navigateurs (et surtout Initiatives Cœur évidemment, et Sam Davies). J'ai énormément de respect pour les skippers et les épreuves auxquelles ils/elles se confrontent, seuls. Je suis heureux de voir qu'au-delà de mon goût personnel pour cette aventure hors-norme, le spatial joue un rôle prépondérant, et a permis le sauvetage de Kevin Escoffier ! À lire en détail ici : <a href="https://www.esa.int/Space_in_Member_States/France/Les_satellites_au_service_des_marins_du_Vendee_Globe" rel="noreferrer nofollow">www.esa.int/Space_in_Member_States/France/Les_satellites_...</a><br />
<br />
I have been following this year’s Vendée Globe passionately, (in particular the Initiatives Cœur team and Sam Davies). So much respect to the skippers and the amazing ordeals they go through on their own. Aside from my personal interest in the race and adventure it brings, I was pleased to see that space technology played a role in saving Kevin Escoffier : <a href="http://www.esa.int/Applications/Navigation/Galileo_satellites_help_rescue_Vendee_Globe_yachtsman" rel="noreferrer nofollow">www.esa.int/Applications/Navigation/Galileo_satellites_he...</a><br />
<br />
2019 11 29 - Lorient - Retour de l'IMOCA Initiative Coeur à son port d'attache avec Tanguy Delamotte et Thomas Pesquet à son bord :copyright:Eloi Stichelbaut/polaRYSE/Initiatives Coeur<br />
<br />
20191129_INITIATIVE_ES_0414</p>


feed_id: tag:flickr.com,2005:/photo/49773535778
title: Snow and shadow
uri: Snow-and-shadow
url: https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/49773535778/
content:
			<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/thom_astro/">Thomas Pesquet</a> posted a photo:</p>
	
<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/49773535778/" title="Snow and shadow"><img src="media/bcf738da.49773535778_65a62d2524_m.jpg" data-original-source="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49773535778_65a62d2524_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="Snow and shadow" /></a></p>

<p>Toutes les montagnes du monde sont très photogéniques depuis l'espace, surtout au soleil levant ou couchant : la lumière rasante accentue l'effet de relief et découpe les pics et les vallées. À l'échelle globale la terre a peu de relief (moins qu'une balle de golf en proportion), mais oui OK, moi aussi quand je suis en montagne j'ai une impression toute différente ! ⛰<br />
<br />
I love mountains and enjoyed capturing them from space. When the Sun sets on Earth, the mountains make vast shadows that accentuate the 'bumpiness' of our planet. Relatively speaking Earth is very smooth, if you enlarged a pool ball to the size of our planet it would have much higher peaks and troughs! Of course this fact doesn't help you much when you live in the shadow of a mountain, you get less sunlight each day.<br />
<br />
Credits: ESA/NASA–T. Pesquet<br />
<br />
iss051e052429-edit</p>


feed_id: tag:flickr.com,2005:/photo/31902168494
title: Alp shadows
uri: Alp-shadows
url: https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/31902168494/
content:
			<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/thom_astro/">Thomas Pesquet</a> posted a photo:</p>
	
<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/31902168494/" title="Alp shadows"><img src="media/3d33af40.31902168494_8a86b5f693_m.jpg" data-original-source="https://live.staticflickr.com/479/31902168494_8a86b5f693_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="Alp shadows" /></a></p>

<p>Toutes les montagnes du monde sont très photogéniques depuis l'espace, surtout au soleil levant ou couchant : la lumière rasante accentue l'effet de relief et découpe les pics et les vallées. À l'échelle globale la terre a peu de relief (moins qu'une balle de golf en proportion), mais oui OK, moi aussi quand je suis en montagne j'ai une impression toute différente ! ⛰<br />
<br />
I love mountains and enjoyed capturing them from space. When the Sun sets on Earth, the mountains make vast shadows that accentuate the 'bumpiness' of our planet. Relatively speaking Earth is very smooth, if you enlarged a pool ball to the size of our planet it would have much higher peaks and troughs! Of course this fact doesn't help you much when you live in the shadow of a mountain, you get less sunlight each day.<br />
<br />
Credits: ESA/NASA<br />
<br />
139D1215</p>


feed_id: tag:flickr.com,2005:/photo/35670319226
title: Chamonix
uri: Chamonix
url: https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/35670319226/
content:
			<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/thom_astro/">Thomas Pesquet</a> posted a photo:</p>
	
<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/35670319226/" title="Chamonix"><img src="media/036d8bec.35670319226_e6f266f983_m.jpg" data-original-source="https://live.staticflickr.com/4008/35670319226_e6f266f983_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="Chamonix" /></a></p>

<p>Toutes les montagnes du monde sont très photogéniques depuis l'espace, surtout au soleil levant ou couchant : la lumière rasante accentue l'effet de relief et découpe les pics et les vallées. À l'échelle globale la terre a peu de relief (moins qu'une balle de golf en proportion), mais oui OK, moi aussi quand je suis en montagne j'ai une impression toute différente ! ⛰<br />
<br />
I love mountains and enjoyed capturing them from space. When the Sun sets on Earth, the mountains make vast shadows that accentuate the 'bumpiness' of our planet. Relatively speaking Earth is very smooth, if you enlarged a pool ball to the size of our planet it would have much higher peaks and troughs! Of course this fact doesn't help you much when you live in the shadow of a mountain, you get less sunlight each day.<br />
<br />
Credits: ESA/NASA<br />
<br />
134E5703</p>


feed_id: tag:flickr.com,2005:/photo/35579246791
title: Mountain Snow
uri: Mountain-Snow
url: https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/35579246791/
content:
			<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/thom_astro/">Thomas Pesquet</a> posted a photo:</p>
	
<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/35579246791/" title="Mountain Snow"><img src="media/e977563d.35579246791_8f2d19e061_m.jpg" data-original-source="https://live.staticflickr.com/4015/35579246791_8f2d19e061_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="Mountain Snow" /></a></p>

<p>Toutes les montagnes du monde sont très photogéniques depuis l'espace, surtout au soleil levant ou couchant : la lumière rasante accentue l'effet de relief et découpe les pics et les vallées. À l'échelle globale la terre a peu de relief (moins qu'une balle de golf en proportion), mais oui OK, moi aussi quand je suis en montagne j'ai une impression toute différente ! ⛰<br />
<br />
I love mountains and enjoyed capturing them from space. When the Sun sets on Earth, the mountains make vast shadows that accentuate the 'bumpiness' of our planet. Relatively speaking Earth is very smooth, if you enlarged a pool ball to the size of our planet it would have much higher peaks and troughs! Of course this fact doesn't help you much when you live in the shadow of a mountain, you get less sunlight each day.<br />
<br />
Credits: ESA/NASA<br />
<br />
134E5257</p>


feed_id: tag:flickr.com,2005:/photo/50663432293
title: What's in the box?
uri: What-s-in-the-box
url: https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50663432293/
content:
			<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/thom_astro/">Thomas Pesquet</a> posted a photo:</p>
	
<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50663432293/" title="What&#039;s in the box?"><img src="media/c4be1187.50663432293_4fc2a720b3_m.jpg" data-original-source="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50663432293_4fc2a720b3_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="What&#039;s in the box?" /></a></p>

<p>Un Noël d'astronaute... vous avez sans doute déjà vu des vidéos d'unboxing, qui font fureur sur le web, et bien voici la version spatiale ;) Chaque équipement lancé en orbite doit résister aux accélérations et aux vibrations du lancement, sans compter les changements de pression qui peuvent arriver. Un élément aussi fragile et vital qu'un scaphandre ne fait pas exception, bien au contraire, il a sa boîte dédiée ! Et comme pour tout le reste, on se familiarise avec le matériel et comment l'utiliser, pour pouvoir réceptionner un nouveau scaphandre durant notre mission, et empaqueter un ancien qui sera redescendu pour être révisé ! J'en profite pour vous souhaiter à toutes et à tous un joyeux Noël ! :gift::christmas_tree:<br />
.<br />
Astronaut unboxing pics ;) Ever wonder how a spacesuit gets to space? Well it starts in a box, like your internet orders, but a bit more complicated. Aki and I are having &quot;SLE Ops&quot; training here, or which stands for operations for the &quot;Short EMU Launch Enclosure&quot;. EMU is the NASA acronym for our spacewalk suits, and the Short Launch Enclosure, is a fancy way of saying, the box used to store a spacesuit torso during launch. Everything needs to be thought of in detail for human spaceflight and this is no ordinary box, it protects the spacesuit from launch vibrations, and pressure building up. We had a session to understand how it works and how we will unpack (and repack for return) spacesuit torsos in microgravity on the International Space Station.<br />
<br />
PHOTO DATE:  11-18-20<br />
LOCATION:  Bldg. 9NW - Airlock Mockup<br />
SUBJECT:  Photographic coverage of SpaceX Crew-2 member Thomas Pesquet and Aki Hoshide during EMU SLE Ops training.<br />
PHOTOGRAPHER: BILL STAFFORD<br />
<br />
jsc2020e049553</p>


feed_id: tag:flickr.com,2005:/photo/50663432988
title: Ready to open
uri: Ready-to-open
url: https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50663432988/
content:
			<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/thom_astro/">Thomas Pesquet</a> posted a photo:</p>
	
<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50663432988/" title="Ready to open"><img src="media/56c705ef.50663432988_b56ef22aac_m.jpg" data-original-source="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50663432988_b56ef22aac_m.jpg" width="160" height="240" alt="Ready to open" /></a></p>

<p>Un Noël d'astronaute... vous avez sans doute déjà vu des vidéos d'unboxing, qui font fureur sur le web, et bien voici la version spatiale ;) Chaque équipement lancé en orbite doit résister aux accélérations et aux vibrations du lancement, sans compter les changements de pression qui peuvent arriver. Un élément aussi fragile et vital qu'un scaphandre ne fait pas exception, bien au contraire, il a sa boîte dédiée ! Et comme pour tout le reste, on se familiarise avec le matériel et comment l'utiliser, pour pouvoir réceptionner un nouveau scaphandre durant notre mission, et empaqueter un ancien qui sera redescendu pour être révisé ! J'en profite pour vous souhaiter à toutes et à tous un joyeux Noël ! :gift::christmas_tree:<br />
.<br />
Astronaut unboxing pics ;) Ever wonder how a spacesuit gets to space? Well it starts in a box, like your internet orders, but a bit more complicated. Aki and I are having &quot;SLE Ops&quot; training here, or which stands for operations for the &quot;Short EMU Launch Enclosure&quot;. EMU is the NASA acronym for our spacewalk suits, and the Short Launch Enclosure, is a fancy way of saying, the box used to store a spacesuit torso during launch. Everything needs to be thought of in detail for human spaceflight and this is no ordinary box, it protects the spacesuit from launch vibrations, and pressure building up. We had a session to understand how it works and how we will unpack (and repack for return) spacesuit torsos in microgravity on the International Space Station.<br />
<br />
<br />
PHOTO DATE:  11-18-20<br />
LOCATION:  Bldg. 9NW - Airlock Mockup<br />
SUBJECT:  Photographic coverage of SpaceX Crew-2 member Thomas Pesquet and Aki Hoshide during EMU SLE Ops training.<br />
PHOTOGRAPHER: BILL STAFFORD<br />
<br />
jsc2020e049556</p>


feed_id: tag:flickr.com,2005:/photo/50276481163
title: Wide angle composite of Earth
uri: Wide-angle-composite-of-Earth
url: https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50276481163/
content:
			<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/thom_astro/">Thomas Pesquet</a> posted a photo:</p>
	
<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50276481163/" title="Wide angle composite of Earth"><img src="media/657e4386.50276481163_dc0a5664dd_m.jpg" data-original-source="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50276481163_dc0a5664dd_m.jpg" width="240" height="110" alt="Wide angle composite of Earth" /></a></p>

<p>Expedition 48 Earth observation composite created with iss048e023459 - iss048e023467<br />
<br />
134A7920-134A7928 Wide angle of Florida and Bahamas<br />
<br />
jsc2016e096363</p>


feed_id: tag:flickr.com,2005:/photo/34846439056
title: Earth - Sea - Kamchatka
uri: Earth-Sea-Kamchatka
url: https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/34846439056/
content:
			<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/thom_astro/">Thomas Pesquet</a> posted a photo:</p>
	
<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/34846439056/" title="Earth - Sea - Kamchatka"><img src="media/daa96c50.34846439056_2f0177afa8_m.jpg" data-original-source="https://live.staticflickr.com/4245/34846439056_2f0177afa8_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="Earth - Sea - Kamchatka" /></a></p>

<p>La Russie de l'est et le Kamtchatka, bien connu des amateurs de Risk, fête ensuite le nouvel an. La photo montre les coubres incroyables dans les nuages créés par le relief d'îles volcaniques. <br />
<br />
Eastern-most Russia is next to arrive in 2021. Waves in the clouds created by a string of volcanic islands in Kamchatka. The picture is not good but the effect was amazing to see.<br />
<br />
Credits: ESA/NASA</p>


feed_id: tag:flickr.com,2005:/photo/35322776260
title: City in China
uri: City-in-China
url: https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/35322776260/
content:
			<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/thom_astro/">Thomas Pesquet</a> posted a photo:</p>
	
<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/35322776260/" title="City in China"><img src="media/9c6ee0a3.35322776260_a37d7a9851_m.jpg" data-original-source="https://live.staticflickr.com/4051/35322776260_a37d7a9851_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="City in China" /></a></p>

<p>Ensuite : la Chine ! Même si le nouvel an Chinois se fêtera le 12 Février... sous les auspice du Dragon, mon animal mythique favori à présent :wink:<br />
<br />
China arrives in 2021 next, but of course the Chinese New Year starts 12 February and is celebrated with... :dragon: my favourite mythical creature now :)<br />
<br />
Credits: ESA/NASA<br />
<br />
134E3862</p>


feed_id: tag:flickr.com,2005:/photo/35670320506
title: Surat
uri: Surat
url: https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/35670320506/
content:
			<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/thom_astro/">Thomas Pesquet</a> posted a photo:</p>
	
<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/35670320506/" title="Surat"><img src="media/c87a280f.35670320506_f83ca0d23c_m.jpg" data-original-source="https://live.staticflickr.com/4128/35670320506_f83ca0d23c_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="Surat" /></a></p>

<p>L'inde a un fuseau horaire au nom du pays: &quot;heure normale de l'Inde&quot;. <br />
<br />
Happy New Year India! This city of Surat is in &quot;India Standard Time Zone&quot;.<br />
<br />
Credits: ESA/NASA<br />
<br />
134E4474</p>


feed_id: tag:flickr.com,2005:/photo/35709816345
title: Kazakhstan in April
uri: Kazakhstan-in-April
url: https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/35709816345/
content:
			<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/thom_astro/">Thomas Pesquet</a> posted a photo:</p>
	
<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/35709816345/" title="Kazakhstan in April"><img src="media/4a8589b6.35709816345_e94375bb18_m.jpg" data-original-source="https://live.staticflickr.com/4261/35709816345_e94375bb18_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="Kazakhstan in April" /></a></p>

<p>Le Kazakhstan recouvre deux fuseaux horaires... et a des paysages d'hiver magnifiques.<br />
<br />
The next timezone I have a picture of in the #ProximArchives is Kazakhstan, but this is cheating somewhat because the country is so extended it lives in two time zones... :)<br />
<br />
Credits: ESA/NASA<br />
<br />
134E3151</p>


feed_id: tag:flickr.com,2005:/photo/35322762280
title: Hawaii
uri: Hawaii
url: https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/35322762280/
content:
			<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/thom_astro/">Thomas Pesquet</a> posted a photo:</p>
	
<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/35322762280/" title="Hawaii"><img src="media/ae15cba4.35322762280_ef0c23ee20_m.jpg" data-original-source="https://live.staticflickr.com/4084/35322762280_ef0c23ee20_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="Hawaii" /></a></p>

<p>Et finalement c'est au milieu du Pacifique que le voyage (et la fête) se terminent -pas si loin de là où elle avait commencé- juste à l'est de la ligne de changement de date. Hawaï et Tahiti en sont les fiers représentants. Bonne année à tous encore une fois, et rendez-vous dans l'espace en 2021 !<br />
<br />
....There is still Hawaii that has it's own timezone: Hawaii Standard Time. 10 hours behind UTC... welcome to 2021!<br />
<br />
Credits: ESA/NASA<br />
<br />
134E5878</p>


feed_id: tag:flickr.com,2005:/photo/35322769850
title: Temecula
uri: Temecula
url: https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/35322769850/
content:
			<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/thom_astro/">Thomas Pesquet</a> posted a photo:</p>
	
<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/35322769850/" title="Temecula"><img src="media/bd8efc69.35322769850_2a10c40273_m.jpg" data-original-source="https://live.staticflickr.com/4217/35322769850_2a10c40273_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="Temecula" /></a></p>

<p>On arrive à présents parmi les derniers à entrer en 2021 : la côte ouest des USA...<br />
<br />
We've reached the west coast of USA and some of the last people who enter 2021 with the Pacific Standard Time. This is Temecula in California...<br />
<br />
Credits: ESA/NASA<br />
<br />
134E5421</p>


feed_id: tag:flickr.com,2005:/photo/34127767641
title: Riviera
uri: Riviera
url: https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/34127767641/
content:
			<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/thom_astro/">Thomas Pesquet</a> posted a photo:</p>
	
<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/34127767641/" title="Riviera"><img src="media/ac2892a7.34127767641_ab0f1d18d7_m.jpg" data-original-source="https://live.staticflickr.com/2945/34127767641_ab0f1d18d7_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="Riviera" /></a></p>

<p>Encore un cran vers l'ouest : le Colorado et les montagnes rocheuses.<br />
<br />
Mountain Standard Time, cool name for a time zone that spans Canada, USA and a part of Mexico. Here is the small town of Riviera in Arizona on the border, and far from mountains. Nature likes curves and random, man likes order and geometry… who will win in the end?<br />
<br />
Credits: ESA/NASA<br />
<br />
134E2903</p>


feed_id: tag:flickr.com,2005:/photo/35541168702
title: Guadalajara
uri: 2020-12-31-Guadalajara
url: https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/35541168702/
content:
			<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/thom_astro/">Thomas Pesquet</a> posted a photo:</p>
	
<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/35541168702/" title="Guadalajara"><img src="media/3de3562f.35541168702_a217511537_m.jpg" data-original-source="https://live.staticflickr.com/4210/35541168702_a217511537_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="Guadalajara" /></a></p>

<p>On continue vers l'ouest avec le Mexique (ici Guadalajara), les états d'amérique centrale, et le centre des USA.<br />
<br />
Welcome to 2021 soon Central Standard Time countries! Here's the city of Guadalajara in Mexico, that is just on the western border of this time zone.<br />
<br />
Credits: ESA/NASA<br />
<br />
134E5483</p>


feed_id: tag:flickr.com,2005:/photo/32730713351
title: Piedmont Triad International Airport
uri: Piedmont-Triad-International-Airport
url: https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/32730713351/
content:
			<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/thom_astro/">Thomas Pesquet</a> posted a photo:</p>
	
<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/32730713351/" title="Piedmont Triad International Airport"><img src="media/844d8399.32730713351_8b5b198aab_m.jpg" data-original-source="https://live.staticflickr.com/2018/32730713351_8b5b198aab_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="Piedmont Triad International Airport" /></a></p>

<p>L'est des USA fête le nouvel an 6 heures après nous, accompagnés de la Colombie, le Québec et le Pérou ! Ici Piedmont Triad International Airport Caroline du Nord.<br />
<br />
Eastern Standard Timezone celebrates the New Year six hours are Europe. Here's Piedmont Triad International Airport  in North Carolina.<br />
<br />
Credits: ESA/NASA<br />
<br />
145A3542</p>


feed_id: tag:flickr.com,2005:/photo/35322762010
title: Anegada, British Virgin Islands
uri: Anegada-British-Virgin-Islands
url: https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/35322762010/
content:
			<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/thom_astro/">Thomas Pesquet</a> posted a photo:</p>
	
<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/35322762010/" title="Anegada, British Virgin Islands"><img src="media/af3e4f40.35322762010_f983911da7_m.jpg" data-original-source="https://live.staticflickr.com/4289/35322762010_f983911da7_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="Anegada, British Virgin Islands" /></a></p>

<p>Vient ensuite l'heure... des Caraïbes ! Bonne année Guadeloupe, Martinique, Saint Martin, Saint Barth... mais aussi le Venezuela et la Bolivie.<br />
<br />
AST (Atlantic Standard Time) comes next, a small one, but that includes Brazil, Eastern Canada and.. the British Virgin Islands pictured here.<br />
<br />
Credits: ESA/NASA<br />
<br />
134E5895</p>


feed_id: tag:flickr.com,2005:/photo/34868546994
title: Chile river
uri: Chile-river
url: https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/34868546994/
content:
			<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/thom_astro/">Thomas Pesquet</a> posted a photo:</p>
	
<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/34868546994/" title="Chile river"><img src="media/84016b5c.34868546994_3dcdc4e8e8_m.jpg" data-original-source="https://live.staticflickr.com/4003/34868546994_3dcdc4e8e8_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="Chile river" /></a></p>

<p>On passe de l'autre côté de l'atlantique, et c'est l'ouest de l'Amérique du Sud qui suit: Brésil, Argentine, Chili, et plus encore !<br />
<br />
This timezone is surprising as it includes parts of Brazil, and Argentina as well as Chile spanning a whole continent. Here's a beautiful river delta in Chile. Feliz año nuevo!<br />
<br />
Credits: ESA/NASA<br />
<br />
134E5128</p>


feed_id: tag:flickr.com,2005:/photo/49764434033
title: Portugal: Lisbon
uri: Portugal-Lisbon
url: https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/49764434033/
content:
			<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/thom_astro/">Thomas Pesquet</a> posted a photo:</p>
	
<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/49764434033/" title="Portugal: Lisbon"><img src="media/36a4b88f.49764434033_298d793a05_m.jpg" data-original-source="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49764434033_298d793a05_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="Portugal: Lisbon" /></a></p>

<p>Quelques pays d’Europe ont une heure de moins comme le Portugal. C'est aussi le cas de nombreux pays d'Afrique de l'Ouest comme le Sénégal, la côte d'Ivoire, le Mali, le Burkina Faso, le Togo... Bonne année à tous !<br />
<br />
Um Feliz Ano Novo! Portugal, UK and the southern part of West Africa enter 2021 now. This image shows Lisbon at night.<br />
<br />
Credits: ESA/NASA–T. Pesquet<br />
<br />
145A7896</p>


feed_id: tag:flickr.com,2005:/photo/32760080331
title: Buraydah
uri: Buraydah
url: https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/32760080331/
content:
			<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/thom_astro/">Thomas Pesquet</a> posted a photo:</p>
	
<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/32760080331/" title="Buraydah"><img src="media/c20d8aab.32760080331_8d22baeb8a_m.jpg" data-original-source="https://live.staticflickr.com/509/32760080331_8d22baeb8a_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="Buraydah" /></a></p>

<p>Le fuseau horaire suivant commence à être très peuplé, entre Moscou et Madagascar ! Ici la ville de Buraydh en Arabie Saoudite.<br />
<br />
The next timezone to enter 2021 has many countries and cities, from Moscow to Madagascar. Here is Buraydah, in central Saudi Arabia.. A desert city that is well known for its agriculture! Happy New Year!<br />
<br />
Credits: ESA/NASA<br />
<br />
145A4398</p>


feed_id: tag:flickr.com,2005:/photo/34900457023
title: Somewhere in the Alps
uri: Somewhere-in-the-Alps
url: https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/34900457023/
content:
			<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/thom_astro/">Thomas Pesquet</a> posted a photo:</p>
	
