01.06.2026 astronauta został
ogłoszony przez firmę VAST dowódcą
VAST-1.
Pierwszym nieamerykańskim dowódcą amerykańskiego statku kosmicznego pozostaje Maltańczyk
Chun Wang.
Francuz zostanie zaś pierwszym nieamerykańskim dowódcą amerykańskiego statku kosmicznego, który zadokuje do ISS.
Zostanie także 3. Francuzem, który odbędzie 3. lot kosmiczny.
Thomas Pesquet @Thom_astro 12:53 PM · Jun 5, 2026
Translated from French
🏆 After @PSG_inside, @wemby, @UBBrugby, and while waiting for the World Cup, France's winning streak extends into space! 🚀🇫🇷 Announcement this week of two French space missions in 2027:
🛰️ For @Arno_astro, the latest addition to the field ⚽: two weeks on a prototype station paving the way for the successor to the ISS (after 2032). A test and research flight, toward the world's first private station! His background as a flight test engineer and pilot is ideal.
👨🚀 For me, the command role, handed over for the first time in 65 years to a non-American 🇫🇷, of an American capsule or shuttle and its international crew 🌍: the @SpaceX 🚀 Crew Dragon, for two weeks of research aboard the ISS. The goal: maximize the return on investment in research before the station's end!
💪 About a year of intense training awaits us both… a sprint 🏃♂️, rather than a marathon, and two major firsts that showcase France's 🇫🇷 standing in space exploration.
🤝 With @Soph_astro on board, and thanks to our space engineers, researchers, and teachers, France will have a unique complementary team of astronauts in Europe to tackle all future missions, in orbit around the Earth 🌍 or toward the Moon! 🌕
😅PS: As an adopted Toulousain, and with Arnaud being a Marseillais, that first sentence stings a bit for both of us—no hard feelings…
🤩Can't wait to see Earth from on high again and share the adventure.
#ÉquipeDeFranceSpatiale #Pam6 #VAST #ESA #Cnes @vast @esa @ESA_fr @CNES
https://twitter.com/Thom_astro/status/2063373000771076363