<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/34900457023/" title="Somewhere in the Alps"><img src="media/23209e03.34900457023_6bd7aecb23_m.jpg" data-original-source="https://live.staticflickr.com/4031/34900457023_6bd7aecb23_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="Somewhere in the Alps" /></a></p>

<p>Bonne année à tous en France et dans de nombreux pays européens, à l'heure de l’Europe du Centre ! Personne ne skiera cette année, même si la neige est bien là.<br />
<br />
Bonne Année France and most of Europe in the CET timezone :) :fireworks::tada: No skiing this year in the Alps but stay safe and let's make 2021 better!<br />
<br />
Credits: ESA/NASA<br />
<br />
134E5708</p>


feed_id: tag:flickr.com,2005:/photo/49774394732
title: South African river
uri: South-African-river
url: https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/49774394732/
content:
			<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/thom_astro/">Thomas Pesquet</a> posted a photo:</p>
	
<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/49774394732/" title="South African river"><img src="media/36f4c2fe.49774394732_efd8fcf7fa_m.jpg" data-original-source="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49774394732_efd8fcf7fa_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="South African river" /></a></p>

<p>Au tour de l'Afrique du Sud et de nombreux autres pays d'Afrique à entrer en 2021. J'avais remarqué cette rivière depuis l'espace il y a 3 ans (et même 4 bientôt)<br />
<br />
South Africa enters 2021 now along with all the other areas in this timezone. This river in South Africa caught my eye from the Space Station three years ago (four soon!).<br />
<br />
Credits: ESA/NASA–T. Pesquet<br />
<br />
iss051e052452-edit</p>


feed_id: tag:flickr.com,2005:/photo/50743393146
title: Alpha mission food
uri: Alpha-mission-food
url: https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50743393146/
content:
			<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/thom_astro/">Thomas Pesquet</a> posted a photo:</p>
	
<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50743393146/" title="Alpha mission food"><img src="media/f0092dde.50743393146_46935cdd39_m.jpg" data-original-source="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50743393146_46935cdd39_m.jpg" width="240" height="153" alt="Alpha mission food" /></a></p>

<p>Alors que la période des fêtes est maintenant loin dans le rétroviseur, c'est sans doute le moment de reparler... de nourriture ! Ça peut sembler un peu futile, mais pour chaque mission européenne l'ESA développe un nombre limité de plats selon nos goûts... Il y a au final peu de libertés à bord, et peu de choses que nous pouvons réellement choisir, la nourriture devient donc un élément important pour le moral des troupes :yum:... en plus de nous rappeler la terre et nos proches ! Pour cette mission, j'ai demandé à Servair, le traiteur d'Air France ✈:fr: et de plus de 100 compagnies aériennes, de me préparer des plats qui seront consommés pour les repas exceptionnels à bord (anniversaires etc.). Le but est double : d'abord trouver un peu de plaisir dans des plats qui changeront de l'ordinaire (lyophilisé, thermostabilisé... :wink:, mais aussi faire découvrir la gastronomie française à mes coéquipiers. Servair a préparé des plats délicieux qui collent au plus près à mes goûts, ça a été un crève-cœur de choisir parmi 9 recettes pour n'en emmener que 3 : épeautre croquant et crémeux au céleri et truffonade en entrée, bœuf bourguignon en plat, et crêpe Suzette en dessert ! :stew: J'en ai déjà l'eau à la bouche... Pour la précédente mission, j'avais fait appel à Thierry Marx, qui a eu la gentillesse de me proposer de nouveaux plats pour celle-ci également! Alain Ducasse est également présent depuis le début des missions spatiales Françaises et le sera encore. À noter : mon collègue allemand Matthias a lui aussi choisi sa nourriture pour sa mission future, comme il le montre ici : <a href="https://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Human_and_Robotic_Exploration/Homemade_space_food_for_Matthias_Maurer" rel="noreferrer nofollow">www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Human_and_Robotic_Explora...</a><br />
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With the Alpha mission on the horizon it is time to start thinking of... food. We asked Servair, the airline caterers for over 100 airlines including Air France to make my personal choice menu in space, these are presented on birthdays and other special occasions. The goal is to have a nice moment (floating) around the table with the crew, but also to share some French gastronomy with my American, Russian and Japanese colleagues. Servair developed nine dishes that I like and with great difficulty I had to choose only three. I won't translate them but leave the menu in its original French (you can see the English and Russian in the photos): épautre croquant et crémeux au céleri et truffonade en entrée, boeuf bourguignon en plat, et crèpe suzette en dessert ! <br />
My European colleague Matthias Maurer has his own bonus food, and he is choosing his local delicacies, we might cross paths in the Space Station, so I might be lucky enough to try his too: <a href="https://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Human_and_Robotic_Exploration/Homemade_space_food_for_Matthias_Maurer" rel="noreferrer nofollow">www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Human_and_Robotic_Explora...</a><br />
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Credits: ESA–T. Pesquet</p>


feed_id: tag:flickr.com,2005:/photo/50859093556
title: ALPHA-Patch
uri: ALPHA-Patch
url: https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50859093556/
content:
			<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/thom_astro/">Thomas Pesquet</a> posted a photo:</p>
	
<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50859093556/" title="ALPHA-Patch"><img src="media/13d91795.50859093556_60cdcfd61e_m.jpg" data-original-source="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50859093556_60cdcfd61e_m.jpg" width="240" height="240" alt="ALPHA-Patch" /></a></p>


feed_id: tag:flickr.com,2005:/photo/50859187677
title: jsc2020e051470
uri: jsc2020e051470
url: https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50859187677/
content:
			<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/thom_astro/">Thomas Pesquet</a> posted a photo:</p>
	
<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50859187677/" title="jsc2020e051470"><img src="media/d456c5b8.50859187677_056d808d84_m.jpg" data-original-source="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50859187677_056d808d84_m.jpg" width="240" height="192" alt="jsc2020e051470" /></a></p>


feed_id: tag:flickr.com,2005:/photo/34324549042
title: Tunis airport
uri: Tunis-airport
url: https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/34324549042/
content:
			<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/thom_astro/">Thomas Pesquet</a> posted a photo:</p>
	
<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/34324549042/" title="Tunis airport"><img src="media/fa7fe0aa.34324549042_5b07e52816_m.jpg" data-original-source="https://live.staticflickr.com/4162/34324549042_5b07e52816_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="Tunis airport" /></a></p>

<p>Tunis, ville natale de Claudia Cardinale, siège majestueusement au bord de la Méditerranée.<br />
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Tunis sits majestically on the shores of the Mediterranean.<br />
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Credits: ESA/NASA<br />
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134E3247</p>


feed_id: tag:flickr.com,2005:/photo/34443397666
title: Tunis
uri: 2021-01-22-Tunis
url: https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/34443397666/
content:
			<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/thom_astro/">Thomas Pesquet</a> posted a photo:</p>
	
<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/34443397666/" title="Tunis"><img src="media/c3ea8768.34443397666_61cc02286a_m.jpg" data-original-source="https://live.staticflickr.com/4174/34443397666_61cc02286a_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="Tunis" /></a></p>

<p>Tunis, ville natale de Claudia Cardinale, siège majestueusement au bord de la Méditerranée <br />
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Tunis sits majestically on the shores of the Mediterranean<br />
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Credits: ESA/NASA<br />
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134E3243</p>


feed_id: tag:flickr.com,2005:/photo/35541163852
title: Tunisia desert
uri: Tunisia-desert
url: https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/35541163852/
content:
			<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/thom_astro/">Thomas Pesquet</a> posted a photo:</p>
	
<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/35541163852/" title="Tunisia desert"><img src="media/4858c9e7.35541163852_5ba6e7f676_m.jpg" data-original-source="https://live.staticflickr.com/4205/35541163852_5ba6e7f676_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="Tunisia desert" /></a></p>

<p>Credits: ESA/NASA<br />
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134E4305</p>


feed_id: tag:flickr.com,2005:/photo/32137455296
title: Bahiret el Bibane
uri: Bahiret-el-Bibane
url: https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/32137455296/
content:
			<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/thom_astro/">Thomas Pesquet</a> posted a photo:</p>
	
<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/32137455296/" title="Bahiret el Bibane"><img src="media/b47c77dc.32137455296_4552db2bc2_m.jpg" data-original-source="https://live.staticflickr.com/286/32137455296_4552db2bc2_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="Bahiret el Bibane" /></a></p>

<p>Flying down the coast of Tunisia.<br />
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Credits: ESA/NASA<br />
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145A1297</p>


feed_id: tag:flickr.com,2005:/photo/50704672758
title: Underwater
uri: Underwater
url: https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50704672758/
content:
			<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/thom_astro/">Thomas Pesquet</a> posted a photo:</p>
	
<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50704672758/" title="Underwater"><img src="media/e3a1b02d.50704672758_d10e5c4afe_m.jpg" data-original-source="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50704672758_d10e5c4afe_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="Underwater" /></a></p>

<p>Aujourd'hui, deux collègues sortiront de la station pour aller, pendant 6 heures, installer de nouvelles infrastructures au-dehors, et notamment un terminal d'émission/réception sur le laboratoire européen Columbus ! L'équivalent d'aller sur le toit installer une nouvelle antenne de télé... mais pour la science, et dans l'espace. Mon camarade de promotion Andreas Mogensen dirigera les évolutions depuis le centre de contrôle de Houston, après avoir aidé au développement des procédures. Nous avons nous aussi répété ces sorties en piscine avec Aki, afin de les évaluer. Une journée sous le signe du made in europe !<br />
<br />
More spacewalk training with Aki! Getting into the suit takes a while so a session in the pool lasts all day. In space we have to do get into our suit and out of the airlock with less support, but you don't feel the spascesuit's weight, as opposed to 300 pounds on earth. Today two of our colleagues are heading out to upgrade ESA's Columbus laboratory, with Andreas Mogensen in Houston advising and directing NASA's Michael Hopkins and Victor Glover who will be doing the work. Have a great day in space my friends, watch live here: <a href="https://www.nasa.gov/nasalive" rel="noreferrer nofollow">www.nasa.gov/nasalive</a><br />
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Credits: NASA<br />
<br />
81A_1113</p>


feed_id: tag:flickr.com,2005:/photo/50819269701
title: Suit up
uri: Suit-up
url: https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50819269701/
content:
			<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/thom_astro/">Thomas Pesquet</a> posted a photo:</p>
	
<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50819269701/" title="Suit up"><img src="media/b02d12a8.50819269701_98aacd86ef_m.jpg" data-original-source="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50819269701_98aacd86ef_m.jpg" width="160" height="240" alt="Suit up" /></a></p>

<p>Aujourd'hui, deux collègues sortiront de la station pour aller, pendant 6 heures, installer de nouvelles infrastructures au-dehors, et notamment un terminal d'émission/réception sur le laboratoire européen Columbus ! L'équivalent d'aller sur le toit installer une nouvelle antenne de télé... mais pour la science, et dans l'espace. Mon camarade de promotion Andreas Mogensen dirigera les évolutions depuis le centre de contrôle de Houston, après avoir aidé au développement des procédures. Nous avons nous aussi répété ces sorties en piscine avec Aki, afin de les évaluer. Une journée sous le signe du made in Europe !<br />
<br />
More spacewalk training with Aki! Getting into the suit takes a while so a session in the pool lasts all day. In space we have to do get into our suit and out of the airlock with less support, but you don't feel the spascesuit's weight, as opposed to 300 pounds on earth. Today two of our colleagues are heading out to upgrade ESA's Columbus laboratory, with Andreas Mogensen in Houston advising and directing NASA's Michael Hopkins and Victor Glover who will be doing the work. Have a great day in space my friends, watch live here: <a href="https://www.nasa.gov/nasalive" rel="noreferrer nofollow">www.nasa.gov/nasalive</a><br />
<br />
Credits: NASA/Robert Markowitz<br />
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jsc2020e053526<br />
<br />
SpaceX Crew-2 astronauts Aki Hoshide (JAXA) and Thomas Pesquet (ESA) during preparations for NBL training run SpaceX ISS EVA Maint 8 (IROSA INSTALL) #10.  Photo Date: December 10, 2020.  Location: NBL - Pool Topside.</p>


feed_id: tag:flickr.com,2005:/photo/50819368702
title: Aki getting into spacesuit
uri: Aki-getting-into-spacesuit
url: https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50819368702/
content:
			<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/thom_astro/">Thomas Pesquet</a> posted a photo:</p>
	
<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50819368702/" title="Aki getting into spacesuit"><img src="media/6602020c.50819368702_fbca3530a5_m.jpg" data-original-source="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50819368702_fbca3530a5_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="Aki getting into spacesuit" /></a></p>

<p>Aujourd'hui, deux collègues sortiront de la station pour aller, pendant 6 heures, installer de nouvelles infrastructures au-dehors, et notamment un terminal d'émission/réception sur le laboratoire européen Columbus ! L'équivalent d'aller sur le toit installer une nouvelle antenne de télé... mais pour la science, et dans l'espace. Mon camarade de promotion Andreas Mogensen dirigera les évolutions depuis le centre de contrôle de Houston, après avoir aidé au développement des procédures. Nous avons nous aussi répété ces sorties en piscine avec Aki, afin de les évaluer. Une journée sous le signe du made in Europe ! <br />
<br />
More spacewalk training with Aki! Getting into the suit takes a while so a session in the pool lasts all day. In space we have to do get into our suit and out of the airlock with less support, but you don't feel the spascesuit's weight, as opposed to 300 pounds on earth. Today two of our colleagues are heading out to upgrade ESA's Columbus laboratory, with Andreas Mogensen in Houston advising and directing NASA's Michael Hopkins and Victor Glover who will be doing the work. Have a great day in space my friends, watch live here: <a href="https://www.nasa.gov/nasalive" rel="noreferrer nofollow">www.nasa.gov/nasalive</a> <br />
<br />
SpaceX Crew-2 astronauts Aki Hoshide (JAXA) and Thomas Pesquet (ESA) during preparations for NBL training run SpaceX ISS EVA Maint 8 (IROSA INSTALL) #10. Photo Date: December 10, 2020. Location: NBL - Pool Topside. Photographer: NASA/Robert Markowitz <br />
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jsc2020e053516</p>


feed_id: tag:flickr.com,2005:/photo/50818535968
title: NBL crew
uri: NBL-crew
url: https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50818535968/
content:
			<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/thom_astro/">Thomas Pesquet</a> posted a photo:</p>
	
<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50818535968/" title="NBL crew"><img src="media/a37a5284.50818535968_fb01224a57_m.jpg" data-original-source="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50818535968_fb01224a57_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="NBL crew" /></a></p>

<p>Aujourd'hui, deux collègues sortiront de la station pour aller, pendant 6 heures, installer de nouvelles infrastructures au-dehors, et notamment un terminal d'émission/réception sur le laboratoire européen Columbus ! L'équivalent d'aller sur le toit installer une nouvelle antenne de télé... mais pour la science, et dans l'espace. Mon camarade de promotion Andreas Mogensen dirigera les évolutions depuis le centre de contrôle de Houston, après avoir aidé au développement des procédures. Nous avons nous aussi répété ces sorties en piscine avec Aki, afin de les évaluer. Une journée sous le signe du made in Europe ! <br />
<br />
More spacewalk training with Aki! Getting into the suit takes a while so a session in the pool lasts all day. In space we have to do get into our suit and out of the airlock with less support, but you don't feel the spascesuit's weight, as opposed to 300 pounds on earth. Today two of our colleagues are heading out to upgrade ESA's Columbus laboratory, with Andreas Mogensen in Houston advising and directing NASA's Michael Hopkins and Victor Glover who will be doing the work. Have a great day in space my friends, watch live here: <a href="https://www.nasa.gov/nasalive" rel="noreferrer nofollow">www.nasa.gov/nasalive</a> <br />
<br />
jsc2020e053508<br />
<br />
SpaceX Crew-2 astronauts Aki Hoshide (JAXA) and Thomas Pesquet (ESA) during preparations for NBL training run SpaceX ISS EVA Maint 8 (IROSA INSTALL) #10. Photo Date: December 10, 2020. Location: NBL - Pool Topside. Photographer: NASA/Robert Markowitz</p>


feed_id: tag:flickr.com,2005:/photo/50890107502
title: Crew-2 training
uri: Crew-2-training
url: https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50890107502/
content:
			<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/thom_astro/">Thomas Pesquet</a> posted a photo:</p>
	
<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50890107502/" title="Crew-2 training"><img src="media/624846d8.50890107502_44633ac50a_m.jpg" data-original-source="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50890107502_44633ac50a_m.jpg" width="240" height="135" alt="Crew-2 training" /></a></p>

<p>On nous a annoncé une nouvelle date de départ ! Ce n’est pas la première fois qu’elle change... et peut-être (sans doute ? ;)) pas la dernière... en tout cas maintenant on vise le 20 avril.<br />
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An updated launch date for #Crew2 announced: no earlier than 20 April, it might change again, but launch is near!<br />
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SpaceX Crew-2  in training at Hawthorne, California 11 January 2021. From left: ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet, NASA astronauts Shane Kimbrough and Megan McArthur and JAXA astronaut Akihiko Hoshide. <br />
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Credits: SpaceX</p>


feed_id: tag:flickr.com,2005:/photo/50932890457
title: Expedition 64 offical portrait
uri: Expedition-64-offical-portrait
url: https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50932890457/
content:
			<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/thom_astro/">Thomas Pesquet</a> posted a photo:</p>
	
<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50932890457/" title="Expedition 64 offical portrait"><img src="media/e1f22c40.50932890457_8a8ec0f7d2_m.jpg" data-original-source="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50932890457_8a8ec0f7d2_m.jpg" width="240" height="192" alt="Expedition 64 offical portrait" /></a></p>

<p>Expedition 64 official crew portrait <br />
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Credits: NASA<br />
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jsc2021e007778</p>


feed_id: tag:flickr.com,2005:/photo/50955501661
title: DSC_1336
uri: DSC_1336
url: https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50955501661/
content:
			<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/thom_astro/">Thomas Pesquet</a> posted a photo:</p>
	
<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50955501661/" title="DSC_1336"><img src="media/9e94cd98.50955501661_5906146601_m.jpg" data-original-source="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50955501661_5906146601_m.jpg" width="240" height="159" alt="DSC_1336" /></a></p>

<p>Credits: ESA–Y. Kargapolov</p>


feed_id: tag:flickr.com,2005:/photo/50954798758
title: DSC_1332
uri: DSC_1332
url: https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50954798758/
content:
			<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/thom_astro/">Thomas Pesquet</a> posted a photo:</p>
	
<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50954798758/" title="DSC_1332"><img src="media/5b882434.50954798758_375c26caeb_m.jpg" data-original-source="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50954798758_375c26caeb_m.jpg" width="240" height="159" alt="DSC_1332" /></a></p>

<p>Credits: ESA–Y. Kargapolov</p>


feed_id: tag:flickr.com,2005:/photo/50955605332
title: DSC_1331
uri: DSC_1331
url: https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50955605332/
content:
			<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/thom_astro/">Thomas Pesquet</a> posted a photo:</p>
	
<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50955605332/" title="DSC_1331"><img src="media/65c510e4.50955605332_d9a5aa0dd1_m.jpg" data-original-source="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50955605332_d9a5aa0dd1_m.jpg" width="240" height="159" alt="DSC_1331" /></a></p>

<p>Credits: ESA–Y. Kargapolov</p>


feed_id: tag:flickr.com,2005:/photo/50955604012
title: DSC_1027
uri: DSC_1027
url: https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50955604012/
content:
			<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/thom_astro/">Thomas Pesquet</a> posted a photo:</p>
	
<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50955604012/" title="DSC_1027"><img src="media/74458bd3.50955604012_2ba7466f9b_m.jpg" data-original-source="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50955604012_2ba7466f9b_m.jpg" width="240" height="159" alt="DSC_1027" /></a></p>

<p>Credits: ESA–Y. Kargapolov</p>


feed_id: tag:flickr.com,2005:/photo/50955604547
title: DSC_1007
uri: DSC_1007
url: https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50955604547/
content:
			<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/thom_astro/">Thomas Pesquet</a> posted a photo:</p>
	
<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50955604547/" title="DSC_1007"><img src="media/61e352b3.50955604547_7b321ea930_m.jpg" data-original-source="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50955604547_7b321ea930_m.jpg" width="240" height="159" alt="DSC_1007" /></a></p>

<p>Credits: ESA–Y. Kargapolov</p>


feed_id: tag:flickr.com,2005:/photo/50955500926
title: DSC_0917
uri: DSC_0917
url: https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50955500926/
content:
			<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/thom_astro/">Thomas Pesquet</a> posted a photo:</p>
	
<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50955500926/" title="DSC_0917"><img src="media/cdb36fee.50955500926_ed9852aeba_m.jpg" data-original-source="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50955500926_ed9852aeba_m.jpg" width="240" height="159" alt="DSC_0917" /></a></p>

<p>Credits: ESA–Y. Kargapolov</p>


feed_id: tag:flickr.com,2005:/photo/50954798113
title: DSC_0862
uri: DSC_0862
url: https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50954798113/
content:
			<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/thom_astro/">Thomas Pesquet</a> posted a photo:</p>
	
<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50954798113/" title="DSC_0862"><img src="media/279cdc90.50954798113_bb7f2cc181_m.jpg" data-original-source="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50954798113_bb7f2cc181_m.jpg" width="240" height="159" alt="DSC_0862" /></a></p>

<p>Credits: ESA–Y. Kargapolov</p>


feed_id: tag:flickr.com,2005:/photo/50955501176
title: DSC_0861
uri: DSC_0861
url: https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50955501176/
content:
			<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/thom_astro/">Thomas Pesquet</a> posted a photo:</p>
	
<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50955501176/" title="DSC_0861"><img src="media/3c60124e.50955501176_405fe6b878_m.jpg" data-original-source="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50955501176_405fe6b878_m.jpg" width="240" height="159" alt="DSC_0861" /></a></p>

<p>Credits: ESA–Y. Kargapolov</p>


feed_id: tag:flickr.com,2005:/photo/50955501376
title: DSC_0742
uri: DSC_0742
url: https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50955501376/
content:
			<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/thom_astro/">Thomas Pesquet</a> posted a photo:</p>
	
<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50955501376/" title="DSC_0742"><img src="media/2d605110.50955501376_cd8316fed4_m.jpg" data-original-source="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50955501376_cd8316fed4_m.jpg" width="240" height="159" alt="DSC_0742" /></a></p>

<p>Credits: ESA–Y. Kargapolov</p>


feed_id: tag:flickr.com,2005:/photo/32854317365
title: Desert airport
uri: Desert-airport
url: https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/32854317365/
content:
			<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/thom_astro/">Thomas Pesquet</a> posted a photo:</p>
	
<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/32854317365/" title="Desert airport"><img src="media/21cdd061.32854317365_f4afb22431_m.jpg" data-original-source="https://live.staticflickr.com/2421/32854317365_f4afb22431_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="Desert airport" /></a></p>

<p>Je ne suis pas sûr de ce que sont ces installations, mais je sais où elles se trouvent : au nord du Nigeria ! La piste d’aviation isolée était un repère idéal<br />
<br />
Not sure what these installations are, but I do know where they're located: in northern Nigeria! The isolated runway was an ideal landmark<br />
<br />
Credits: ESA/NASA<br />
<br />
145A3140</p>


feed_id: tag:flickr.com,2005:/photo/34900468453
title: Chad desert two
uri: Chad-desert-two
url: https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/34900468453/
content:
			<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/thom_astro/">Thomas Pesquet</a> posted a photo:</p>
	
<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/34900468453/" title="Chad desert two"><img src="media/291d5882.34900468453_f4087a5b66_m.jpg" data-original-source="https://live.staticflickr.com/4235/34900468453_f4087a5b66_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="Chad desert two" /></a></p>

<p>Quand j'étais petit, le Sahara semblait si loin que je n'imaginais jamais le voir de mes propres yeux. Pourtant ces derniers jours, les vents d'Afrique ont poussé des nuages de sable saharien jusqu'au dessus de la France, et le ciel s'est teinté de rose orangé. Tout est plus lié qu'on ne l'imagine :)  Vu de l'espace, le désert du Sahara dessine de superbes motifs aux couleurs incroyables. C'est un des plus beaux endroits du monde :heart:️<br />
<br />
When I was a kid, the Sahara was the definition of a place so remote I would never see it in my life. Yet sometimes when the wind blows in a particular way, Saharan sand reaches Europe and paints the sky pink. We’re all more connected than we think :) seen from space, the Saharan desert is one of the most beautiful places in the world, with unbelievable colours and shapes.<br />
<br />
Credits: ESA/NASA<br />
<br />
134E4319</p>


feed_id: tag:flickr.com,2005:/photo/34900469033
title: Chad desert
uri: Chad-desert
url: https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/34900469033/
content:
			<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/thom_astro/">Thomas Pesquet</a> posted a photo:</p>
	
<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/34900469033/" title="Chad desert"><img src="media/02943293.34900469033_725a85c5b2_m.jpg" data-original-source="https://live.staticflickr.com/4146/34900469033_725a85c5b2_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="Chad desert" /></a></p>

<p>Quand j'étais petit, le Sahara semblait si loin que je n'imaginais jamais le voir de mes propres yeux. Pourtant ces derniers jours, les vents d'Afrique ont poussé des nuages de sable saharien jusqu'au dessus de la France, et le ciel s'est teinté de rose orangé. Tout est plus lié qu'on ne l'imagine :)  Vu de l'espace, le désert du Sahara dessine de superbes motifs aux couleurs incroyables. C'est un des plus beaux endroits du monde :heart:️<br />
<br />
When I was a kid, the Sahara was the definition of a place so remote I would never see it in my life. Yet sometimes when the wind blows in a particular way, Saharan sand reaches Europe and paints the sky pink. We’re all more connected than we think :) seen from space, the Saharan desert is one of the most beautiful places in the world, with unbelievable colours and shapes.<br />
<br />
Credits: ESA/NASA<br />
<br />
134E4318</p>


feed_id: tag:flickr.com,2005:/photo/35670338396
title: Desert
uri: Desert
url: https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/35670338396/
content:
			<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/thom_astro/">Thomas Pesquet</a> posted a photo:</p>
	
<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/35670338396/" title="Desert"><img src="media/e86c03b8.35670338396_4dc70d4e39_m.jpg" data-original-source="https://live.staticflickr.com/4095/35670338396_4dc70d4e39_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="Desert" /></a></p>

<p>Quand j'étais petit, le Sahara semblait si loin que je n'imaginais jamais le voir de mes propres yeux. Pourtant ces derniers jours, les vents d'Afrique ont poussé des nuages de sable saharien jusqu'au dessus de la France, et le ciel s'est teinté de rose orangé. Tout est plus lié qu'on ne l'imagine :)  Vu de l'espace, le désert du Sahara dessine de superbes motifs aux couleurs incroyables. C'est un des plus beaux endroits du monde :heart:️<br />
<br />
When I was a kid, the Sahara was the definition of a place so remote I would never see it in my life. Yet sometimes when the wind blows in a particular way, Saharan sand reaches Europe and paints the sky pink. We’re all more connected than we think :) seen from space, the Saharan desert is one of the most beautiful places in the world, with unbelievable colours and shapes.<br />
<br />
Credits: ESA/NASA<br />
<br />
134E4313</p>


feed_id: tag:flickr.com,2005:/photo/34900469703
title: Algiers 2
uri: Algiers-2
url: https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/34900469703/
content:
			<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/thom_astro/">Thomas Pesquet</a> posted a photo:</p>
	
<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/34900469703/" title="Algiers 2"><img src="media/f54f8fa3.34900469703_c64eb244be_m.jpg" data-original-source="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/34900469703_c64eb244be_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="Algiers 2" /></a></p>

<p>En hiver, quoi de mieux que de profiter (virtuellement) des rives de la méditerrannée, et de se bercer de son climat et de son histoire. Partons faire un tour à Alger la blanche :dz:, première agglomération du Maghreb en nombre d'habitants. Bâtie en amphithéâtre sur un rocher, elle regarde la mer depuis des centaines d'années. #Proximarchives<br />
.<br />
The huge city of Algiers, capital of Algeria, has over 5 million people and seems to be swallowing up the Mediteranean Sea. I couldn't help but focus on its main airport Houari Boumediene too during Proxima, can you spot it? <br />
<br />
Credits: ESA/NASA<br />
<br />
134E4300</p>


feed_id: tag:flickr.com,2005:/photo/34900470003
title: Algiers International Airport Houari Boumediene
uri: Algiers-International-Airport-Houari-Boumediene
url: https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/34900470003/
content:
			<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/thom_astro/">Thomas Pesquet</a> posted a photo:</p>
	
<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/34900470003/" title="Algiers International Airport Houari Boumediene"><img src="media/25c966d1.34900470003_1dfac1fbae_m.jpg" data-original-source="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/34900470003_1dfac1fbae_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="Algiers International Airport Houari Boumediene" /></a></p>

<p>En hiver, quoi de mieux que de profiter (virtuellement) des rives de la méditerrannée, et de se bercer de son climat et de son histoire. Partons faire un tour à Alger la blanche :dz:, première agglomération du Maghreb en nombre d'habitants. Bâtie en amphithéâtre sur un rocher, elle regarde la mer depuis des centaines d'années.<br />
.<br />
The huge city of Algiers, capital of Algeria, has over 5 million people and seems to be swallowing up the Mediteranean Sea. I couldn't help but focus on its main airport Houari Boumediene too during Proxima, can you spot it? <br />
<br />
Credits: ESA/NASA<br />
<br />
134E4293</p>


feed_id: tag:flickr.com,2005:/photo/34900470403
title: Algiers
uri: 2021-02-28-Algiers
url: https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/34900470403/
content:
			<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/thom_astro/">Thomas Pesquet</a> posted a photo:</p>
	
<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/34900470403/" title="Algiers"><img src="media/c8d5a500.34900470403_7c9d985fda_m.jpg" data-original-source="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/34900470403_7c9d985fda_m.jpg" width="160" height="240" alt="Algiers" /></a></p>

<p>En hiver, quoi de mieux que de profiter (virtuellement) des rives de la méditerranée, et de se bercer de son climat et de son histoire. Partons faire un tour à Alger la blanche [emoji algeria], première agglomération du Maghreb en nombre d'habitants. Bâtie en amphithéâtre sur un rocher, elle regarde la mer depuis des centaines d'années. #Proximarchives<br />
<br />
The huge city of Algiers, capital of Algeria, has over 5 million people and seems to be swallowing up the Mediteranean Sea. I couldn't help but focus on its main airport Houari Boumediene too during Proxima, can you spot it?<br />
<br />
Credits: ESA/NASA<br />
<br />
134E4290</p>


feed_id: tag:flickr.com,2005:/photo/49765293647
title: Ireland sculpted by the wind
uri: Ireland-sculpted-by-the-wind
url: https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/49765293647/
content:
			<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/thom_astro/">Thomas Pesquet</a> posted a photo:</p>
	
<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/49765293647/" title="Ireland sculpted by the wind"><img src="media/21fa1b22.49765293647_558f0ef9d3_m.jpg" data-original-source="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49765293647_558f0ef9d3_m.jpg" width="160" height="240" alt="Ireland sculpted by the wind" /></a></p>

<p>Ireland sculpted by wind: the west of Ireland meets the wild Atlantic. Today is St Patrick’s Day! Níl uainn anois ach Éireannach sa spás #StPatricks<br />
<br />
La #SaintPatrick :ie: en France c’est d’habitude plutôt une excuse pour aller dans un pub irlandais ☘️ ... mais pas cette année :sweat:. C’est la fête nationale de l’Irlande certes, mais c’est surtout la fête nationale célébrée dans le plus grand nombre de pays au monde (les Irlandais ont voyagé :wink:)... et même dans l’ISS. Pour fêter ça aujourd’hui je vous emmène dans l’ouest de l’Irlande, où les paysages sculptés par le vent sont en prise directe avec les caprices de l’Atlantique.<br />
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Credits: ESA/NASA–T. Pesquet<br />
<br />
135G0702</p>


feed_id: tag:flickr.com,2005:/photo/50412752368
title: Spacesuit check
uri: 2021-03-17-Spacesuit-check
url: https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50412752368/
content:
			<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/thom_astro/">Thomas Pesquet</a> posted a photo:</p>
	
<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50412752368/" title="Spacesuit check"><img src="media/d120e23c.50412752368_5caed2f9bb_m.jpg" data-original-source="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50412752368_5caed2f9bb_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="Spacesuit check" /></a></p>

<p>Très heureux de l'annonce de Josef Aschbacher: je devrais devenir le 4e commandant européen de la Station spatiale internationale, à la fin de ma mission. Je suis fier de recevoir cet honneur ! Si tout se passe comme prévu, je serai le premier commandant français de l’ISS, après les astronautes de l’ESA Frank De Winne, Alexander Gerst et Luca Parmitano. Le commandant de la Station est en quelque sorte le capitaine du vaisseau. Bien sûr, la majorité des décisions sont prises par le Centre de contrôle en collaboration avec l’équipage, mais le commandant est la voix des astronautes en orbite. Et s’il faut faire des choix rapidement (en cas d’urgence par exemple), c’est aussi le rôle du commandant. <br />
<br />
The ESA Director General announced during today's Mission Alpha briefing: I shall become the fourth European commander of the Space Station at the end of the mission. Honoured to be chosen for this role! If it happens, I will be the first French commander of the Space Station, following from the ESA astronauts Frank De Winne, Alexander Gerst and Luca Parmitano, and this is thanks to the great work of ESA and CNES and a recognition of that work from the international partners for which I benefit from. The role of Space Station commander is like a captain on a ship, the highest in command. Of course lots of decisions are made by mission control in collaboration with the astronauts, but the commander is the voice of the astronauts in orbit, and quick decisions in case of emergencies are taken by the commander. <br />
<br />
Commercial Crew Program SpaceX Crew-2 astronauts Shane Kimbrough, Megan McArthur, Aki Hoshide and Thomas Pesquet perform ISS EVA Prep &amp; Post training at SVMF.  Photo Date: September 29, 2020.  Location:  Bldg. 9NW - ISS Airlock Mockup.  <br />
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Credits: NASA–Robert Markowitz<br />
<br />
jsc2020e043034</p>


feed_id: tag:flickr.com,2005:/photo/50705422026
title: Big picture
uri: Big-picture
url: https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50705422026/
content:
			<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/thom_astro/">Thomas Pesquet</a> posted a photo:</p>
	
<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50705422026/" title="Big picture"><img src="media/71b3c8e9.50705422026_48282db6bf_m.jpg" data-original-source="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50705422026_48282db6bf_m.jpg" width="240" height="165" alt="Big picture" /></a></p>

<p>Très heureux de l'annonce de Josef Aschbacher: je devrais devenir le 4e commandant européen de la Station spatiale internationale, à la fin de ma mission. Je suis fier de recevoir cet honneur ! Si tout se passe comme prévu, je serai le premier commandant français de l’ISS, après les astronautes de l’ESA Frank De Winne, Alexander Gerst et Luca Parmitano. Le commandant de la Station est en quelque sorte le capitaine du vaisseau. Bien sûr, la majorité des décisions sont prises par le Centre de contrôle en collaboration avec l’équipage, mais le commandant est la voix des astronautes en orbite. Et s’il faut faire des choix rapidement (en cas d’urgence par exemple), c’est aussi le rôle du commandant. <br />
<br />
The ESA Director General announced during today's Mission Alpha briefing: I shall become the fourth European commander of the Space Station at the end of the mission. Honoured to be chosen for this role! If it happens, I will be the first French commander of the Space Station, following from the ESA astronauts Frank De Winne, Alexander Gerst and Luca Parmitano, and this is thanks to the great work of ESA and CNES and a recognition of that work from the international partners for which I benefit from. The role of Space Station commander is like a captain on a ship, the highest in command. Of course lots of decisions are made by mission control in collaboration with the astronauts, but the commander is the voice of the astronauts in orbit, and quick decisions in case of emergencies are taken by the commander. <br />
<br />
PHOTO DATE:  12-08-20<br />
LOCATION:  Bldg. 9, SVMF/OCC Desk<br />
SUBJECT:  CCP/Crew-2 astronauts Thomas Pesquet and Aki Hoshide in ISS HAB EQ PROC RVW at SVMF<br />
Credits: NASA–BILL STAFFORD<br />
<br />
jsc2020e053276</p>


feed_id: tag:flickr.com,2005:/photo/50705507562
title: Over here
uri: Over-here
url: https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50705507562/
content:
			<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/thom_astro/">Thomas Pesquet</a> posted a photo:</p>
	
<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50705507562/" title="Over here"><img src="media/3824fb40.50705507562_655f8a90f1_m.jpg" data-original-source="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50705507562_655f8a90f1_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="Over here" /></a></p>

<p>Très heureux de l'annonce de Josef Aschbacher: je devrais devenir le 4e commandant européen de la Station spatiale internationale, à la fin de ma mission. Je suis fier de recevoir cet honneur ! Si tout se passe comme prévu, je serai le premier commandant français de l’ISS, après les astronautes de l’ESA Frank De Winne, Alexander Gerst et Luca Parmitano. Le commandant de la Station est en quelque sorte le capitaine du vaisseau. Bien sûr, la majorité des décisions sont prises par le Centre de contrôle en collaboration avec l’équipage, mais le commandant est la voix des astronautes en orbite. Et s’il faut faire des choix rapidement (en cas d’urgence par exemple), c’est aussi le rôle du commandant. <br />
<br />
The ESA Director General announced during today's Mission Alpha briefing: I shall become the fourth European commander of the Space Station at the end of the mission. Honoured to be chosen for this role! If it happens, I will be the first French commander of the Space Station, following from the ESA astronauts Frank De Winne, Alexander Gerst and Luca Parmitano, and this is thanks to the great work of ESA and CNES and a recognition of that work from the international partners for which I benefit from. The role of Space Station commander is like a captain on a ship, the highest in command. Of course lots of decisions are made by mission control in collaboration with the astronauts, but the commander is the voice of the astronauts in orbit, and quick decisions in case of emergencies are taken by the commander. <br />
<br />
PHOTO DATE:  12-08-20<br />
LOCATION:  Bldg. 9, SVMF/OCC Desk<br />
SUBJECT:  CCP/Crew-2 astronauts Thomas Pesquet and Aki Hoshide in ISS HAB EQ PROC RVW at SVMF<br />
Credits: NASA–BILL STAFFORD<br />
<br />
jsc2020e053284</p>


feed_id: tag:flickr.com,2005:/photo/50705488687
title: That
uri: That
url: https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50705488687/
content:
			<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/thom_astro/">Thomas Pesquet</a> posted a photo:</p>
	
<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50705488687/" title="That"><img src="media/babb011e.50705488687_12d22d41d8_m.jpg" data-original-source="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50705488687_12d22d41d8_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="That" /></a></p>

<p>Très heureux de l'annonce de Josef Aschbacher: je devrais devenir le 4e commandant européen de la Station spatiale internationale, à la fin de ma mission. Je suis fier de recevoir cet honneur ! Si tout se passe comme prévu, je serai le premier commandant français de l’ISS, après les astronautes de l’ESA Frank De Winne, Alexander Gerst et Luca Parmitano. Le commandant de la Station est en quelque sorte le capitaine du vaisseau. Bien sûr, la majorité des décisions sont prises par le Centre de contrôle en collaboration avec l’équipage, mais le commandant est la voix des astronautes en orbite. Et s’il faut faire des choix rapidement (en cas d’urgence par exemple), c’est aussi le rôle du commandant. <br />
<br />
The ESA Director General announced during today's Mission Alpha briefing: I shall become the fourth European commander of the Space Station at the end of the mission. Honoured to be chosen for this role! If it happens, I will be the first French commander of the Space Station, following from the ESA astronauts Frank De Winne, Alexander Gerst and Luca Parmitano, and this is thanks to the great work of ESA and CNES and a recognition of that work from the international partners for which I benefit from. The role of Space Station commander is like a captain on a ship, the highest in command. Of course lots of decisions are made by mission control in collaboration with the astronauts, but the commander is the voice of the astronauts in orbit, and quick decisions in case of emergencies are taken by the commander. <br />
<br />
PHOTO DATE: 12/08/2020. LOCATION: Bldg. 9NW - SVMF. SUBJECT: Thomas Pesquet and Aki Hoshide in ISS EVA Tool Config at SVMF. <br />
<br />
Credits: NASA–Norah Moran<br />
<br />
jsc2020e053285</p>


feed_id: tag:flickr.com,2005:/photo/50689354313
title: This
uri: This
url: https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50689354313/
content:
			<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/thom_astro/">Thomas Pesquet</a> posted a photo:</p>
	
<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50689354313/" title="This"><img src="media/ce1c6304.50689354313_725e5a020a_m.jpg" data-original-source="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50689354313_725e5a020a_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="This" /></a></p>

<p>Très heureux de l'annonce de Josef Aschbacher: je devrais devenir le 4e commandant européen de la Station spatiale internationale, à la fin de ma mission. Je suis fier de recevoir cet honneur ! Si tout se passe comme prévu, je serai le premier commandant français de l’ISS, après les astronautes de l’ESA Frank De Winne, Alexander Gerst et Luca Parmitano. Le commandant de la Station est en quelque sorte le capitaine du vaisseau. Bien sûr, la majorité des décisions sont prises par le Centre de contrôle en collaboration avec l’équipage, mais le commandant est la voix des astronautes en orbite. Et s’il faut faire des choix rapidement (en cas d’urgence par exemple), c’est aussi le rôle du commandant. <br />
<br />
The ESA Director General announced during today's Mission Alpha briefing: I shall become the fourth European commander of the Space Station at the end of the mission. Honoured to be chosen for this role! If it happens, I will be the first French commander of the Space Station, following from the ESA astronauts Frank De Winne, Alexander Gerst and Luca Parmitano, and this is thanks to the great work of ESA and CNES and a recognition of that work from the international partners for which I benefit from. The role of Space Station commander is like a captain on a ship, the highest in command. Of course lots of decisions are made by mission control in collaboration with the astronauts, but the commander is the voice of the astronauts in orbit, and quick decisions in case of emergencies are taken by the commander. <br />
<br />
PHOTO DATE: 12/01/2020. LOCATION: Bldg. 9NW - SVMF - ISS Mockups. SUBJECT: SpaceX Crew-2 ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet during EHS Water Ops training.  <br />
<br />
Credits: NASA–Norah Moran<br />
<br />
jsc2020e050622</p>


feed_id: tag:flickr.com,2005:/photo/50690184062
title: In Destiny
uri: In-Destiny
url: https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50690184062/
content:
			<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/thom_astro/">Thomas Pesquet</a> posted a photo:</p>
	
<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50690184062/" title="In Destiny"><img src="media/fdf419bf.50690184062_58661014a6_m.jpg" data-original-source="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50690184062_58661014a6_m.jpg" width="240" height="192" alt="In Destiny" /></a></p>

<p>Très heureux de l'annonce de Josef Aschbacher: je devrais devenir le 4e commandant européen de la Station spatiale internationale, à la fin de ma mission. Je suis fier de recevoir cet honneur ! Si tout se passe comme prévu, je serai le premier commandant français de l’ISS, après les astronautes de l’ESA Frank De Winne, Alexander Gerst et Luca Parmitano. Le commandant de la Station est en quelque sorte le capitaine du vaisseau. Bien sûr, la majorité des décisions sont prises par le Centre de contrôle en collaboration avec l’équipage, mais le commandant est la voix des astronautes en orbite. Et s’il faut faire des choix rapidement (en cas d’urgence par exemple), c’est aussi le rôle du commandant. <br />
<br />
The ESA Director General announced during today's Mission Alpha briefing: I shall become the fourth European commander of the Space Station at the end of the mission. Honoured to be chosen for this role! If it happens, I will be the first French commander of the Space Station, following from the ESA astronauts Frank De Winne, Alexander Gerst and Luca Parmitano, and this is thanks to the great work of ESA and CNES and a recognition of that work from the international partners for which I benefit from. The role of Space Station commander is like a captain on a ship, the highest in command. Of course lots of decisions are made by mission control in collaboration with the astronauts, but the commander is the voice of the astronauts in orbit, and quick decisions in case of emergencies are taken by the commander. <br />
<br />
PHOTO DATE: 12/01/2020. LOCATION: Bldg. 9NW - SVMF - ISS Mockups. SUBJECT: SpaceX Crew-2 ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet during EHS Water Ops training.  <br />
<br />
Credits: NASA–Norah Moran<br />
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jsc2020e050610</p>


feed_id: tag:flickr.com,2005:/photo/50818537448
title: Topside
uri: Topside
url: https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50818537448/
content:
			<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/thom_astro/">Thomas Pesquet</a> posted a photo:</p>
	
<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50818537448/" title="Topside"><img src="media/e54ae524.50818537448_ba01cd304d_m.jpg" data-original-source="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50818537448_ba01cd304d_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="Topside" /></a></p>

<p>Très heureux de l'annonce de Josef Aschbacher: je devrais devenir le 4e commandant européen de la Station spatiale internationale, à la fin de ma mission. Je suis fier de recevoir cet honneur ! Si tout se passe comme prévu, je serai le premier commandant français de l’ISS, après les astronautes de l’ESA Frank De Winne, Alexander Gerst et Luca Parmitano. Le commandant de la Station est en quelque sorte le capitaine du vaisseau. Bien sûr, la majorité des décisions sont prises par le Centre de contrôle en collaboration avec l’équipage, mais le commandant est la voix des astronautes en orbite. Et s’il faut faire des choix rapidement (en cas d’urgence par exemple), c’est aussi le rôle du commandant. <br />
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The ESA Director General announced during today's Mission Alpha briefing: I shall become the fourth European commander of the Space Station at the end of the mission. Honoured to be chosen for this role! If it happens, I will be the first French commander of the Space Station, following from the ESA astronauts Frank De Winne, Alexander Gerst and Luca Parmitano, and this is thanks to the great work of ESA and CNES and a recognition of that work from the international partners for which I benefit from. The role of Space Station commander is like a captain on a ship, the highest in command. Of course lots of decisions are made by mission control in collaboration with the astronauts, but the commander is the voice of the astronauts in orbit, and quick decisions in case of emergencies are taken by the commander. <br />
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SpaceX Crew-2 astronauts Aki Hoshide (JAXA) and Thomas Pesquet (ESA) during preparations for NBL training run SpaceX ISS EVA Maint 8 (IROSA INSTALL) #10. <br />
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Photo Date: December 10, 2020.<br />
Location: NBL - Pool Topside. <br />
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Credits: NASA–Robert Markowitz <br />
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feed_id: tag:flickr.com,2005:/photo/49764435223
title: Athens Venizelos airport
uri: 2021-03-25-Athens-Venizelos-airport
url: https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/49764435223/
content:
			<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/thom_astro/">Thomas Pesquet</a> posted a photo:</p>
	
<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/49764435223/" title="Athens Venizelos airport"><img src="media/38a84e9b.49764435223_d3a2a5878b_m.jpg" data-original-source="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49764435223_d3a2a5878b_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="Athens Venizelos airport" /></a></p>

<p>A picture of the capital and its airport to celebrate Greek national day. You can see the Acropolis with its sanctuary of Artemis Brauroni in this picture. Artemis is the Greek goddess that NASA named its Moon programme after! Μακάρι μια μέρα να δούμε κι Έλληνες αστροναύτες!<br />
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La Grèce célèbre aujourd’hui sa fête nationale et le 200e anniversaire de sa Révolution. Habituellement, un grand défilé parade dans les rues de la capitale que vous voyez ici. La ville s’est construite autour de l’Acropole, dans le coin inférieur droit de la photo. Il abrite le Sanctuaire d'Artémis Brauronia, déesse grecque associée à la Lune, et dont la NASA a repris le nom pour son nouveau programme d’exploration lunaire :rocket::waxing_crescent_moon:<br />
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Credits: ESA/NASA–T. Pesquet</p>


feed_id: tag:flickr.com,2005:/photo/34868563634
title: Athens
uri: 2021-03-25-Athens
url: https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/34868563634/
content:
			<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/thom_astro/">Thomas Pesquet</a> posted a photo:</p>
	
<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/34868563634/" title="Athens"><img src="media/44a1cbac.34868563634_db0f2741b2_m.jpg" data-original-source="https://live.staticflickr.com/4210/34868563634_db0f2741b2_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="Athens" /></a></p>

<p>A picture of the capital and its airport to celebrate Greek national day. You can see the Acropolis with its sanctuary of Artemis Brauroni in this picture. Artemis is the Greek goddess that NASA named its Moon programme after! Μακάρι μια μέρα να δούμε κι Έλληνες αστροναύτες!<br />
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La Grèce célèbre aujourd’hui sa fête nationale et le 200e anniversaire de sa Révolution. Habituellement, un grand défilé parade dans les rues de la capitale que vous voyez ici. La ville s’est construite autour de l’Acropole, dans le coin inférieur droit de la photo. Il abrite le Sanctuaire d'Artémis Brauronia, déesse grecque associée à la Lune, et dont la NASA a repris le nom pour son nouveau programme d’exploration lunaire :rocket::waxing_crescent_moon:<br />
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Credits: ESA/NASA<br />
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feed_id: tag:flickr.com,2005:/photo/50875532042
title: That feeling a month from launch
uri: That-feeling-a-month-from-launch
url: https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50875532042/
content:
			<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/thom_astro/">Thomas Pesquet</a> posted a photo:</p>
	
<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50875532042/" title="That feeling a month from launch"><img src="media/fdf8cefd.50875532042_dd27feb2f3_m.jpg" data-original-source="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50875532042_dd27feb2f3_m.jpg" width="192" height="240" alt="That feeling a month from launch" /></a></p>

<p>Cette première photo résume bien l’état dans lequel je me trouve à 5 semaines du lancement :sweat_smile::joy::wink:!!! C’est la dernière semaine chez moi (à Cologne en Allemagne), avec énormément de choses à régler avant de rejoindre Los Angeles, Houston puis Cape Canaveral et décoller le 22 avril. Il faut mettre sa vie en ordre avant de quitter la terre pour au moins 6 mois, et les sujets personnels se disputent mon temps avec les derniers entraînements ici en Europe... Heureusement, on aura une semaine de repos un peu avant le lancement, histoire de partir en forme. Les photos viennent d’une séance de portrait en scaphandre, quand même à peu près 100 kilos sur le dos :muscle:. On est aidés physiquement par des techniciens spécialistes du scaphandre, qu’on voit sur la deuxième photo ! Un travail d’équipe. J’essaierai pendant les semaines qui viennent de partager quelques photos de l’entraînement de ces derniers mois... si j’ai le temps :sweat_smile:<br />
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The first photo shows how I feel just five weeks from launch :sweat_smile::joy::wink:! This is the last week that I am at home (in Cologne, Germany) and I have so many things still to do before leaving for Los Angeles, Houston and then Cape Canaveral for launch 22 April. You cannot just leave Earth for six months without taking care of a bit of administration and personal matters… Luckily we have a week of rest before launch, to recuperate. The images are from a photo shoot in the EMU spacesuit, carrying around 100 kg on my back. Of course we have some technicians to help us as you can see on the second photo. Teamwork as always. I will share some photos from the last few months of training… if I have time :sweat_smile:.<br />
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PHOTO DATE: December 08, 2020.  <br />
LOCATION: Bldg. 8, Rm. 183.                      <br />
SUBJECT: Individual astronaut photo for Thomas Pesquet. Credits: NASA–Josh Valcarcel<br />
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feed_id: tag:flickr.com,2005:/photo/50902376187
title: Teamwork as always
uri: Teamwork-as-always
url: https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50902376187/
content:
			<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/thom_astro/">Thomas Pesquet</a> posted a photo:</p>
	
<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50902376187/" title="Teamwork as always"><img src="media/748dda0b.50902376187_c40f06bdc1_m.jpg" data-original-source="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50902376187_c40f06bdc1_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="Teamwork as always" /></a></p>

<p>Cette première photo résume bien l’état dans lequel je me trouve à 5 semaines du lancement :sweat_smile::joy::wink:!!! C’est la dernière semaine chez moi (à Cologne en Allemagne), avec énormément de choses à régler avant de rejoindre Los Angeles, Houston puis Cape Canaveral et décoller le 22 avril. Il faut mettre sa vie en ordre avant de quitter la terre pour au moins 6 mois, et les sujets personnels se disputent mon temps avec les derniers entraînements ici en Europe... Heureusement, on aura une semaine de repos un peu avant le lancement, histoire de partir en forme. Les photos viennent d’une séance de portrait en scaphandre, quand même à peu près 100 kilos sur le dos :muscle:. On est aidés physiquement par des techniciens spécialistes du scaphandre, qu’on voit sur la deuxième photo ! Un travail d’équipe. J’essaierai pendant les semaines qui viennent de partager quelques photos de l’entraînement de ces derniers mois... si j’ai le temps :sweat_smile:<br />
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The first photo shows how I feel just five weeks from launch :sweat_smile::joy::wink:! This is the last week that I am at home (in Cologne, Germany) and I have so many things still to do before leaving for Los Angeles, Houston and then Cape Canaveral for launch 22 April. You cannot just leave Earth for six months without taking care of a bit of administration and personal matters… Luckily we have a week of rest before launch, to recuperate. The images are from a photo shoot in the EMU spacesuit, carrying around 100 kg on my back. Of course we have some technicians to help us as you can see on the second photo. Teamwork as always. I will share some photos from the last few months of training… if I have time :sweat_smile:.<br />
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PHOTO DATE: December 08, 2020.  <br />
LOCATION: Bldg. 8, Rm. 183.                      <br />
SUBJECT: Individual astronaut photo for Thomas Pesquet. <br />
PHOTOGRAPHER: NASA–Josh Valcarcel<br />
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feed_id: tag:flickr.com,2005:/photo/51082833016
title: Crew-2 in Dragon
uri: Crew-2-in-Dragon
url: https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/51082833016/
content:
			<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/thom_astro/">Thomas Pesquet</a> posted a photo:</p>
	
<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/51082833016/" title="Crew-2 in Dragon"><img src="media/287ade92.51082833016_4e3227227d_m.jpg" data-original-source="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51082833016_4e3227227d_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="Crew-2 in Dragon" /></a></p>

<p>SpaceX CLa semaine dernière nous étions au Centre Spatial Kennedy, pour un test initial de notre capsule. Pour la première fois nous portions nos scaphandres de vol (pas la version d’entraînement) dans la vraie capsule qui nous emmènera jusqu’à la station (pas le simulateur...). Un peu comme tester sa nouvelle voiture qui sent le neuf !!! Tout marche parfaitement, elle est magnifique :heart_eyes: et même s’il reste du travail on dirait que nous serons prêts à décoller le 22 :thumbsup:. Le scaphandre sur mesure est comfortable comme un vrai pyjama, bien qu’il soit prêt à nous protéger d’un incendie ou d’une dépressurisation et autres petites choses déplaisantes :sweat_smile: (qui n’arriveront pas ). Nous avons eu l’occasion de voir notre premier étage de lanceur, au hangar, et c’est impressionnant de l’approcher de près. Comme c’est son deuxième vol (SpaceX réutilise les premiers étages de lanceur), il est noirci par la rentrée atmosphérique du premier vol, comme de la suie... c’est même possible que nous ayons écrit quelquechose dessus, au doigt :sunglasses::wink:<br />
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A week ago we had a test of our SpaceX launch suits and spacecraft. Very sci-fi! They protect us from any loss of pressure or fire or any other unpleasantness during launch (not that, that will happen) and the gloves are touchpad-friendly. They are more modern and comfortable than the Russian Sokol suits I wore for Proxima launch, but those were designed decades ago and of a timeless design. Next time we put these on will be just four hours from liftoff. They fit like a glove and we are ready! Go Crew-2!<br />
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rew-2 CEIT.  <br />
Location:  SpaceX headquaqrters, Rocket Road, Hawthorne, California.  <br />
Photo Credit:  SpaceX<br />
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feed_id: tag:flickr.com,2005:/photo/51082926567
title: (Untitled)
uri: 2021-03-30-(Untitled)
url: https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/51082926567/
content:
			<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/thom_astro/">Thomas Pesquet</a> posted a photo:</p>
	
<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/51082926567/" title=""><img src="media/2c1eb8a9.51082926567_ce556af27d_m.jpg" data-original-source="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51082926567_ce556af27d_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="" /></a></p>

<p>La semaine dernière nous étions au Centre Spatial Kennedy, pour un test initial de notre capsule. Pour la première fois nous portions nos scaphandres de vol (pas la version d’entraînement) dans la vraie capsule qui nous emmènera jusqu’à la station (pas le simulateur...). Un peu comme tester sa nouvelle voiture qui sent le neuf !!! Tout marche parfaitement, elle est magnifique :heart_eyes: et même s’il reste du travail on dirait que nous serons prêts à décoller le 22 :thumbsup:. Le scaphandre sur mesure est comfortable comme un vrai pyjama, bien qu’il soit prêt à nous protéger d’un incendie ou d’une dépressurisation et autres petites choses déplaisantes :sweat_smile: (qui n’arriveront pas ). Nous avons eu l’occasion de voir notre premier étage de lanceur, au hangar, et c’est impressionnant de l’approcher de près. Comme c’est son deuxième vol (SpaceX réutilise les premiers étages de lanceur), il est noirci par la rentrée atmosphérique du premier vol, comme de la suie... c’est même possible que nous ayons écrit quelquechose dessus, au doigt :sunglasses::wink:<br />
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A week ago we had a test of our SpaceX launch suits and spacecraft. Very sci-fi! They protect us from any loss of pressure or fire or any other unpleasantness during launch (not that, that will happen) and the gloves are touchpad-friendly. They are more modern and comfortable than the Russian Sokol suits I wore for Proxima launch, but those were designed decades ago and of a timeless design. Next time we put these on will be just four hours from liftoff. They fit like a glove and we are ready! Go Crew-2!<br />
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SpaceX Crew-2 CEIT Candids.  <br />
Location:  SpaceX headquaqrters, Rocket Road, Hawthorne, California.  <br />
Photo Credit:  SpaceX</p>


feed_id: tag:flickr.com,2005:/photo/51082927372
title: In the spacecraft!
uri: In-the-spacecraft
url: https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/51082927372/
content:
			<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/thom_astro/">Thomas Pesquet</a> posted a photo:</p>
	
<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/51082927372/" title="In the spacecraft!"><img src="media/653d9121.51082927372_f6d148664b_m.jpg" data-original-source="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51082927372_f6d148664b_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="In the spacecraft!" /></a></p>

<p>La semaine dernière nous étions au Centre Spatial Kennedy, pour un test initial de notre capsule. Pour la première fois nous portions nos scaphandres de vol (pas la version d’entraînement) dans la vraie capsule qui nous emmènera jusqu’à la station (pas le simulateur...). Un peu comme tester sa nouvelle voiture qui sent le neuf !!! Tout marche parfaitement, elle est magnifique :heart_eyes: et même s’il reste du travail on dirait que nous serons prêts à décoller le 22 :thumbsup:. Le scaphandre sur mesure est comfortable comme un vrai pyjama, bien qu’il soit prêt à nous protéger d’un incendie ou d’une dépressurisation et autres petites choses déplaisantes :sweat_smile: (qui n’arriveront pas ). Nous avons eu l’occasion de voir notre premier étage de lanceur, au hangar, et c’est impressionnant de l’approcher de près. Comme c’est son deuxième vol (SpaceX réutilise les premiers étages de lanceur), il est noirci par la rentrée atmosphérique du premier vol, comme de la suie... c’est même possible que nous ayons écrit quelquechose dessus, au doigt :sunglasses::wink:<br />
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A week ago we had a test of our SpaceX launch suits and spacecraft. Very sci-fi! They protect us from any loss of pressure or fire or any other unpleasantness during launch (not that, that will happen) and the gloves are touchpad-friendly. They are more modern and comfortable than the Russian Sokol suits I wore for Proxima launch, but those were designed decades ago and of a timeless design. Next time we put these on will be just four hours from liftoff. They fit like a glove and we are ready! Go Crew-2!<br />
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SpaceX Crew-2 ATP Training - Thomas Pesquet.  <br />
Location:  SpaceX headquaqrters, Rocket Road, Hawthorne, California.  <br />
Photo Credit:  SpaceX<br />
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feed_id: tag:flickr.com,2005:/photo/51082926777
title: Crew-2 in gear
uri: Crew-2-in-gear
url: https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/51082926777/
content:
			<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/thom_astro/">Thomas Pesquet</a> posted a photo:</p>
	
<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/51082926777/" title="Crew-2 in gear"><img src="media/3e859943.51082926777_6340d27996_m.jpg" data-original-source="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51082926777_6340d27996_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="Crew-2 in gear" /></a></p>

<p>À l'approche du lancement (et peut-être parce que nous venons de recevoir nos tout nouveaux portraits :wink:), il est temps de faire connaissance avec l'équipage. Je ne veux pas me vanter, mais cette équipe pourrait bien avoir l'expérience cumulée la plus importante de l'histoire des vols spatiaux !!!! (Je suis sûr qu'Internet se chargera de faire les calculs), et surtout, ce sont les meilleurs coéquipiers qui soient. Nous avons récemment eu la chance de nous entraîner dans nos nouvelles combinaisons spatiales à Hawthorne, base de SpaceX, et nous avons pris quelques photos. Laissez-moi vous les présenter (n'hésitez pas à les suivre sur les médias sociaux). Un grand merci à l'équipe de SpaceX chargée des relations publiques et des médias, ainsi qu'à Ashish Sharma, le photographe incroyablement talentueux qui prend la plupart des photos de SpaceX que vous voyez partout sur Internet.<br />
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As we get closer to launch (and maybe because we just received our brand new crew portraits ;)), it's time to meet the crew. I don;t mean to show off but this crew might have the most combined experience in spaceflight history!!!! (I'm sure the internet will take on the task to do the maths), and more importantly they're the best teammates ever. We had the chance to train in our shiny new spacesuits recently in Hawthorne where SpaceX is based, and we snapped a few pictures. Let me introduce them (and feel free to folow them on social media too). A special shoutout to the awesome PR and media team at SpaceX and Ashish Sharma the incredibly talented photographer who takes most of the cool SpaceX pictures you see all over the internet.<br />
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SpaceX Crew-2 Launch Simulation.  <br />
Location:  SpaceX headquaqrters, Rocket Road, Hawthorne, California.  <br />
Photo Credit:  SpaceX<br />
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feed_id: tag:flickr.com,2005:/photo/50997911744
title: Thomas
uri: Thomas
url: https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50997911744/
content:
			<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/thom_astro/">Thomas Pesquet</a> posted a photo:</p>
	
<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50997911744/" title="Thomas"><img src="media/47ae2d6e.50997911744_6ee386c714_m.jpg" data-original-source="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50997911744_6ee386c714_m.jpg" width="192" height="240" alt="Thomas" /></a></p>

<p>Yes I was looking tired on this day, no comment necessary. Thanks to the awesome photo and media team at SpaceX, it was just great to work with them.<br />
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SpaceX Crew-2 - Thomas Pesquet. <br />
Individual Portrait - Space Suit. <br />
Location:  SpaceX headquaqrters, Rocket Road, Hawthorne, California. <br />
Photo Credit:  SpaceX<br />
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feed_id: tag:flickr.com,2005:/photo/51013649735
title: Aki
uri: Aki
url: https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/51013649735/
content:
			<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/thom_astro/">Thomas Pesquet</a> posted a photo:</p>
	
<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/51013649735/" title="Aki"><img src="media/b7e504e2.51013649735_85c6908a91_m.jpg" data-original-source="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51013649735_85c6908a91_m.jpg" width="192" height="240" alt="Aki" /></a></p>

<p>Aki et moi avons passé 8 jours à 20m sous l'eau pour l'expédition NEEMO de la NASA, il n'y aura donc aucune surprise pour nous. Il est incroyablement compétent, toujours de bonne humeur et c'est tout simplement fantastique de travailler avec lui, je ne pouvais pas imaginer un meilleur coéquipier. Il a participé à la conception du superbe vaisseau spatial japonais HTV et du module japonais Kibo. Si quelque chose ne va pas côté matériel, je demanderai à Aki de trouver une solution ! Notons qu'il aura volé à bord de 3 véhicules spatiaux différents, ce qui est un exploit rarement égalé.<br />
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Aki and I spent eight days 20 m underwater for NASA's NEEMO expedition so there will be no surprises for use. He is incredibly competent, always in a good mood and just fantastic to work with, couldn't think of a better crew mate. He actually helped design the magnificent Japanese supply spacecraft HTV and the Japanese module Kibo. If anything ever goes wrong on the hardware side, I will be asking Aki for a solution! And he will have flown on three different space vehicles too, a rare feat.<br />
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SpaceX Crew-2 - Akihiko Hoshide. <br />
Individual Portrait - Space Suit. <br />
Location:  SpaceX headquaqrters, Rocket Road, Hawthorne, California.  <br />
Photo Credit:  SpaceX<br />
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feed_id: tag:flickr.com,2005:/photo/50997912054
title: Shane
uri: 2021-03-31-Shane
url: https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50997912054/
content:
			<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/thom_astro/">Thomas Pesquet</a> posted a photo:</p>
	
<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50997912054/" title="Shane"><img src="media/6674242c.50997912054_c46772eb97_m.jpg" data-original-source="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50997912054_c46772eb97_m.jpg" width="192" height="240" alt="Shane" /></a></p>

<p>Shane était dans l'espace avec moi lors de ma première mission, Proxima. C'est formidable (et relativement inhabituel) d'être à nouveau réunis en apesanteur l'année prochaine. Plus important encore, Shane est l'une des rares personnes qui partagent ma passion pour les aéroports vus de l'espace et j'ai hâte de les repérer avec lui. Cette mission sera la 3me expédition spatiale de Shane, après Soyouz et la navette spatiale. Je suis bien sûr extrêmement jaloux, sans parler du fait qu'il a effectué 6 sorties dans l'espace et qu'il est un leader inspirant. Mais je suis meilleur au golf que lui :relieved:<br />
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Shane was in space with me during my first mission Proxima, so it is great (and relatively rare) to be united in weightlessness again next year. More importantly Shane is one of the few people who shares my passion for #airportsfromspace and I look forward to pointing them out together. This mission will be Shane's third spacecraft to space after Soyuz and Space Shuttle, I am of course insanely jealous of that, not to mention he has done six spacewalks and is an inspiring leader. I am better at golf than him though. <br />
<br />
SpaceX Crew-2 - Shane Kimbrough. <br />
Individual Portrait - Space Suit. <br />
Location:  SpaceX headquarters, Rocket Road, Hawthorne, California. <br />
Photo Credit:  SpaceX<br />
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feed_id: tag:flickr.com,2005:/photo/50997912129
title: Megan
uri: Megan
url: https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50997912129/
content:
			<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/thom_astro/">Thomas Pesquet</a> posted a photo:</p>
	
<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50997912129/" title="Megan"><img src="media/52a53be1.50997912129_e1b57bf74f_m.jpg" data-original-source="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50997912129_e1b57bf74f_m.jpg" width="192" height="240" alt="Megan" /></a></p>

<p>Megan est notre super pilote. Elle a probablement plus de qualifications que nous tous réunis, et elle a volé à bord de la navette spatiale jusqu'au point le plus éloigné où celle-ci peut aller, le télescope spatial Hubble. Ça fait d'elle l'astronaute qui a le plus voyagé de notre équipage. Elle a travaillé comme CapCom de la station spatiale internationale et de la navette spatiale, et a occupé de nombreux postes au sein de la NASA : elle connaît donc TOUS les aspects de cette aventure. Je prévois de vivre selon un ensemble de règles simples sur l'ISS pour que tout se passe bien. Règle n° 1 : Megan a toujours raison. Règle n° 2 : quand Megan a tort, voir la règle n° 1, et règle n° 3 : s'il y a un désaccord quand Megan n'est pas là, aller chercher Megan.<br />
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Megan is our awesome pilot. She probably has more qualifications than all of us combined and has flown on the Space Shuttle to the farthest point it can go, the Hubble space telescope, making her by far the farthest travelled astronaut of our Crew. She has worked CapCom for Space Station and Space Shuttle, as well as done many jobs within NASA so she knows ALL the sides of the story. I plan to live by a simple set of rules on ISS and I know everything wil be just fine: Rule#1: Megan is always right, Rule#2: when Megan is wrong, see rule number one, and Rule #3: if there's a disagreement when Megan is not around, go get Megan.<br />
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SpaceX Crew-2 - Megan McArthur Behnken. <br />
Individual Portrait - Space Suit. <br />
Location:  SpaceX headquaqrters, Rocket Road, Hawthorne, California.  <br />
Photo Credit:  SpaceX<br />
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jsc2021e010823_nr</p>


feed_id: tag:flickr.com,2005:/photo/50275047541
title: Green River, Utah
uri: Green-River-Utah
url: https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50275047541/
content:
			<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/thom_astro/">Thomas Pesquet</a> posted a photo:</p>
	
<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50275047541/" title="Green River, Utah"><img src="media/a3f4ee62.50275047541_e4496e2238_m.jpg" data-original-source="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50275047541_e4496e2238_m.jpg" width="79" height="240" alt="Green River, Utah" /></a></p>

<p>Il reste encore quelques semaines pour poster les photos sympas restantes de ma première mission... parce qu'une fois de retour sur l'ISS, le but c'est évidemment d'en faire des nouvelles! Sinon c'est tricher :wink: Ce collage géant de la Green River (principal affluent du Colorado) a été réalisé à partir de dizaines de photos. C'est compliqué à faire, un peu comme un puzzle grandeur nature (merci aux spécialistes de la NASA qui ont fait tout le boulot), mais le résultat c'est une photo de 50 km par 100 km, où on peut zoomer au maximum. Peut-être pas hyper spectaculaire sur Facebook, mais retrouvez la photo en HD et amusez-vous à descendre (ou remonter ;)) le cours d'eau: <a href="https://www.esa.int/.../Images/2021/04/Green_River_grouping" rel="noreferrer nofollow">www.esa.int/.../Images/2021/04/Green_River_grouping</a><br />
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A few more weeks left to post a few leftover images from my first mission... once back on the International Space Station I want to take new pictures, otherwise it would be cheating :wink:. This collage is of the Green River (a tributary of Colorado River) and was made by stitching together dozens of photos. It is not easy to do, making nature into a large puzzle (a big thank you to the specialists at NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration that did all the work) but the result is an image that spans 50 km by 100 km where you can zoom and pan to the max, not on Facebook but using this link: <a href="https://www.esa.int/.../Images/2021/04/Green_River_grouping" rel="noreferrer nofollow">www.esa.int/.../Images/2021/04/Green_River_grouping</a> . Have fun scrolling up (or down) the river. <br />
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Expedition 51 Earth observation composite of the Green River in Canyonlands National Park, Utah. Composite created with iss051e013276-iss051e013296.<br />
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jsc2017e064009</p>


feed_id: tag:flickr.com,2005:/photo/50704664563
title: In the water but not spacewalk training
uri: In-the-water-but-not-spacewalk-training
url: https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50704664563/
content:
			<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/thom_astro/">Thomas Pesquet</a> posted a photo:</p>
	
<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50704664563/" title="In the water but not spacewalk training"><img src="media/87288d35.50704664563_12e534288d_m.jpg" data-original-source="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50704664563_12e534288d_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="In the water but not spacewalk training" /></a></p>

<p>J-10 avant le décollage de la #MissionAlpha ! Ma semaine de quarantaine va commencer. C’est une procédure standard pour éviter d’emporter des maladies à bord de l’ISS. C’est aussi l’aboutissement d’un entraînement long et intense qui dure depuis plusieurs mois. Je vais tâcher de vous raconter ça avant de partir avec le hashtag #AlphaTrainingRecap: voici le 1er sur 12 !<br />
Commençons par la fin: l'amerrissage ! On s’est entraîné plusieurs fois dans le bassin du NASA Johnson Space Center, avant de passer dans le grand bain : un vrai plan d’eau, pour plus de réalisme. Il fallait qu’on sache comment évacuer la capsule et utiliser les équipements de survie en conditions réelles. Les moyens de sauvetage de SpaceX sont basés à Port Canaveral, à une encablure de notre lieu de décollage, et sont déployés au large de la Floride ou dans le Golfe du Mexique pour le retour... ou si jamais le décollage se passait un peu moins bien (éjection de la capsule et retour dans l'eau) :blush: Les combinaisons rouges et orange sont nos tenus d'entraînement qui approximent un scaphandre... en lui épargnant les bains d'eau de mer. Un petit côté Power Rangers :wink:<br />
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10 days to liftoff and the quarantine period is starting. This is standard procedure to avoid bringing any disease to the International Space Station, and has obviously special importance now, but also marks the end of one year of training. I will share some of the photos from #AlphaTrainingRecap in the next few days, here's the first in the series of 12.  <br />
Let's start by the end of the mission: water landing! Like the Apollo capsules, the Crew Dragon lands in water, after descending with parachutes. We should be rescued quickly... if our landing is precise. But in case things go wrong, we are trained to extract ourselves and survive at sea using our emergency equipment. We trained this process in a pool at first, and then in a real body of water at Cape Canaveral where SpaceX has recovery ships and personel staged from. We also rely on lots of military forces to be in alert during launch and landing and come to the rescue if need be. Lots of thanks to them! And yes we look like Power rangers in these training outfits, they're meant to replicate our actual flight suits, without damaging them in water... <br />
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NASA astronauts Shane Kimbrough and Megan McArthur, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Akihiko Hoshide, and European Space Agency astronaut Thomas Pesquet participate in an egress training exercise in Port Canaveral, Florida, on Oct. 1, 2020, in preparation for NASA’s SpaceX Crew-2 mission as part of the agency’s Commercial Crew Program. The exercise involved simulating an emergency situation after splashdown of the Crew Dragon spacecraft. Using a mock-up of the Crew Dragon, the crew practiced exiting the capsule and jumping into the water. Crew-2 is targeted to launch from Kennedy Space Center’s Launch Complex 39A in spring 2021.</p>


feed_id: tag:flickr.com,2005:/photo/50705488542
title: Water egress training
uri: Water-egress-training
url: https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50705488542/
content:
			<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/thom_astro/">Thomas Pesquet</a> posted a photo:</p>
	
<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50705488542/" title="Water egress training"><img src="media/07b6e075.50705488542_f978f0b144_m.jpg" data-original-source="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50705488542_f978f0b144_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="Water egress training" /></a></p>

<p>#AlphaTrainingRecapLet's start by the end of the mission: water landing! Like the Apollo capsules, the Crew Dragon lands in water, after descending with parachutes. We should be rescued quickly... if our landing is precise, but in case things go wrong, we are trained to extract ourselves and survive at sea using our emergency equipment. We trained this process in a pool at first, and then in a real body of water at Cape Canaveral, where SpaceX has recovery ships and personel staged from. We also rely on lots of military forces to be in alert during launch and landing and come to the rescue if need be. Thanks to them! And yes we look like Power rangers in these training outfits, they're meant to replicate our actual flight suits, without damaging them in water... #MissionAlpha<br />
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Commençons par la fin: l'amerrissage ! On s’est entraîné plusieurs fois dans le bassin du NASA Johnson Space Center, avant de passer dans le grand bain : un vrai plan d’eau, pour plus de réalisme. Il fallait qu’on sache comment évacuer la capsule et utiliser les équipements de survie en conditions réelles. Les moyens de sauvetage de SpaceX sont basés à Port Canaveral, à une encablure de notre lieu de décollage, et sont déployés au large de la Floride ou dans le Golfe du Mexique pour le retour... ou si jamais le décollage se passait un peu moins bien (éjection de la capsule et retour dans l'eau) :blush: Les combinaisons rouges et orange sont nos tenus d'entraînement qui approximent un scaphandre... en lui épargnant les bains d'eau de mer. Un petit côté Power Rangers :wink:<br />
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NASA astronauts Shane Kimbrough and Megan McArthur, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Akihiko Hoshide, and European Space Agency astronaut Thomas Pesquet participate in an egress training exercise in Port Canaveral, Florida, on Oct. 1, 2020, in preparation for NASA’s SpaceX Crew-2 mission as part of the agency’s Commercial Crew Program. The exercise involved simulating an emergency situation after splashdown of the Crew Dragon spacecraft. Using a mock-up of the Crew Dragon, the crew practiced exiting the capsule and jumping into the water. Crew-2 is targeted to launch from Kennedy Space Center’s Launch Complex 39A in spring 2021.</p>


feed_id: tag:flickr.com,2005:/photo/50705405916
title: Jump
uri: Jump
url: https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50705405916/
content:
			<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/thom_astro/">Thomas Pesquet</a> posted a photo:</p>
	
<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50705405916/" title="Jump"><img src="media/d5f3a184.50705405916_a9dfe88112_m.jpg" data-original-source="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50705405916_a9dfe88112_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="Jump" /></a></p>

<p>#AlphaTrainingRecap: Let's start by the end of the mission: water landing! Like the Apollo capsules, the Crew Dragon lands in water, after descending with parachutes. We should be rescued quickly... if our landing is precise, but in case things go wrong, we are trained to extract ourselves and survive at sea using our emergency equipment. We trained this process in a pool at first, and then in a real body of water at Cape Canaveral, where SpaceX has recovery ships and personel staged from. We also rely on lots of military forces to be in alert during launch and landing and come to the rescue if need be. Thanks to them! And yes we look like Power rangers in these training outfits, they're meant to replicate our actual flight suits, without damaging them in water... #MissionAlpha<br />
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Commençons par la fin: l'amerrissage ! On s’est entraîné plusieurs fois dans le bassin du NASA Johnson Space Center, avant de passer dans le grand bain : un vrai plan d’eau, pour plus de réalisme. Il fallait qu’on sache comment évacuer la capsule et utiliser les équipements de survie en conditions réelles. Les moyens de sauvetage de SpaceX sont basés à Port Canaveral, à une encablure de notre lieu de décollage, et sont déployés au large de la Floride ou dans le Golfe du Mexique pour le retour... ou si jamais le décollage se passait un peu moins bien (éjection de la capsule et retour dans l'eau) :blush: Les combinaisons rouges et orange sont nos tenus d'entraînement qui approximent un scaphandre... en lui épargnant les bains d'eau de mer. Un petit côté Power Rangers :wink:<br />
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NASA astronauts Shane Kimbrough and Megan McArthur, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Akihiko Hoshide, and European Space Agency astronaut Thomas Pesquet participate in an egress training exercise in Port Canaveral, Florida, on Oct. 1, 2020, in preparation for NASA’s SpaceX Crew-2 mission as part of the agency’s Commercial Crew Program. The exercise involved simulating an emergency situation after splashdown of the Crew Dragon spacecraft. Using a mock-up of the Crew Dragon, the crew practiced exiting the capsule and jumping into the water. Crew-2 is targeted to launch from Kennedy Space Center’s Launch Complex 39A in spring 2021.</p>


feed_id: tag:flickr.com,2005:/photo/50705408601
title: Power rangers
uri: Power-rangers
url: https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50705408601/
content:
			<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/thom_astro/">Thomas Pesquet</a> posted a photo:</p>
	
<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50705408601/" title="Power rangers"><img src="media/cb0d92d2.50705408601_1d4c5f67b6_m.jpg" data-original-source="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50705408601_1d4c5f67b6_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="Power rangers" /></a></p>

<p>#AlphaTrainingRecapLet's start by the end of the mission: water landing! Like the Apollo capsules, the Crew Dragon lands in water, after descending with parachutes. We should be rescued quickly... if our landing is precise, but in case things go wrong, we are trained to extract ourselves and survive at sea using our emergency equipment. We trained this process in a pool at first, and then in a real body of water at Cape Canaveral, where SpaceX has recovery ships and personel staged from. We also rely on lots of military forces to be in alert during launch and landing and come to the rescue if need be. Thanks to them! And yes we look like Power rangers in these training outfits, they're meant to replicate our actual flight suits, without damaging them in water... #MissionAlpha<br />
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Commençons par la fin: l'amerrissage ! On s’est entraîné plusieurs fois dans le bassin du NASA Johnson Space Center, avant de passer dans le grand bain : un vrai plan d’eau, pour plus de réalisme. Il fallait qu’on sache comment évacuer la capsule et utiliser les équipements de survie en conditions réelles. Les moyens de sauvetage de SpaceX sont basés à Port Canaveral, à une encablure de notre lieu de décollage, et sont déployés au large de la Floride ou dans le Golfe du Mexique pour le retour... ou si jamais le décollage se passait un peu moins bien (éjection de la capsule et retour dans l'eau) :blush: Les combinaisons rouges et orange sont nos tenus d'entraînement qui approximent un scaphandre... en lui épargnant les bains d'eau de mer. Un petit côté Power Rangers :wink:<br />
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NASA astronauts Shane Kimbrough and Megan McArthur, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Akihiko Hoshide, and European Space Agency astronaut Thomas Pesquet participate in an egress training exercise in Port Canaveral, Florida, on Oct. 1, 2020, in preparation for NASA’s SpaceX Crew-2 mission as part of the agency’s Commercial Crew Program. The exercise involved simulating an emergency situation after splashdown of the Crew Dragon spacecraft. Using a mock-up of the Crew Dragon, the crew practiced exiting the capsule and jumping into the water. Crew-2 is targeted to launch from Kennedy Space Center’s Launch Complex 39A in spring 2021.</p>


feed_id: tag:flickr.com,2005:/photo/50705409611
title: Getting ready to jump
uri: Getting-ready-to-jump
url: https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50705409611/
content:
			<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/thom_astro/">Thomas Pesquet</a> posted a photo:</p>
	
<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50705409611/" title="Getting ready to jump"><img src="media/d8637b16.50705409611_8ddaec23c2_m.jpg" data-original-source="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50705409611_8ddaec23c2_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="Getting ready to jump" /></a></p>

<p>J-10 avant le décollage de la #MissionAlpha ! Ma semaine de quarantaine va commencer. C’est une procédure standard pour éviter d’emporter des maladies à bord de l’ISS. C’est aussi l’aboutissement d’un entraînement long et intense qui dure depuis plusieurs mois. Je vais tâcher de vous raconter ça avant de partir avec le hashtag #AlphaTrainingRecap: voici le 1er sur 12 !<br />
Commençons par la fin: l'amerrissage ! On s’est entraîné plusieurs fois dans le bassin du NASA Johnson Space Center, avant de passer dans le grand bain : un vrai plan d’eau, pour plus de réalisme. Il fallait qu’on sache comment évacuer la capsule et utiliser les équipements de survie en conditions réelles. Les moyens de sauvetage de SpaceX sont basés à Port Canaveral, à une encablure de notre lieu de décollage, et sont déployés au large de la Floride ou dans le Golfe du Mexique pour le retour... ou si jamais le décollage se passait un peu moins bien (éjection de la capsule et retour dans l'eau) :blush: Les combinaisons rouges et orange sont nos tenus d'entraînement qui approximent un scaphandre... en lui épargnant les bains d'eau de mer. Un petit côté Power Rangers :wink:<br />
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10 days to liftoff and the quarantine period is starting. This is standard procedure to avoid bringing any disease to the International Space Station, and has obviously special importance now, but also marks the end of one year of training. I will share some of the photos from #AlphaTrainingRecap in the next few days, here's the first in the series of 12.  <br />
Let's start by the end of the mission: water landing! Like the Apollo capsules, the Crew Dragon lands in water, after descending with parachutes. We should be rescued quickly... if our landing is precise. But in case things go wrong, we are trained to extract ourselves and survive at sea using our emergency equipment. We trained this process in a pool at first, and then in a real body of water at Cape Canaveral where SpaceX has recovery ships and personel staged from. We also rely on lots of military forces to be in alert during launch and landing and come to the rescue if need be. Lots of thanks to them! And yes we look like Power rangers in these training outfits, they're meant to replicate our actual flight suits, without damaging them in water... <br />
.<br />
NASA astronauts Shane Kimbrough and Megan McArthur, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Akihiko Hoshide, and European Space Agency astronaut Thomas Pesquet participate in an egress training exercise in Port Canaveral, Florida, on Oct. 1, 2020, in preparation for NASA’s SpaceX Crew-2 mission as part of the agency’s Commercial Crew Program. The exercise involved simulating an emergency situation after splashdown of the Crew Dragon spacecraft. Using a mock-up of the Crew Dragon, the crew practiced exiting the capsule and jumping into the water. Crew-2 is targeted to launch from Kennedy Space Center’s Launch Complex 39A in spring 2021.<br />
NASA astronauts Shane Kimbrough and Megan McArthur, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Akihiko Hoshide, and European Space Agency astronaut Thomas Pesquet participate in an egress training exercise in Port Canaveral, Florida, on Oct. 1, 2020, in preparation for NASA’s SpaceX Crew-2 mission as part of the agency’s Commercial Crew Program. The exercise involved simulating an emergency situation after splashdown of the Crew Dragon spacecraft. Using a mock-up of the Crew Dragon, the crew practiced exiting the capsule and jumping into the water. Crew-2 is targeted to launch from Kennedy Space Center’s Launch Complex 39A in spring 2021.</p>


feed_id: tag:flickr.com,2005:/photo/50705494687
title: Splashdown imminent
uri: Splashdown-imminent
url: https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50705494687/
content:
			<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/thom_astro/">Thomas Pesquet</a> posted a photo:</p>
	
<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50705494687/" title="Splashdown imminent"><img src="media/5e2aff5a.50705494687_2062980241_m.jpg" data-original-source="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50705494687_2062980241_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="Splashdown imminent" /></a></p>

<p>#AlphaTrainingRecap: Let's start by the end of the mission: water landing! Like the Apollo capsules, the Crew Dragon lands in water, after descending with parachutes. We should be rescued quickly... if our landing is precise, but in case things go wrong, we are trained to extract ourselves and survive at sea using our emergency equipment. We trained this process in a pool at first, and then in a real body of water at Cape Canaveral, where SpaceX has recovery ships and personel staged from. We also rely on lots of military forces to be in alert during launch and landing and come to the rescue if need be. Thanks to them! And yes we look like Power rangers in these training outfits, they're meant to replicate our actual flight suits, without damaging them in water... #MissionAlpha<br />
<br />
Commençons par la fin: l'amerrissage ! On s’est entraîné plusieurs fois dans le bassin du NASA Johnson Space Center, avant de passer dans le grand bain : un vrai plan d’eau, pour plus de réalisme. Il fallait qu’on sache comment évacuer la capsule et utiliser les équipements de survie en conditions réelles. Les moyens de sauvetage de SpaceX sont basés à Port Canaveral, à une encablure de notre lieu de décollage, et sont déployés au large de la Floride ou dans le Golfe du Mexique pour le retour... ou si jamais le décollage se passait un peu moins bien (éjection de la capsule et retour dans l'eau) :blush: Les combinaisons rouges et orange sont nos tenus d'entraînement qui approximent un scaphandre... en lui épargnant les bains d'eau de mer. Un petit côté Power Rangers :wink:<br />
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NASA astronauts Shane Kimbrough and Megan McArthur, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Akihiko Hoshide, and European Space Agency astronaut Thomas Pesquet participate in an egress training exercise in Port Canaveral, Florida, on Oct. 1, 2020, in preparation for NASA’s SpaceX Crew-2 mission as part of the agency’s Commercial Crew Program. The exercise involved simulating an emergency situation after splashdown of the Crew Dragon spacecraft. Using a mock-up of the Crew Dragon, the crew practiced exiting the capsule and jumping into the water. Crew-2 is targeted to launch from Kennedy Space Center’s Launch Complex 39A in spring 2021.</p>


feed_id: tag:flickr.com,2005:/photo/50819369342
title: Suiting up
uri: Suiting-up
url: https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50819369342/
content:
			<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/thom_astro/">Thomas Pesquet</a> posted a photo:</p>
	
<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50819369342/" title="Suiting up"><img src="media/4046645b.50819369342_6885de3465_m.jpg" data-original-source="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50819369342_6885de3465_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="Suiting up" /></a></p>

<p>#AlphaTrainingRecap: Hier je vous parlais de l'intérieur de la Station, aujourd'hui on en sort. Les sorties extravéhiculaires sont des moments emblématiques des missions dans l’espace. Pendant quelques heures, on devient soi-même son propre vaisseau spatial ! Mais ce sont loin d'être des promenades de santé pour autant. Chaque EVA (pour Extra Vehicular Activities) demande énormément de préparation, de la part des équipes au sol et pour nous à bord. Il faut apprendre les gestes techniques bien sûr,  écrire et vérifier un grand nombre de procédures normales et anormales (pour parer à toutes les éventualités), mais aussi entretenir, adapter et préparer les combinaisons et les équipements, s'assurer que les scaphandres sont étanches (très important !), les enfiler (et aider son partenaire à les enfiler), et enfin mettre à l'épreuve en conditions réelles l'entraînement reçu en piscine :swimmer: <br />
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#AlphaTrainingRecap: Yesterday I talked about training in the interior of the International Space Station, today we go outside. A lot of our training time was spent on EVAs, or Extra Vehicular Activities, or spacewalks for you and me. From checking spacesuit sizes to ensuring they are airtight (very important!) to the procedures of putting them on and helping Aki put them on and finally putting all of the training to the test in the pool. We don't think of going outside as a walk in the park!<br />
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SpaceX Crew-2 astronauts Aki Hoshide (JAXA) and Thomas Pesquet (ESA) during preparations for NBL training run SpaceX ISS EVA Maint 8 (IROSA INSTALL) #10.  Photo Date: December 10, 2020.  Location: NBL - Pool Topside.  Photographer: Robert Markowitz<br />
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jsc2020e053514</p>


feed_id: tag:flickr.com,2005:/photo/51117597537
title: SpaceXCrew-2_Cutout_THOMAS_20210407-129A7252
uri: SpaceXCrew-2_Cutout_THOMAS_20210407-129A7252
url: https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/51117597537/
content:
			<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/thom_astro/">Thomas Pesquet</a> posted a photo:</p>
	
<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/51117597537/" title="SpaceXCrew-2_Cutout_THOMAS_20210407-129A7252"><img src="media/bf8c0441.51117597537_b30d07c662_m.jpg" data-original-source="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51117597537_b30d07c662_m.jpg" width="160" height="240" alt="SpaceXCrew-2_Cutout_THOMAS_20210407-129A7252" /></a></p>


feed_id: tag:flickr.com,2005:/photo/51043501277
title: Star City training
uri: Star-City-training
url: https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/51043501277/
content:
			<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/thom_astro/">Thomas Pesquet</a> posted a photo:</p>
	
<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/51043501277/" title="Star City training"><img src="media/df02d27c.51043501277_7da7f26727_m.jpg" data-original-source="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51043501277_7da7f26727_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="Star City training" /></a></p>

<p>Texas, Californie, Allemagne... et aussi Russie ! La Cité des Étoiles est un lieu historique où on s'est récemment entrainés avec Matthias, sur le bras robotique européen. Surnommé ERA, il devrait être lancé cette année et faire partie du nouveau module scientifique qui doit prolonger le segment russe de la Station spatiale internationale. Il aura un panneau de contrôle à l'intérieur et un autre à l'extérieur de la Station ️<br />
.<br />
A historical workplace the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Centre, also called Star City. We spent some time (re)learning about the Russian segment of the Space Station but also practicing with the European Robotic Arm robotics system at Star City. The European Robotic Arm is slated to launch this year as part of a new science module that will expand the Russian segment of the Space Station. It has a control board that can be used both inside and outside the Station, so a spacewalker can control the arm directly while outside! <br />
.<br />
Credits: GCTC<br />
<br />
DSC_9116</p>


feed_id: tag:flickr.com,2005:/photo/51043415866
title: Crew-2 in Russia training
uri: Crew-2-in-Russia-training
url: https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/51043415866/
content:
			<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/thom_astro/">Thomas Pesquet</a> posted a photo:</p>
	
<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/51043415866/" title="Crew-2 in Russia training"><img src="media/a19ce569.51043415866_690a1cafd6_m.jpg" data-original-source="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51043415866_690a1cafd6_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="Crew-2 in Russia training" /></a></p>

<p>Texas, Californie, Allemagne... et aussi Russie ! La Cité des Étoiles est un lieu historique où on s'est récemment entrainés avec Matthias, sur le bras robotique européen. Surnommé ERA, il devrait être lancé cette année et faire partie du nouveau module scientifique qui doit prolonger le segment russe de la Station spatiale internationale. Il aura un panneau de contrôle à l'intérieur et un autre à l'extérieur de la Station ️<br />
.<br />
A historical workplace the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Centre, also called Star City. We spent some time (re)learning about the Russian segment of the Space Station but also practicing with the European Robotic Arm robotics system at Star City. The European Robotic Arm is slated to launch this year as part of a new science module that will expand the Russian segment of the Space Station. It has a control board that can be used both inside and outside the Station, so a spacewalker can control the arm directly while outside! <br />
.<br />
Credits: GCTC<br />
<br />
DSC_6972</p>


feed_id: tag:flickr.com,2005:/photo/51043518577
title: Not a submarine
uri: Not-a-submarine
url: https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/51043518577/
content:
			<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/thom_astro/">Thomas Pesquet</a> posted a photo:</p>
	
<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/51043518577/" title="Not a submarine"><img src="media/2f4f7cb5.51043518577_bba86865ec_m.jpg" data-original-source="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51043518577_bba86865ec_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="Not a submarine" /></a></p>

<p>Texas, Californie, Allemagne... et aussi Russie ! La Cité des Étoiles est un lieu historique où on s'est récemment entrainés avec Matthias, sur le bras robotique européen. Surnommé ERA, il devrait être lancé cette année et faire partie du nouveau module scientifique qui doit prolonger le segment russe de la Station spatiale internationale. Il aura un panneau de contrôle à l'intérieur et un autre à l'extérieur de la Station ️<br />
.<br />
A historical workplace the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Centre, also called Star City. We spent some time (re)learning about the Russian segment of the Space Station but also practicing with the European Robotic Arm robotics system at Star City. The European Robotic Arm is slated to launch this year as part of a new science module that will expand the Russian segment of the Space Station. It has a control board that can be used both inside and outside the Station, so a spacewalker can control the arm directly while outside! <br />
.<br />
Credits: GCTC<br />
<br />
DSC_6883</p>


feed_id: tag:flickr.com,2005:/photo/50705421246
title: Right here
uri: Right-here
url: https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50705421246/
content:
			<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/thom_astro/">Thomas Pesquet</a> posted a photo:</p>
	
<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50705421246/" title="Right here"><img src="media/9054cea1.50705421246_75fc05d26e_m.jpg" data-original-source="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50705421246_75fc05d26e_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="Right here" /></a></p>

<p>#AlphaTrainingRecap 7/12: Une grande partie de l’entraînement consiste à être valable de réparer tous les systèmes de la station (propulsion, recyclage de l’eau et de l’air, électricité, système de données, etc). Pas de plombier ou d’électricien dans l’espace, donc il faudra se débrouiller tout seul (avec quand même beaucoup d’aide des experts au centre de contrôle). Toute cette technologie nous protège et nous maintien envie dans l’environnement inhospitalier de l’espace !<br />
.<br />
#AlphaTrainingRecap 7/12: Habitation training at NASA's Johnson Space Center. A large part of training is spent learning about the systems of the International Space Station (propulsion, water, air, electricity, data transfer and more). There are no dedicated plumbers or electricians in space so we have to work everything out ourselves (with a lot of help from the experts at mission control of course). All the technology protects us and keeps us alive in the harsh conditions of space.<br />
<br />
PHOTO DATE:  12-08-20<br />
LOCATION:  Bldg. 9, SVMF/OCC Desk<br />
SUBJECT:  CCP/Crew-2 astronauts Thomas Pesquet and Aki Hoshide in ISS HAB EQ PROC RVW at SVMF<br />
PHOTOGRAPHER: BILL STAFFORD<br />
<br />
jsc2020e053279</p>


feed_id: tag:flickr.com,2005:/photo/50704682463
title: Follow the instructions
uri: Follow-the-instructions
url: https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50704682463/
content:
			<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/thom_astro/">Thomas Pesquet</a> posted a photo:</p>
	
<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50704682463/" title="Follow the instructions"><img src="media/9baadee8.50704682463_b1d68aaa1b_m.jpg" data-original-source="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50704682463_b1d68aaa1b_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="Follow the instructions" /></a></p>

<p>#AlphaTrainingRecap 7/12: Une grande partie de l’entraînement consiste à être valable de réparer tous les systèmes de la station (propulsion, recyclage de l’eau et de l’air, électricité, système de données, etc). Pas de plombier ou d’électricien dans l’espace, donc il faudra se débrouiller tout seul (avec quand même beaucoup d’aide des experts au centre de contrôle). Toute cette technologie nous protège et nous maintien envie dans l’environnement inhospitalier de l’espace !<br />
.<br />
#AlphaTrainingRecap 7/12: Habitation training at NASA's Johnson Space Center. A large part of training is spent learning about the systems of the International Space Station (propulsion, water, air, electricity, data transfer and more). There are no dedicated plumbers or electricians in space so we have to work everything out ourselves (with a lot of help from the experts at mission control of course). All the technology protects us and keeps us alive in the harsh conditions of space.<br />
<br />
PHOTO DATE:  12-08-20<br />
LOCATION:  Bldg. 9, SVMF/OCC Desk<br />
SUBJECT:  CCP/Crew-2 astronauts Thomas Pesquet and Aki Hoshide in ISS HAB EQ PROC RVW at SVMF<br />
PHOTOGRAPHER: BILL STAFFORD<br />
<br />
jsc2020e053281</p>


feed_id: tag:flickr.com,2005:/photo/50705506972
title: What's this
uri: What-s-this
url: https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50705506972/
content:
			<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/thom_astro/">Thomas Pesquet</a> posted a photo:</p>
	
<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50705506972/" title="What&#039;s this"><img src="media/f002729b.50705506972_04021308ec_m.jpg" data-original-source="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50705506972_04021308ec_m.jpg" width="240" height="162" alt="What&#039;s this" /></a></p>

<p>#AlphaTrainingRecap 7/12: Une grande partie de l’entraînement consiste à être valable de réparer tous les systèmes de la station (propulsion, recyclage de l’eau et de l’air, électricité, système de données, etc). Pas de plombier ou d’électricien dans l’espace, donc il faudra se débrouiller tout seul (avec quand même beaucoup d’aide des experts au centre de contrôle). Toute cette technologie nous protège et nous maintien envie dans l’environnement inhospitalier de l’espace !<br />
.<br />
#AlphaTrainingRecap 7/12: Habitation training at NASA's Johnson Space Center. A large part of training is spent learning about the systems of the International Space Station (propulsion, water, air, electricity, data transfer and more). There are no dedicated plumbers or electricians in space so we have to work everything out ourselves (with a lot of help from the experts at mission control of course). All the technology protects us and keeps us alive in the harsh conditions of space.<br />
<br />
<br />
PHOTO DATE:  12-08-20<br />
LOCATION:  Bldg. 9, SVMF/OCC Desk<br />
SUBJECT:  CCP/Crew-2 astronauts Thomas Pesquet and Aki Hoshide in ISS HAB EQ PROC RVW at SVMF<br />
PHOTOGRAPHER: BILL STAFFORD<br />
<br />
jsc2020e053272</p>


feed_id: tag:flickr.com,2005:/photo/50705423246
title: Hand rail placement
uri: Hand-rail-placement
url: https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50705423246/
content:
			<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/thom_astro/">Thomas Pesquet</a> posted a photo:</p>
	
<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50705423246/" title="Hand rail placement"><img src="media/2f6c9950.50705423246_5b1512ef3e_m.jpg" data-original-source="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50705423246_5b1512ef3e_m.jpg" width="160" height="240" alt="Hand rail placement" /></a></p>

<p>#AlphaTrainingRecap 7/12: Une grande partie de l’entraînement consiste à être valable de réparer tous les systèmes de la station (propulsion, recyclage de l’eau et de l’air, électricité, système de données, etc). Pas de plombier ou d’électricien dans l’espace, donc il faudra se débrouiller tout seul (avec quand même beaucoup d’aide des experts au centre de contrôle). Toute cette technologie nous protège et nous maintien envie dans l’environnement inhospitalier de l’espace !<br />
.<br />
#AlphaTrainingRecap 7/12: Habitation training at NASA's Johnson Space Center. A large part of training is spent learning about the systems of the International Space Station (propulsion, water, air, electricity, data transfer and more). There are no dedicated plumbers or electricians in space so we have to work everything out ourselves (with a lot of help from the experts at mission control of course). All the technology protects us and keeps us alive in the harsh conditions of space.<br />
.<br />
PHOTO DATE:  12-08-20<br />
LOCATION:  Bldg. 9, SVMF/OCC Desk<br />
SUBJECT:  CCP/Crew-2 astronauts Thomas Pesquet and Aki Hoshide in ISS HAB EQ PROC RVW at SVMF<br />
PHOTOGRAPHER: BILL STAFFORD<br />
<br />
jsc2020e053274</p>


feed_id: tag:flickr.com,2005:/photo/50705503762
title: Bump
uri: Bump
url: https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50705503762/
content:
			<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/thom_astro/">Thomas Pesquet</a> posted a photo:</p>
	
<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50705503762/" title="Bump"><img src="media/efe04d19.50705503762_cac492dd97_m.jpg" data-original-source="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50705503762_cac492dd97_m.jpg" width="212" height="240" alt="Bump" /></a></p>

<p>#AlphaTrainingRecap 8/12: parlons sport. En impesanteur, les muscles et les os souffrent de ne plus travailler. Nous passons jusqu’à 2h30 chaque jour à faire de l'exercice. Voici ARED, un appareil d'exercice physique très complet. Il est un peu impressionnant mais ne vous inquiétez pas, je l'ai sous contrôle :wink: Je l’ai beaucoup utilisé durant Proxima et il n’a pas beaucoup changé. Comme on ne ressent pas les effets du poids, cette machine utilise des cylindres à vide pour créer une résistance. Grâce à elle, on peut entretenir sa masse musculaire dans l'espace et compenser tous ces mois à flotter. Course à pied, vélo ou autre, ça peut devenir un peu répétitif… <br />
.<br />
#AlphaTrainingRecap 8/12: We spend a lot of time in space working out to stay fit. Here's some scenes training on ARED, or the Advanced Resistance Exercise Device. We need to keep our muscles strong in space to counteract the months of just floating. This device is a bit of a beast and it looks like it is winning in some of these photos. Don't worry I have it under control ;) Not much has changed since mission Proxima, the device is so advanced that it requires a computer to use, but so reliable it just works. We don't have weights in space so it uses vacuum cylinders to resist the :muscle:. As we run, cycle or work out up to two and a half hours a day on the International Space Station it can get a bit repetitive sometimes.<br />
.<br />
Credits: NASA<br />
.<br />
jsc2020e053253</p>


feed_id: tag:flickr.com,2005:/photo/50704680653
title: Computer controlled fitness workout
uri: Computer-controlled-fitness-workout
url: https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50704680653/
content:
			<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/thom_astro/">Thomas Pesquet</a> posted a photo:</p>
	
<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50704680653/" title="Computer controlled fitness workout"><img src="media/d9628808.50704680653_028d601b8f_m.jpg" data-original-source="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50704680653_028d601b8f_m.jpg" width="160" height="240" alt="Computer controlled fitness workout" /></a></p>

<p>#AlphaTrainingRecap 8/12: parlons sport. En impesanteur, les muscles et les os souffrent de ne plus travailler. Nous passons jusqu’à 2h30 chaque jour à faire de l'exercice. Voici ARED, un appareil d'exercice physique très complet. Il est un peu impressionnant mais ne vous inquiétez pas, je l'ai sous contrôle :wink: Je l’ai beaucoup utilisé durant Proxima et il n’a pas beaucoup changé. Comme on ne ressent pas les effets du poids, cette machine utilise des cylindres à vide pour créer une résistance. Grâce à elle, on peut entretenir sa masse musculaire dans l'espace et compenser tous ces mois à flotter. Course à pied, vélo ou autre, ça peut devenir un peu répétitif… <br />
.<br />
#AlphaTrainingRecap 8/12: We spend a lot of time in space working out to stay fit. Here's some scenes training on ARED, or the Advanced Resistance Exercise Device. We need to keep our muscles strong in space to counteract the months of just floating. This device is a bit of a beast and it looks like it is winning in some of these photos. Don't worry I have it under control ;) Not much has changed since mission Proxima, the device is so advanced that it requires a computer to use, but so reliable it just works. We don't have weights in space so it uses vacuum cylinders to resist the :muscle:. As we run, cycle or work out up to two and a half hours a day on the International Space Station it can get a bit repetitive sometimes.<br />
.<br />
PHOTO DATE:  12-03-20<br />
LOCATION:  Bldg. 26, Room 104<br />
SUBJECT:  Photographic coverage of SpaceX Crew-2 ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet during ARED PT 11 training.<br />
PHOTOGRAPHER: BILL STAFFORD<br />
<br />
jsc2020e053246</p>


feed_id: tag:flickr.com,2005:/photo/50705504192
title: Training
uri: Training
url: https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50705504192/
content:
			<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/thom_astro/">Thomas Pesquet</a> posted a photo:</p>
	
<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50705504192/" title="Training"><img src="media/78dce5d4.50705504192_ca98e6b5fd_m.jpg" data-original-source="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50705504192_ca98e6b5fd_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="Training" /></a></p>

<p>#AlphaTrainingRecap 8/12: parlons sport. En impesanteur, les muscles et les os souffrent de ne plus travailler. Nous passons jusqu’à 2h30 chaque jour à faire de l'exercice. Voici ARED, un appareil d'exercice physique très complet. Il est un peu impressionnant mais ne vous inquiétez pas, je l'ai sous contrôle :wink: Je l’ai beaucoup utilisé durant Proxima et il n’a pas beaucoup changé. Comme on ne ressent pas les effets du poids, cette machine utilise des cylindres à vide pour créer une résistance. Grâce à elle, on peut entretenir sa masse musculaire dans l'espace et compenser tous ces mois à flotter. Course à pied, vélo ou autre, ça peut devenir un peu répétitif… <br />
.<br />
#AlphaTrainingRecap 8/12: We spend a lot of time in space working out to stay fit. Here's some scenes training on ARED, or the Advanced Resistance Exercise Device. We need to keep our muscles strong in space to counteract the months of just floating. This device is a bit of a beast and it looks like it is winning in some of these photos. Don't worry I have it under control ;) Not much has changed since mission Proxima, the device is so advanced that it requires a computer to use, but so reliable it just works. We don't have weights in space so it uses vacuum cylinders to resist the :muscle:. As we run, cycle or work out up to two and a half hours a day on the International Space Station it can get a bit repetitive sometimes.<br />
.<br />
PHOTO DATE:  12-03-20<br />
LOCATION:  Bldg. 26, Room 104<br />
SUBJECT:  Photographic coverage of SpaceX Crew-2 ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet during ARED PT 11 training.<br />
PHOTOGRAPHER: BILL STAFFORD<br />
<br />
jsc2020e053251</p>


feed_id: tag:flickr.com,2005:/photo/50704681168
title: ARED training
uri: ARED-training
url: https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50704681168/
content:
			<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/thom_astro/">Thomas Pesquet</a> posted a photo:</p>
	
<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50704681168/" title="ARED training"><img src="media/2fd722be.50704681168_7e110eb229_m.jpg" data-original-source="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50704681168_7e110eb229_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="ARED training" /></a></p>

<p>#AlphaTrainingRecap 8/12: parlons sport. En impesanteur, les muscles et les os souffrent de ne plus travailler. Nous passons jusqu’à 2h30 chaque jour à faire de l'exercice. Voici ARED, un appareil d'exercice physique très complet. Il est un peu impressionnant mais ne vous inquiétez pas, je l'ai sous contrôle :wink: Je l’ai beaucoup utilisé durant Proxima et il n’a pas beaucoup changé. Comme on ne ressent pas les effets du poids, cette machine utilise des cylindres à vide pour créer une résistance. Grâce à elle, on peut entretenir sa masse musculaire dans l'espace et compenser tous ces mois à flotter. Course à pied, vélo ou autre, ça peut devenir un peu répétitif… <br />
.<br />
#AlphaTrainingRecap 8/12: We spend a lot of time in space working out to stay fit. Here's some scenes training on ARED, or the Advanced Resistance Exercise Device. We need to keep our muscles strong in space to counteract the months of just floating. This device is a bit of a beast and it looks like it is winning in some of these photos. Don't worry I have it under control ;) Not much has changed since mission Proxima, the device is so advanced that it requires a computer to use, but so reliable it just works. We don't have weights in space so it uses vacuum cylinders to resist the :muscle:. As we run, cycle or work out up to two and a half hours a day on the International Space Station it can get a bit repetitive sometimes.<br />
.<br />
PHOTO DATE:  12-03-20<br />
LOCATION:  Bldg. 26, Room 104<br />
SUBJECT:  Photographic coverage of SpaceX Crew-2 ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet during ARED PT 11 training.<br />
PHOTOGRAPHER: BILL STAFFORD<br />
<br />
jsc2020e053247</p>


feed_id: tag:flickr.com,2005:/photo/51124656979
title: New ride selfie
uri: New-ride-selfie
url: https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/51124656979/
content:
			<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/thom_astro/">Thomas Pesquet</a> posted a photo:</p>
	
<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/51124656979/" title="New ride selfie"><img src="media/b611ef7a.51124656979_6cde22a2b2_m.jpg" data-original-source="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51124656979_6cde22a2b2_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="New ride selfie" /></a></p>

<p>J-5: À Baïkonour, l'équipage n'est pas censé voir sa fusée avant le jour du décollage... mais ici la tradition est différente ! Nous avons eu la chance d'arriver au Kennedy Space Center au moment précis où le Falcon 9 était verticalisé sur le pas de tir. C'est toujours impressionnant de le voir de si près, comme en témoignent nos nombreuses photos et selfies <br />
.<br />
L-5: In Baikonur the crew is not supposed to see their rocket before launch, but this is a tradition we don’t have here! We were lucky enough to arrive at NASA's Kennedy Space Center the exact time the rocket was erected into the vertical position on the launch pad. Always impressive to see it from up close... impressive enough for our crew to snap lots of photos and selfies!<br />
<br />
Credits: ESA–T. Pesquet</p>


feed_id: tag:flickr.com,2005:/photo/51124907881
title: There it is
uri: There-it-is
url: https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/51124907881/
content:
			<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/thom_astro/">Thomas Pesquet</a> posted a photo:</p>
	
<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/51124907881/" title="There it is"><img src="media/f82566c1.51124907881_4993df2e8e_m.jpg" data-original-source="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51124907881_4993df2e8e_m.jpg" width="240" height="180" alt="There it is" /></a></p>

<p>J-5: À Baïkonour, l'équipage n'est pas censé voir sa fusée avant le jour du décollage... mais ici la tradition est différente ! Nous avons eu la chance d'arriver au Kennedy Space Center au moment précis où le Falcon 9 était verticalisé sur le pas de tir. C'est toujours impressionnant de le voir de si près, comme en témoignent nos nombreuses photos et selfies <br />
.<br />
L-5: In Baikonur the crew is not supposed to see their rocket before launch, but this is a tradition we don’t have here! We were lucky enough to arrive at NASA's Kennedy Space Center the exact time the rocket was erected into the vertical position on the launch pad. Always impressive to see it from up close... impressive enough for our crew to snap lots of photos and selfies!<br />
<br />
Credits: ESA–T. Pesquet</p>


feed_id: tag:flickr.com,2005:/photo/51124819698
title: Tall from the ground
uri: Tall-from-the-ground
url: https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/51124819698/
content:
			<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/thom_astro/">Thomas Pesquet</a> posted a photo:</p>
	
<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/51124819698/" title="Tall from the ground"><img src="media/4059f277.51124819698_4102b41e73_m.jpg" data-original-source="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51124819698_4102b41e73_m.jpg" width="180" height="240" alt="Tall from the ground" /></a></p>

<p>J-5: À Baïkonour, l'équipage n'est pas censé voir sa fusée avant le jour du décollage... mais ici la tradition est différente ! Nous avons eu la chance d'arriver au Kennedy Space Center au moment précis où le Falcon 9 était verticalisé sur le pas de tir. C'est toujours impressionnant de le voir de si près, comme en témoignent nos nombreuses photos et selfies <br />
.<br />
L-5: In Baikonur the crew is not supposed to see their rocket before launch, but this is a tradition we don’t have here! We were lucky enough to arrive at NASA's Kennedy Space Center the exact time the rocket was erected into the vertical position on the launch pad. Always impressive to see it from up close... impressive enough for our crew to snap lots of photos and selfies!<br />
<br />
Credits: ESA–T. Pesquet</p>


feed_id: tag:flickr.com,2005:/photo/51124345507
title: Ready to rumble
uri: Ready-to-rumble
url: https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/51124345507/
content:
			<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/thom_astro/">Thomas Pesquet</a> posted a photo:</p>
	
<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/51124345507/" title="Ready to rumble"><img src="media/e8d07493.51124345507_52264f2106_m.jpg" data-original-source="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51124345507_52264f2106_m.jpg" width="180" height="240" alt="Ready to rumble" /></a></p>

<p>J-5: À Baïkonour, l'équipage n'est pas censé voir sa fusée avant le jour du décollage... mais ici la tradition est différente ! Nous avons eu la chance d'arriver au Kennedy Space Center au moment précis où le Falcon 9 était verticalisé sur le pas de tir. C'est toujours impressionnant de le voir de si près, comme en témoignent nos nombreuses photos et selfies <br />
.<br />
L-5: In Baikonur the crew is not supposed to see their rocket before launch, but this is a tradition we don’t have here! We were lucky enough to arrive at NASA's Kennedy Space Center the exact time the rocket was erected into the vertical position on the launch pad. Always impressive to see it from up close... impressive enough for our crew to snap lots of photos and selfies!<br />
<br />
Credits: ESA–T. Pesquet</p>


feed_id: tag:flickr.com,2005:/photo/51125716175
title: That's ours
uri: That-s-ours
url: https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/51125716175/
content:
			<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/thom_astro/">Thomas Pesquet</a> posted a photo:</p>
	
<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/51125716175/" title="That&#039;s ours"><img src="media/9fabc37d.51125716175_83e3de4ce7_m.jpg" data-original-source="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51125716175_83e3de4ce7_m.jpg" width="180" height="240" alt="That&#039;s ours" /></a></p>

<p>J-5: À Baïkonour, l'équipage n'est pas censé voir sa fusée avant le jour du décollage... mais ici la tradition est différente ! Nous avons eu la chance d'arriver au Kennedy Space Center au moment précis où le Falcon 9 était verticalisé sur le pas de tir. C'est toujours impressionnant de le voir de si près, comme en témoignent nos nombreuses photos et selfies <br />
.<br />
L-5: In Baikonur the crew is not supposed to see their rocket before launch, but this is a tradition we don’t have here! We were lucky enough to arrive at NASA's Kennedy Space Center the exact time the rocket was erected into the vertical position on the launch pad. Always impressive to see it from up close... impressive enough for our crew to snap lots of photos and selfies!<br />
<br />
Credits: ESA–T. Pesquet</p>


feed_id: tag:flickr.com,2005:/photo/51125716160
title: Another view of the Falcon
uri: Another-view-of-the-Falcon
url: https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/51125716160/
content:
			<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/thom_astro/">Thomas Pesquet</a> posted a photo:</p>
	
<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/51125716160/" title="Another view of the Falcon"><img src="media/74ac7ce5.51125716160_13be1b548f_m.jpg" data-original-source="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51125716160_13be1b548f_m.jpg" width="180" height="240" alt="Another view of the Falcon" /></a></p>

<p>J-5: À Baïkonour, l'équipage n'est pas censé voir sa fusée avant le jour du décollage... mais ici la tradition est différente ! Nous avons eu la chance d'arriver au Kennedy Space Center au moment précis où le Falcon 9 était verticalisé sur le pas de tir. C'est toujours impressionnant de le voir de si près, comme en témoignent nos nombreuses photos et selfies <br />
.<br />
L-5: In Baikonur the crew is not supposed to see their rocket before launch, but this is a tradition we don’t have here! We were lucky enough to arrive at NASA's Kennedy Space Center the exact time the rocket was erected into the vertical position on the launch pad. Always impressive to see it from up close... impressive enough for our crew to snap lots of photos and selfies!<br />
<br />
Credits: ESA–T. Pesquet</p>


feed_id: tag:flickr.com,2005:/photo/51124819988
title: Dressed up
uri: Dressed-up
url: https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/51124819988/
content:
			<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/thom_astro/">Thomas Pesquet</a> posted a photo:</p>
	
<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/51124819988/" title="Dressed up"><img src="media/17b7a35a.51124819988_a749d11bf8_m.jpg" data-original-source="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51124819988_a749d11bf8_m.jpg" width="240" height="162" alt="Dressed up" /></a></p>

<p>J-4: Aujourd'hui c'était le dry dress ! Nous avons répété toutes les opérations du jour du décollage. Enfiler nos combinaisons et vérifier l'étanchéité, entrer dans la capsule sur le pas de tir et suivre toutes les étapes de préparation du lancement (au milieu de la nuit :flushed:)... Toute l'équipe était sur le pont, la situation était très réaliste - jusqu'à la playlist qu'on a écouté en roulant vers la fusée :wink: La prochaine fois que nous ferons ce chemin, il n'y aura pas de retour :rocket:<br />
.<br />
L-4: Today was dry dress ! It means we rehearsed the entire launch day operations, from getting suited up and leak-checking our spacesuits, to ingressing our capsule on the launch pad and going through all launch preparation steps (in the middle of the night)... The whole team was on deck and it felt real – even the playlist we listened to on the way to the rocket :notes::wink:. Next time we drive to that pad, we won’t be driving back... :rocket::red_car:<br />
<br />
Credits: NASA</p>


feed_id: tag:flickr.com,2005:/photo/51124907696
title: Rolling to launchpad
uri: Rolling-to-launchpad
url: https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/51124907696/
content:
			<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/thom_astro/">Thomas Pesquet</a> posted a photo:</p>
	
<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/51124907696/" title="Rolling to launchpad"><img src="media/733e4dde.51124907696_d59f69a3c3_m.jpg" data-original-source="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51124907696_d59f69a3c3_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="Rolling to launchpad" /></a></p>

<p>J-4: Aujourd'hui c'était le dry dress ! Nous avons répété toutes les opérations du jour du décollage. Enfiler nos combinaisons et vérifier l'étanchéité, entrer dans la capsule sur le pas de tir et suivre toutes les étapes de préparation du lancement (au milieu de la nuit :flushed:)... Toute l'équipe était sur le pont, la situation était très réaliste - jusqu'à la playlist qu'on a écouté en roulant vers la fusée :wink: La prochaine fois que nous ferons ce chemin, il n'y aura pas de retour :rocket:<br />
.<br />
L-4: Today was dry dress ! It means we rehearsed the entire launch day operations, from getting suited up and leak-checking our spacesuits, to ingressing our capsule on the launch pad and going through all launch preparation steps (in the middle of the night)... The whole team was on deck and it felt real – even the playlist we listened to on the way to the rocket :notes::wink:. Next time we drive to that pad, we won’t be driving back... :rocket::red_car:<br />
<br />
Credits: NASA</p>


feed_id: tag:flickr.com,2005:/photo/51124656614
title: Catwalk
uri: Catwalk
url: https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/51124656614/
content:
			<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/thom_astro/">Thomas Pesquet</a> posted a photo:</p>
	
<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/51124656614/" title="Catwalk"><img src="media/5e1d63a9.51124656614_5d82066f0b_m.jpg" data-original-source="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51124656614_5d82066f0b_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="Catwalk" /></a></p>

<p>J-4: Aujourd'hui c'était le dry dress ! Nous avons répété toutes les opérations du jour du décollage. Enfiler nos combinaisons et vérifier l'étanchéité, entrer dans la capsule sur le pas de tir et suivre toutes les étapes de préparation du lancement (au milieu de la nuit :flushed:)... Toute l'équipe était sur le pont, la situation était très réaliste - jusqu'à la playlist qu'on a écouté en roulant vers la fusée :wink: La prochaine fois que nous ferons ce chemin, il n'y aura pas de retour :rocket:<br />
.<br />
L-4: Today was dry dress ! It means we rehearsed the entire launch day operations, from getting suited up and leak-checking our spacesuits, to ingressing our capsule on the launch pad and going through all launch preparation steps (in the middle of the night)... The whole team was on deck and it felt real – even the playlist we listened to on the way to the rocket :notes::wink:. Next time we drive to that pad, we won’t be driving back... :rocket::red_car:<br />
<br />
Credits: NASA</p>


feed_id: tag:flickr.com,2005:/photo/51124819633
title: Hello!
uri: Hello
url: https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/51124819633/
content:
			<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/thom_astro/">Thomas Pesquet</a> posted a photo:</p>
	
<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/51124819633/" title="Hello!"><img src="media/576c07f3.51124819633_33349fd593_m.jpg" data-original-source="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51124819633_33349fd593_m.jpg" width="240" height="186" alt="Hello!" /></a></p>

<p>J-4: Aujourd'hui c'était le dry dress ! Nous avons répété toutes les opérations du jour du décollage. Enfiler nos combinaisons et vérifier l'étanchéité, entrer dans la capsule sur le pas de tir et suivre toutes les étapes de préparation du lancement (au milieu de la nuit :flushed:)... Toute l'équipe était sur le pont, la situation était très réaliste - jusqu'à la playlist qu'on a écouté en roulant vers la fusée :wink: La prochaine fois que nous ferons ce chemin, il n'y aura pas de retour :rocket:<br />
.<br />
L-4: Today was dry dress ! It means we rehearsed the entire launch day operations, from getting suited up and leak-checking our spacesuits, to ingressing our capsule on the launch pad and going through all launch preparation steps (in the middle of the night)... The whole team was on deck and it felt real – even the playlist we listened to on the way to the rocket :notes::wink:. Next time we drive to that pad, we won’t be driving back... :rocket::red_car:<br />
<br />
Credits: NASA</p>


feed_id: tag:flickr.com,2005:/photo/51124819023
title: Walkout
uri: Walkout
url: https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/51124819023/
content:
			<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/thom_astro/">Thomas Pesquet</a> posted a photo:</p>
	
<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/51124819023/" title="Walkout"><img src="media/64dc5f9d.51124819023_0e07c3e3e8_m.jpg" data-original-source="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51124819023_0e07c3e3e8_m.jpg" width="175" height="240" alt="Walkout" /></a></p>

<p>J-4: Aujourd'hui c'était le dry dress ! Nous avons répété toutes les opérations du jour du décollage. Enfiler nos combinaisons et vérifier l'étanchéité, entrer dans la capsule sur le pas de tir et suivre toutes les étapes de préparation du lancement (au milieu de la nuit :flushed:)... Toute l'équipe était sur le pont, la situation était très réaliste - jusqu'à la playlist qu'on a écouté en roulant vers la fusée :wink: La prochaine fois que nous ferons ce chemin, il n'y aura pas de retour :rocket:<br />
.<br />
L-4: Today was dry dress ! It means we rehearsed the entire launch day operations, from getting suited up and leak-checking our spacesuits, to ingressing our capsule on the launch pad and going through all launch preparation steps (in the middle of the night)... The whole team was on deck and it felt real – even the playlist we listened to on the way to the rocket :notes::wink:. Next time we drive to that pad, we won’t be driving back... :rocket::red_car:<br />
<br />
Credits: NASA</p>


feed_id: tag:flickr.com,2005:/photo/50819384457
title: :ok_hand:
uri: ok_hand
url: https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50819384457/
content:
			<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/thom_astro/">Thomas Pesquet</a> posted a photo:</p>
	
<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50819384457/" title=":ok_hand:"><img src="media/41e4b5b8.50819384457_f33cd9aecb_m.jpg" data-original-source="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50819384457_f33cd9aecb_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt=":ok_hand:" /></a></p>

<p>#AlphaTrainingRecap 9/12: On dirait les joysticks d’une console un peu rétro ️ mais ils ont un rôle très important. Grâce à eux, on pilote le Canadarm :ca: de la Station spatiale internationale pour la maintenance, les sorties extravéhiculaires et aussi pour amarrer des vaisseaux cargo. Ce sont des manœuvres délicates pour lesquelles il a fallu m'entraîner. Le bras a de nombreux degrés de liberté et seulement 2 joysticks pour les contrôler !<br />
Dans le futur, on utilisera peut-être les connaissances acquises grâce à l’expérience Pilote : elle utilise un casque de réalité virtuelle et un dispositif avec retours haptiques. L’objectif est d’aider les futurs explorateurs lunaires et martiens à piloter des robots. Mais pour l’instant, elle ressemble un peu à un jeu vidéo :video_game:<br />
.<br />
#AlphaTrainingRecap 9/12: These are the joysticks we use to move the @Space_Station's Canadarm for maintenance, spacewalks and berthing spacecraft. As with everything training makes us get used to it. We use the joysticks to operate the robotic arm in all degrees of movement possible, which is many! There are some pictures of the setup on the Space Station where there are two robotic workstations, one in Cupola and one in the US Destiny Lab, and a picture of the arm in use, releasing HTV-6. Hopefully this year the European Robotic Arm will be launched with the latest addition to the International Space Station, the Russian laboratory Nauka, then we get an extra two robotic arm workstations!<br />
<br />
<br />
PHOTO DATE: December 15, 2020<br />
LOCATION: Building 16, Room 135DA<br />
SUBJECT: SpaceX Crew-2 ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet during ROBO TC OBT FAM training.<br />
PHOTOGRAPHER: Josh Valcarcel<br />
<br />
jsc2020e053711</p>


feed_id: tag:flickr.com,2005:/photo/50819386582
title: At the controls
uri: At-the-controls
url: https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50819386582/
content:
			<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/thom_astro/">Thomas Pesquet</a> posted a photo:</p>
	
<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50819386582/" title="At the controls"><img src="media/52d05a6e.50819386582_09f1caaca4_m.jpg" data-original-source="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50819386582_09f1caaca4_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="At the controls" /></a></p>

<p>#AlphaTrainingRecap 9/12: On dirait les joysticks d’une console un peu rétro ️ mais ils ont un rôle très important. Grâce à eux, on pilote le Canadarm :ca: de la Station spatiale internationale pour la maintenance, les sorties extravéhiculaires et aussi pour amarrer des vaisseaux cargo. Ce sont des manœuvres délicates pour lesquelles il a fallu m'entraîner. Le bras a de nombreux degrés de liberté et seulement 2 joysticks pour les contrôler !<br />
Dans le futur, on utilisera peut-être les connaissances acquises grâce à l’expérience Pilote : elle utilise un casque de réalité virtuelle et un dispositif avec retours haptiques. L’objectif est d’aider les futurs explorateurs lunaires et martiens à piloter des robots. Mais pour l’instant, elle ressemble un peu à un jeu vidéo :video_game:<br />
.<br />
#AlphaTrainingRecap 9/12: These are the joysticks we use to move the @Space_Station's Canadarm for maintenance, spacewalks and berthing spacecraft. As with everything training makes us get used to it. We use the joysticks to operate the robotic arm in all degrees of movement possible, which is many! There are some pictures of the setup on the Space Station where there are two robotic workstations, one in Cupola and one in the US Destiny Lab, and a picture of the arm in use, releasing HTV-6. Hopefully this year the European Robotic Arm will be launched with the latest addition to the International Space Station, the Russian laboratory Nauka, then we get an extra two robotic arm workstations!<br />
<br />
PHOTO DATE: December 15, 2020<br />
LOCATION: Building 16, Room 135DA<br />
SUBJECT: SpaceX Crew-2 ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet during ROBO TC OBT FAM training.<br />
PHOTOGRAPHER: Josh Valcarcel<br />
<br />
jsc2020e053713</p>


feed_id: tag:flickr.com,2005:/photo/51127107450
title: Looking up at the rocket
uri: Looking-up-at-the-rocket
url: https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/51127107450/
content:
			<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/thom_astro/">Thomas Pesquet</a> posted a video:</p>
	
<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/51127107450/" title="Looking up at the rocket"><img src="media/debcbc8f.51127107450_95a9ccd274_m.jpg" data-original-source="https://live.staticflickr.com/31337/51127107450_95a9ccd274_m.jpg" width="136" height="240" alt="Looking up at the rocket" /></a></p>

<p>Credits: ESA–T. Pesquet<br />
<br />
Video 2021-04-17 at 08.57.47</p>


feed_id: tag:flickr.com,2005:/photo/51126205248
title: Our launchpad
uri: Our-launchpad
url: https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/51126205248/
content:
			<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/thom_astro/">Thomas Pesquet</a> posted a video:</p>
	
<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/51126205248/" title="Our launchpad"><img src="media/9782bfbb.51126205248_4510a5902f_m.jpg" data-original-source="https://live.staticflickr.com/31337/51126205248_4510a5902f_m.jpg" width="136" height="240" alt="Our launchpad" /></a></p>

<p>Credits: ESA–T. Pesquet<br />
<br />
Video 2021-04-16 at 19.38.12</p>


feed_id: tag:flickr.com,2005:/photo/51126205098
title: In front of the rocket
uri: In-front-of-the-rocket
url: https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/51126205098/
content:
			<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/thom_astro/">Thomas Pesquet</a> posted a photo:</p>
	
<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/51126205098/" title="In front of the rocket"><img src="media/3b9b84f8.51126205098_4296fb0ee6_m.jpg" data-original-source="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51126205098_4296fb0ee6_m.jpg" width="158" height="240" alt="In front of the rocket" /></a></p>

<p>Credits: SpaceX<br />
<br />
Image 2021-04-18 at 16.59.59</p>


feed_id: tag:flickr.com,2005:/photo/51126045584
title: Dream crew
uri: Dream-crew
url: https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/51126045584/
content:
			<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/thom_astro/">Thomas Pesquet</a> posted a photo:</p>
	
<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/51126045584/" title="Dream crew"><img src="media/a6068d5b.51126045584_7d663425b5_m.jpg" data-original-source="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51126045584_7d663425b5_m.jpg" width="240" height="139" alt="Dream crew" /></a></p>

<p>Credits: SpaceX<br />
<br />
Image 2021-04-18 at 16.59.59</p>


feed_id: tag:flickr.com,2005:/photo/51126293066
title: Looking at the launchpad
uri: Looking-at-the-launchpad
url: https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/51126293066/
content:
			<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/thom_astro/">Thomas Pesquet</a> posted a photo:</p>
	
<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/51126293066/" title="Looking at the launchpad"><img src="media/1ed4d348.51126293066_19246b855a_m.jpg" data-original-source="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51126293066_19246b855a_m.jpg" width="240" height="180" alt="Looking at the launchpad" /></a></p>

<p>Credits: ESA–T. Pesquet<br />
<br />
Image 2021-04-16 at 20.16.55</p>


feed_id: tag:flickr.com,2005:/photo/51126045804
title: Space Shuttle cutlery
uri: Space-Shuttle-cutlery
url: https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/51126045804/
content:
			<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/thom_astro/">Thomas Pesquet</a> posted a photo:</p>
	
<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/51126045804/" title="Space Shuttle cutlery"><img src="media/372a583b.51126045804_98b26251e0_m.jpg" data-original-source="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51126045804_98b26251e0_m.jpg" width="180" height="240" alt="Space Shuttle cutlery" /></a></p>

<p>Credits: ESA–T. Pesquet<br />
<br />
Image 2021-04-16 at 17.05.50</p>


feed_id: tag:flickr.com,2005:/photo/51125730567
title: Breakfast at Kennedy
uri: Breakfast-at-Kennedy
url: https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/51125730567/
content:
			<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/thom_astro/">Thomas Pesquet</a> posted a photo:</p>
	
<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/51125730567/" title="Breakfast at Kennedy"><img src="media/4f56a1ab.51125730567_4f572ea5c0_m.jpg" data-original-source="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51125730567_4f572ea5c0_m.jpg" width="180" height="240" alt="Breakfast at Kennedy" /></a></p>

<p>Credits: ESA–T. Pesquet<br />
<br />
Image 2021-04-16 at 17.00.37</p>


feed_id: tag:flickr.com,2005:/photo/51125730597
title: Suit!
uri: Suit
url: https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/51125730597/
content:
			<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/thom_astro/">Thomas Pesquet</a> posted a photo:</p>
	
<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/51125730597/" title="Suit!"><img src="media/022ff12d.51125730597_4bb6791b04_m.jpg" data-original-source="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51125730597_4bb6791b04_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="Suit!" /></a></p>

<p>Credits: ESA–T. Pesquet<br />
<br />
Image 2021-04-15 at 23.57.01</p>


feed_id: tag:flickr.com,2005:/photo/51126293301
title: Astronaut parking only
uri: Astronaut-parking-only
url: https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/51126293301/
content:
			<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/thom_astro/">Thomas Pesquet</a> posted a photo:</p>
	
<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/51126293301/" title="Astronaut parking only"><img src="media/7362a2a5.51126293301_663d9ec26b_m.jpg" data-original-source="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51126293301_663d9ec26b_m.jpg" width="180" height="240" alt="Astronaut parking only" /></a></p>

<p>Credits: ESA–T. Pesquet<br />
<br />
Image 2021-04-15 at 23.56.31</p>


feed_id: tag:flickr.com,2005:/photo/51128912072
title: Kennedy car parking
uri: Kennedy-car-parking
url: https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/51128912072/
content:
			<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/thom_astro/">Thomas Pesquet</a> posted a photo:</p>
	
<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/51128912072/" title="Kennedy car parking"><img src="media/8bc65cfd.51128912072_77aa78ac35_m.jpg" data-original-source="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51128912072_77aa78ac35_m.jpg" width="180" height="240" alt="Kennedy car parking" /></a></p>

<p>Credits: ESA–T. Pesquet<br />
<br />
Image 2021-04-20 at 16.37.51</p>


feed_id: tag:flickr.com,2005:/photo/50949105566
title: Life support system
uri: Life-support-system
url: https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50949105566/
content:
			<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/thom_astro/">Thomas Pesquet</a> posted a photo:</p>
	
<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50949105566/" title="Life support system"><img src="media/463cb90c.50949105566_fdc59007db_m.jpg" data-original-source="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50949105566_fdc59007db_m.jpg" width="240" height="135" alt="Life support system" /></a></p>

<p>Credits: EWe spend a lot of training on the systems that keep us alive, the ECLSS (pronounced Ecluss), that stands for Environmental Control and Life Support Systems. So the air we breath, the water we drink and a cozy temperature to stay alive. You can understand why it is important. These photos show water operations training at NASA's Johnson Space Center Space Station mockup and a picture working with Aki on ESA's Life Support System at the European Astronaut Centre. The water recycling system on the International Space Station is... complicated, but a marvel of engineering. We try to recycle as much as possible and water is relatively very heavy so the less water we launch to space the better. This means that yes our coffee is literally recycled sweat, condensation and pee, but it still tastes good! Clean drinkable water is a necessity and a UN sustainable development goal as well, so like all Space Station system a critical system and we pay attention, also I need my coffee in the morning :) <br />
.<br />
Nous nous sommes longuement entraînés sur le système de contrôle environnemental et de survie de la Station, ECLSS (prononcez « iclaisse » pour Environmental Control and Life Support Systems). Ça concerne l'air qu’on respire, l'eau qu’on boit et une température confortable pour rester en vie, bref : des choses assez importantes :sweat_smile: Ici par exemple, c’est le système de recyclage de l'eau et il est… vraiment compliqué, mais c'est une merveille d'ingénierie. On recycle tout ce qu’on peut dans la Station spatiale internationale, et notamment l’eau qui est lourde à transporter. Disons le clairement : une grande partie de ce qu’on mange et boit là-haut est constitué de sueur, de condensation et d’urine recyclées, mais on ne s’en rend absolument pas compte. En tout cas, ça donne de bonnes habitudes de vie : sur terre aussi, l’eau potable est un bien précieux, c’est d’ailleurs un des objectifs de développement durable des Nations unies. Ici, on s’entraînait avec Aki à maintenir les systèmes d’eau de l’ISS, dans une maquette grandeur nature du NASA Johnson Space Center. C’est bien entendu un équipement indispensable à notre survie dans l’espace !<br />
<br />
<br />
ESA<br />
<br />
day4 life support rack_00006</p>


feed_id: tag:flickr.com,2005:/photo/50689352263
title: Water
uri: Water
url: https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50689352263/
content:
			<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/thom_astro/">Thomas Pesquet</a> posted a photo:</p>
	
<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50689352263/" title="Water"><img src="media/76131e7a.50689352263_1795bf0d9a_m.jpg" data-original-source="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50689352263_1795bf0d9a_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="Water" /></a></p>

<p>We spend a lot of training on the systems that keep us alive, the ECLSS (pronounced Ecluss), that stands for Environmental Control and Life Support Systems. So the air we breath, the water we drink and a cozy temperature to stay alive. You can understand why it is important. These photos show water operations training at NASA's Johnson Space Center Space Station mockup and a picture working with Aki on ESA's Life Support System at the European Astronaut Centre. The water recycling system on the International Space Station is... complicated, but a marvel of engineering. We try to recycle as much as possible and water is relatively very heavy so the less water we launch to space the better. This means that yes our coffee is literally recycled sweat, condensation and pee, but it still tastes good! Clean drinkable water is a necessity and a UN sustainable development goal as well, so like all Space Station system a critical system and we pay attention, also I need my coffee in the morning :) <br />
.<br />
Nous nous sommes longuement entraînés sur le système de contrôle environnemental et de survie de la Station, ECLSS (prononcez « iclaisse » pour Environmental Control and Life Support Systems). Ça concerne l'air qu’on respire, l'eau qu’on boit et une température confortable pour rester en vie, bref : des choses assez importantes :sweat_smile: Ici par exemple, c’est le système de recyclage de l'eau et il est… vraiment compliqué, mais c'est une merveille d'ingénierie. On recycle tout ce qu’on peut dans la Station spatiale internationale, et notamment l’eau qui est lourde à transporter. Disons le clairement : une grande partie de ce qu’on mange et boit là-haut est constitué de sueur, de condensation et d’urine recyclées, mais on ne s’en rend absolument pas compte. En tout cas, ça donne de bonnes habitudes de vie : sur terre aussi, l’eau potable est un bien précieux, c’est d’ailleurs un des objectifs de développement durable des Nations unies. Ici, on s’entraînait avec Aki à maintenir les systèmes d’eau de l’ISS, dans une maquette grandeur nature du NASA Johnson Space Center. C’est bien entendu un équipement indispensable à notre survie dans l’espace !<br />
<br />
<br />
PHOTO DATE: 12/01/2020. LOCATION: Bldg. 9NW - SVMF - ISS Mockups. SUBJECT: SpaceX Crew-2 ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet during EHS Water Ops training.  PHOTOGRAPHER: Norah Moran<br />
<br />
jsc2020e050632</p>


feed_id: tag:flickr.com,2005:/photo/50690105631
title: In here
uri: In-here
url: https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50690105631/
content:
			<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/thom_astro/">Thomas Pesquet</a> posted a photo:</p>
	
<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50690105631/" title="In here"><img src="media/3cd2e5ec.50690105631_5921304cb1_m.jpg" data-original-source="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50690105631_5921304cb1_m.jpg" width="240" height="192" alt="In here" /></a></p>

<p>We spend a lot of training on the systems that keep us alive, the ECLSS (pronounced Ecluss), that stands for Environmental Control and Life Support Systems. So the air we breath, the water we drink and a cozy temperature to stay alive. You can understand why it is important. These photos show water operations training at NASA's Johnson Space Center Space Station mockup and a picture working with Aki on ESA's Life Support System at the European Astronaut Centre. The water recycling system on the International Space Station is... complicated, but a marvel of engineering. We try to recycle as much as possible and water is relatively very heavy so the less water we launch to space the better. This means that yes our coffee is literally recycled sweat, condensation and pee, but it still tastes good! Clean drinkable water is a necessity and a UN sustainable development goal as well, so like all Space Station system a critical system and we pay attention, also I need my coffee in the morning :) <br />
.<br />
Nous nous sommes longuement entraînés sur le système de contrôle environnemental et de survie de la Station, ECLSS (prononcez « iclaisse » pour Environmental Control and Life Support Systems). Ça concerne l'air qu’on respire, l'eau qu’on boit et une température confortable pour rester en vie, bref : des choses assez importantes :sweat_smile: Ici par exemple, c’est le système de recyclage de l'eau et il est… vraiment compliqué, mais c'est une merveille d'ingénierie. On recycle tout ce qu’on peut dans la Station spatiale internationale, et notamment l’eau qui est lourde à transporter. Disons le clairement : une grande partie de ce qu’on mange et boit là-haut est constitué de sueur, de condensation et d’urine recyclées, mais on ne s’en rend absolument pas compte. En tout cas, ça donne de bonnes habitudes de vie : sur terre aussi, l’eau potable est un bien précieux, c’est d’ailleurs un des objectifs de développement durable des Nations unies. Ici, on s’entraînait avec Aki à maintenir les systèmes d’eau de l’ISS, dans une maquette grandeur nature du NASA Johnson Space Center. C’est bien entendu un équipement indispensable à notre survie dans l’espace !<br />
<br />
<br />
PHOTO DATE: 12/01/2020. LOCATION: Bldg. 9NW - SVMF - ISS Mockups. SUBJECT: SpaceX Crew-2 ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet during EHS Water Ops training.  PHOTOGRAPHER: Norah Moran<br />
<br />
jsc2020e050629</p>


feed_id: tag:flickr.com,2005:/photo/50690106016
title: This thing turns this way
uri: This-thing-turns-this-way
url: https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50690106016/
content:
			<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/thom_astro/">Thomas Pesquet</a> posted a photo:</p>
	
<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50690106016/" title="This thing turns this way"><img src="media/d12325fe.50690106016_c40b9b260a_m.jpg" data-original-source="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50690106016_c40b9b260a_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="This thing turns this way" /></a></p>

<p>We spend a lot of training on the systems that keep us alive, the ECLSS (pronounced Ecluss), that stands for Environmental Control and Life Support Systems. So the air we breath, the water we drink and a cozy temperature to stay alive. You can understand why it is important. These photos show water operations training at NASA's Johnson Space Center Space Station mockup and a picture working with Aki on ESA's Life Support System at the European Astronaut Centre. The water recycling system on the International Space Station is... complicated, but a marvel of engineering. We try to recycle as much as possible and water is relatively very heavy so the less water we launch to space the better. This means that yes our coffee is literally recycled sweat, condensation and pee, but it still tastes good! Clean drinkable water is a necessity and a UN sustainable development goal as well, so like all Space Station system a critical system and we pay attention, also I need my coffee in the morning :) <br />
.<br />
Nous nous sommes longuement entraînés sur le système de contrôle environnemental et de survie de la Station, ECLSS (prononcez « iclaisse » pour Environmental Control and Life Support Systems). Ça concerne l'air qu’on respire, l'eau qu’on boit et une température confortable pour rester en vie, bref : des choses assez importantes :sweat_smile: Ici par exemple, c’est le système de recyclage de l'eau et il est… vraiment compliqué, mais c'est une merveille d'ingénierie. On recycle tout ce qu’on peut dans la Station spatiale internationale, et notamment l’eau qui est lourde à transporter. Disons le clairement : une grande partie de ce qu’on mange et boit là-haut est constitué de sueur, de condensation et d’urine recyclées, mais on ne s’en rend absolument pas compte. En tout cas, ça donne de bonnes habitudes de vie : sur terre aussi, l’eau potable est un bien précieux, c’est d’ailleurs un des objectifs de développement durable des Nations unies. Ici, on s’entraînait avec Aki à maintenir les systèmes d’eau de l’ISS, dans une maquette grandeur nature du NASA Johnson Space Center. C’est bien entendu un équipement indispensable à notre survie dans l’espace !<br />
.<br />
PHOTO DATE: 12/01/2020. LOCATION: Bldg. 9NW - SVMF - ISS Mockups. SUBJECT: SpaceX Crew-2 ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet during EHS Water Ops training.  PHOTOGRAPHER: Norah Moran<br />
<br />
jsc2020e050627</p>


feed_id: tag:flickr.com,2005:/photo/50690104051
title: Zip it
uri: Zip-it
url: https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50690104051/
content:
			<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/thom_astro/">Thomas Pesquet</a> posted a photo:</p>
	
<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/50690104051/" title="Zip it"><img src="media/e4401595.50690104051_fd43088bd9_m.jpg" data-original-source="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50690104051_fd43088bd9_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="Zip it" /></a></p>

<p>We spend a lot of training on the systems that keep us alive, the ECLSS (pronounced Ecluss), that stands for Environmental Control and Life Support Systems. So the air we breath, the water we drink and a cozy temperature to stay alive. You can understand why it is important. These photos show water operations training at NASA's Johnson Space Center Space Station mockup and a picture working with Aki on ESA's Life Support System at the European Astronaut Centre. The water recycling system on the International Space Station is... complicated, but a marvel of engineering. We try to recycle as much as possible and water is relatively very heavy so the less water we launch to space the better. This means that yes our coffee is literally recycled sweat, condensation and pee, but it still tastes good! Clean drinkable water is a necessity and a UN sustainable development goal as well, so like all Space Station system a critical system and we pay attention, also I need my coffee in the morning :) <br />
.<br />
Nous nous sommes longuement entraînés sur le système de contrôle environnemental et de survie de la Station, ECLSS (prononcez « iclaisse » pour Environmental Control and Life Support Systems). Ça concerne l'air qu’on respire, l'eau qu’on boit et une température confortable pour rester en vie, bref : des choses assez importantes :sweat_smile: Ici par exemple, c’est le système de recyclage de l'eau et il est… vraiment compliqué, mais c'est une merveille d'ingénierie. On recycle tout ce qu’on peut dans la Station spatiale internationale, et notamment l’eau qui est lourde à transporter. Disons le clairement : une grande partie de ce qu’on mange et boit là-haut est constitué de sueur, de condensation et d’urine recyclées, mais on ne s’en rend absolument pas compte. En tout cas, ça donne de bonnes habitudes de vie : sur terre aussi, l’eau potable est un bien précieux, c’est d’ailleurs un des objectifs de développement durable des Nations unies. Ici, on s’entraînait avec Aki à maintenir les systèmes d’eau de l’ISS, dans une maquette grandeur nature du NASA Johnson Space Center. C’est bien entendu un équipement indispensable à notre survie dans l’espace !<br />
<br />
PHOTO DATE: 12/01/2020. LOCATION: Bldg. 9NW - SVMF - ISS Mockups. SUBJECT: SpaceX Crew-2 ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet during EHS Water Ops training.  PHOTOGRAPHER: Norah Moran<br />
<br />
jsc2020e050612</p>


feed_id: tag:flickr.com,2005:/photo/51132597619
title: Cheese
uri: 2021-04-22-Cheese
url: https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/51132597619/
content:
			<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/thom_astro/">Thomas Pesquet</a> posted a photo:</p>
	
<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/51132597619/" title="Cheese"><img src="media/c8f2ac01.51132597619_ce829c99e7_m.jpg" data-original-source="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51132597619_ce829c99e7_m.jpg" width="180" height="240" alt="Cheese" /></a></p>

<p>Décollage demain ! Ce soir mon ultime repas (on ne parle pas de « dernier repas pour des raisons évidentes) sera composé de :<br />
<br />
:poultry_leg: Poulet rôti et purée (hyper simple)<br />
 Plateau de fromages et baguette (hyper français)<br />
:ice_cream: Glaces en dessert (hyper classique)<br />
<br />
Bon appétit, rendez-vous dans l'espace :sparkles:️:man:‍:rocket:<br />
<br />
 Thanks to all the @NASA and @SpaceX teams taking fantastic care of us here at @NASAKennedy, we are grateful they take the extra step to make our last (for now :wink:) days on Earth enjoyable! Tomorrow we launch! Tonight our ultimate meal (we don't call it the last meal for obvious reasons :grinning:). This is on my menu: <br />
<br />
:poultry_leg: Poulet rôti et purée (hyper simple)<br />
 Plateau de fromages et baguette (hyper français)<br />
:ice_cream: Glaces en dessert (hyper classique)<br />
<br />
Bon appétit and see you y'all in space!<br />
<br />
Credits: ESA–T. Pesquet<br />
<br />
Image 2021-04-22 at 18.27.54</p>


feed_id: tag:flickr.com,2005:/photo/51132704165
title: CASA
uri: CASA
url: https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/51132704165/
content:
			<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/thom_astro/">Thomas Pesquet</a> posted a photo:</p>
	
<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/51132704165/" title="CASA"><img src="media/d3eda97e.51132704165_f6882e3131_m.jpg" data-original-source="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51132704165_f6882e3131_m.jpg" width="160" height="240" alt="CASA" /></a></p>

<p>It seems the weather is cooperating, so looks like we will try to launch tomorrow!!! Our friends on the Space Station are expecting us to show up and we don’t want to be late. They even installed my bedroom recently and literally made my bed. Such nice hosts!<br />
.<br />
La météo a l'air de coopérer, donc on devrait essayer de décoller demain !!! Nos amis à bord de l'ISS nous attendent et on ne voudrait pas être en retard :blush: ils ont installé ma chambre très récemment et ont littéralement fait mon lit :relieved: Une chambre d'hôte :star::star::star::star::star:<br />
<br />
Credits: NASA<br />
<br />
GMT097_16_13_Kate Rubins_1112_EBOT and CASA</p>


feed_id: tag:flickr.com,2005:/photo/51131805343
title: Tu casa
uri: Tu-casa
url: https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/51131805343/
content:
			<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/thom_astro/">Thomas Pesquet</a> posted a photo:</p>
	
<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/51131805343/" title="Tu casa"><img src="media/c0e4ba44.51131805343_4928297493_m.jpg" data-original-source="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51131805343_4928297493_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="Tu casa" /></a></p>

<p>It seems the weather is cooperating, so looks like we will try to launch tomorrow!!! Our friends on the Space Station are expecting us to show up and we don’t want to be late. They even installed my bedroom recently and literally made my bed. Such nice hosts!<br />
.<br />
La météo a l'air de coopérer, donc on devrait essayer de décoller demain !!! Nos amis à bord de l'ISS nous attendent et on ne voudrait pas être en retard :blush: ils ont installé ma chambre très récemment et ont littéralement fait mon lit :relieved: Une chambre d'hôte :star::star::star::star::star:<br />
<br />
Credits: NASA<br />
<br />
GMT097_16_13_Kate Rubins_1112_EBOT and CASA</p>


feed_id: tag:flickr.com,2005:/photo/51132370049
title: Mi casa
uri: Mi-casa
url: https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/51132370049/
content:
			<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/thom_astro/">Thomas Pesquet</a> posted a photo:</p>
	
<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/51132370049/" title="Mi casa"><img src="media/97012bb5.51132370049_de3b8bf526_m.jpg" data-original-source="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51132370049_de3b8bf526_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="Mi casa" /></a></p>

<p>It seems the weather is cooperating, so looks like we will try to launch tomorrow!!! Our friends on the Space Station are expecting us to show up and we don’t want to be late. They even installed my bedroom recently and literally made my bed. Such nice hosts!<br />
.<br />
La météo a l'air de coopérer, donc on devrait essayer de décoller demain !!! Nos amis à bord de l'ISS nous attendent et on ne voudrait pas être en retard :blush: ils ont installé ma chambre très récemment et ont littéralement fait mon lit :relieved: Une chambre d'hôte :star::star::star::star::star:<br />
<br />
Credits: NASA<br />
<br />
GMT097_14_19_Victor Glover_CASA Install EBOT Batt Ops 75P Trash Xfer</p>


feed_id: tag:flickr.com,2005:/photo/51132191942
title: Launch breakfast!
uri: Launch-breakfast
url: https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/51132191942/
content:
			<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/thom_astro/">Thomas Pesquet</a> posted a video:</p>
	
<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/51132191942/" title="Launch breakfast!"><img src="media/35c174bc.51132191942_d387f9e699_m.jpg" data-original-source="https://live.staticflickr.com/31337/51132191942_d387f9e699_m.jpg" width="136" height="240" alt="Launch breakfast!" /></a></p>

<p>Credits: ESA–T. Pesquet<br />
<br />
Video 2021-04-23 at 06.38.39</p>


feed_id: tag:flickr.com,2005:/photo/51132191947
title: Calm before the storm
uri: Calm-before-the-storm
url: https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/51132191947/
content:
			<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/thom_astro/">Thomas Pesquet</a> posted a photo:</p>
	
<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/51132191947/" title="Calm before the storm"><img src="media/d1b4fbd8.51132191947_5d14f4e360_m.jpg" data-original-source="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51132191947_5d14f4e360_m.jpg" width="240" height="180" alt="Calm before the storm" /></a></p>

<p>Credits: ESA–T. Pesquet<br />
<br />
Image 2021-04-22 at 18.40.00</p>


feed_id: tag:flickr.com,2005:/photo/51135612976
title: Endeavour arriving
uri: Endeavour-arriving
url: https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/51135612976/
content:
			<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/thom_astro/">Thomas Pesquet</a> posted a photo:</p>
	
<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/51135612976/" title="Endeavour arriving"><img src="media/fa6888ee.51135612976_a18efbc7a4_m.jpg" data-original-source="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51135612976_a18efbc7a4_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="Endeavour arriving" /></a></p>

<p>24 hours in the space of a Fiat500 with three good friends… a student road-trip? No, this is the approach of Crew Dragon to the International Space Station. A superb performance by all the trainers and operational people who prepared us and carried out this voyage. We were flying at 400 km above Earth for 24 hours but it felt like home.<br />
.<br />
24h dans le volume d'une Fiat 500 avec trois amis, un road trip d'étudiants ? Non : l'approche de l’ISS en Crew Dragon ! Superbe performance technique et opérationelle de toutes les équipes qui nous ont entrainés et encadrés pour ce voyage. Ou comment voler à 400 km d'altitude pendant 24h en se sentant comme chez soi ! <br />
<br />
Credits: JAXA/NASA–S. Noguchi<br />
<br />
24 Apr 21_Endeavor Appr 2_549D6649</p>


feed_id: tag:flickr.com,2005:/photo/51137531971
title: Dragon toilet
uri: Dragon-toilet
url: https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/51137531971/
content:
			<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/thom_astro/">Thomas Pesquet</a> posted a photo:</p>
	
<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/51137531971/" title="Dragon toilet"><img src="media/7a148d96.51137531971_60498806fd_m.jpg" data-original-source="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51137531971_60498806fd_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="Dragon toilet" /></a></p>

<p>Here's one of the most secret yet useful systems on the spacecraft... our toilet! There's a curtain for privacy, and the rest is really just technicalities... let's just say that the only advantage is the view. :wink: Shoutout to its designer at SpaceX!<br />
<br />
Voici l'un des équipements les plus secrets du Crew dragon, et pourtant c'est l'un des plus utiles : les toilettes ! Un simple rideau pour l’intimité, et le reste c’est surtout des détails techniques. Mais la vue est imprenable ;) Bravo au designer de SpaceX !<br />
<br />
Credits: ESA/NASA–T. Pesquet<br />
<br />
531A0156</p>


feed_id: tag:flickr.com,2005:/photo/51137704348
title: Lookin' out the window
uri: Lookin-out-the-window
url: https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/51137704348/
content:
			<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/thom_astro/">Thomas Pesquet</a> posted a photo:</p>
	
<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/51137704348/" title="Lookin&#039; out the window"><img src="media/44e8a11a.51137704348_7fa0c3f48b_m.jpg" data-original-source="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51137704348_7fa0c3f48b_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="Lookin&#039; out the window" /></a></p>

<p>Admiring the view, but when you launch from Cape Canaveral, you mustn't forget the sunscreen... I didn't have this problem in Baikonur! ☀:sunglasses:<br />
<br />
Credits: ESA/NASA–T. Pesquet<br />
<br />
531A0163</p>


feed_id: tag:flickr.com,2005:/photo/51138263639
title: Cool Shane
uri: Cool-Shane
url: https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/51138263639/
content:
			<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/thom_astro/">Thomas Pesquet</a> posted a photo:</p>
	
<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/51138263639/" title="Cool Shane"><img src="media/15309169.51138263639_c190c931ca_m.jpg" data-original-source="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51138263639_c190c931ca_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="Cool Shane" /></a></p>

<p>Second time I fly to space with Shane, and he was as happy as me to see the view again. So beautiful it blinds you if you don't wear the appropriate eyewear... and it's never too dark to be cool :sunglasses:<br />
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Credits: ESA/NASA–T. Pesquet<br />
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531A0102</p>


feed_id: tag:flickr.com,2005:/photo/51136812777
title: Window view
uri: Window-view
url: https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/51136812777/
content:
			<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/thom_astro/">Thomas Pesquet</a> posted a photo:</p>
	
<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/51136812777/" title="Window view"><img src="media/0e2834b3.51136812777_0b661c2a0c_m.jpg" data-original-source="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51136812777_0b661c2a0c_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="Window view" /></a></p>

<p>The white of the Dragon interior gives a nice contrast with the glowing blue of Earth against the black of space<br />
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Credits: ESA/NASA–T. Pesquet<br />
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531A0054</p>


feed_id: tag:flickr.com,2005:/photo/51138263714
title: What a view!
uri: What-a-view
url: https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/51138263714/
content:
			<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/thom_astro/">Thomas Pesquet</a> posted a photo:</p>
	
<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/51138263714/" title="What a view!"><img src="media/b38f6c8c.51138263714_b02d080fa1_m.jpg" data-original-source="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51138263714_b02d080fa1_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="What a view!" /></a></p>

<p>You can NEVER get tired of this view. First glimpse from the side windows of Crew Dragon after arrival on orbit. Same emotion as 4 years ago... but bigger windows :wink:<br />
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Credits: ESA/NASA–T. Pesquet<br />
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531A0029</p>


feed_id: tag:flickr.com,2005:/photo/51138321845
title: Falcon 9 second stage
uri: Falcon-9-second-stage
url: https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/51138321845/
content:
			<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/thom_astro/">Thomas Pesquet</a> posted a photo:</p>
	
<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/51138321845/" title="Falcon 9 second stage"><img src="media/f4fc5474.51138321845_f8a16f00e9_m.jpg" data-original-source="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51138321845_f8a16f00e9_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="Falcon 9 second stage" /></a></p>

<p>I took a very lucky shot: as I was getting out of my spacesuit and looking out the window, I happened to spot our second stage of the Falcon 9 rocket, casually flying in formation with us on a perfectly parallel track, but lower... two tiny objects 200 km above Earth! A series of manoeuvres changed our trajectory (and the second stage) and soon we were on diverging paths! Thanks for the ride, though, and so long Falcon 9 (maybe I'll see our first stage again since it landed successfully )<br />
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Quelle chance ! J’ai réussi à photographier le 2e étage du @SpaceX Flacon 9 alors qu’il volait sur une trajectoire parfaitement parallèle à la nôtre, mais un peu plus bas. Après une série de manœuvres, nos chemins ont divergé. Merci pour le voyage :wave: <br />
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Credits: ESA/NASA–T. Pesquet<br />
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531A0001</p>


feed_id: tag:flickr.com,2005:/photo/51136391534
title: Group photo
uri: Group-photo
url: https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/51136391534/
content:
			<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/thom_astro/">Thomas Pesquet</a> posted a photo:</p>
	
<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/51136391534/" title="Group photo"><img src="media/10130dd8.51136391534_a80dfe23f4_m.jpg" data-original-source="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51136391534_a80dfe23f4_m.jpg" width="240" height="180" alt="Group photo" /></a></p>

<p>It is good to be back!  We just called our friends and families to reassure them we arrived in good health, the smiles on our faces (no masks up here!) speak volumes. It is a great feeling to be weightless again in the Space Station. It feels familiar in a way, but also very special. The space is less tidy than last time, but this is simply because there is more equipment  We now have a few hours to install our sleeping bags, toiletries, sport gear and so on, afterwards… to work!<br />
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De retour à la maison... !  On vient de se retrouver avec l'équipage et d'appeler pour rassurer nos proches : tout va extrêmement bien ici, les sourires sur nos visages (non masqués !) en disent long je pense ! C'est une incroyable sensation de retrouver l'impesanteur et l'environnement de la Station - à la fois c'est très familier mais chaque retour dans l'espace reste vraiment spécial. Elle est moins bien rangée que la dernière fois !  Ce n'est pas de la faute des collègues, il y a simplement de plus en plus d'équipements à bord. Maintenant on a quelques heures pour installer son sac de couchage et ses petites affaires de toilette, de sport... et on attaque le travail ! <br />
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Credits: JAXA/NASA–S Noguchi<br />
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crew2 arrival 527C2562</p>


feed_id: tag:flickr.com,2005:/photo/51137258762
title: Aki in Dragon
uri: Aki-in-Dragon
url: https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/51137258762/
content:
			<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/thom_astro/">Thomas Pesquet</a> posted a photo:</p>
	
<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/51137258762/" title="Aki in Dragon"><img src="media/e3af706d.51137258762_386b9f0789_m.jpg" data-original-source="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51137258762_386b9f0789_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="Aki in Dragon" /></a></p>

<p>Life on board Dragon series: eating (as demonstrated by Aki)<br />
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Comment manger dans l'espace ? Démonstration avec Aki !<br />
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Credits: ESA/NASA–T. Pesquet<br />
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531A0052</p>


feed_id: tag:flickr.com,2005:/photo/51138149658
title: Megan in Dragon
uri: Megan-in-Dragon
url: https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/51138149658/
content:
			<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/thom_astro/">Thomas Pesquet</a> posted a photo:</p>
	
<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thom_astro/51138149658/" title="Megan in Dragon"><img src="media/df24db48.51138149658_b663cf9a14_m.jpg" data-original-source="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51138149658_b663cf9a14_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="Megan in Dragon" /></a></p>

<p>Megan, back to space after her Shuttle mission in 2009 is enjoying the view from the Dragon's front hatch (the one that later opened to the Space Station!)<br />
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Megan, de retour dans l'espace après sa mission à bord de la navette spatiale en 2009, admire la vue depuis l'écoutille avant (celle qu'on a ouvert plus tard pour entrer dans la ISS).<br />
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Credits: ESA/NASA–T. Pesquet<br />
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531A0045</p>


