Talk with Thomas Pesquet, Commander International Space Station

An Exclusive Conversation with Thomas Pesquet!

Join Thomas Pesquet, renowned astronaut and commander of the International Space Station during SXSW.

In this live session, Thomas will share a spectacular video and will provide a behind-the-scenes look at what it takes to live and work in space and discuss his thoughts on space technology, food tech, climate change, innovation and more.

Don’t miss this unique opportunity to ask questions and engage with one of the leading voices in space exploration.

Register now to be part of this once-in-a-lifetime event and experience the excitement of space travel!

Important note:

• BUSINESS EVENT | +21 years (Parker Jazz Club is a 21+ venue)
• LIMITED SEATS

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About Thomas Pesquet

Thomas Pesquet is a European Space Agency astronaut of French nationality.

Space missions: SpaceX Crew-2, Expedition 65, Expedition 50, Soyuz MS-03, Expedition 51

Thomas was launched to the International Space Station on 17 November 2016 for his six-month Proxima mission, as a flight engineer for Expeditions 50 and 51.

Thomas was the 10th astronaut from France to head into space after a nine-year gap since ESA astronaut Léopold Eyharts during Expedition 16. His busy mission was the first to see all four cargo vehicles in operation at the time (HTV, Cygnus, Dragon and Progress) travelling to the Space Station. He tracked and captured two of them using the Station’s robotic arm.

During his stay in space, he took part in over 50 experiments and the six crew members set a record for hours of time spent working on science. Other highlights of his mission included two spacewalks to maintain the Station: one to replace batteries on an electrical channel, and one to fix a cooling leak and service the robotic arm.

Thomas returned to Earth on Soyuz MS-03 on 2 June 2017 after spending 197 days in space.

Thomas’ second spaceflight was announced on 28 July 2020. He traveled to the International Space Station on the second SpaceX Crew Dragon mission together with JAXA astronaut Akihiko Hoshide and NASA astronauts Shane Kimbrough and pilot Megan McArthur. The mission was called Alpha, after Alpha Centauri, the closest stellar system to Earth, following the French tradition to name space missions after stars or constellations. Thomas was the first European to fly to the Space Station in a Crew Dragon, and the first European to fly time from USA in over a decade.

In addition to supporting 200 investigations in space, including 40 European ones and 12 new experiments led by the French space agency CNES, Thomas saw seven spacecraft come and go, the 20-year old Pirs module leaving for good and the arrival of the Russian Nauka laboratory module with a very special passenger, the European Robotic Arm.

During Alpha, Thomas performed four spacewalks to install new solar array equipment and upgrade the International Space Station’s power system. Holding the European record for most cumulative hours spent spacewalking, a total of 39 hours and 54 minutes.

Shortly before the end of his mission, on 4 October 2022, Thomas became the fourth European and first French in command of the International Space Station.

The Crew Dragon Endeavour transporting Crew-2 autonomously undocked from the International Space Station and after a series of burns to take pictures of the Space Station’s exterior, the spacecraft entered Earth’s atmosphere and deployed parachutes for a soft water-landing, splashing down off the coast of Florida, USA on 9 November 2021 at 03:33 GMT (04:33 CET).

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Don’t miss our Part 2: Talk with Barbara Belvisi – CEO, Interstellar Lab

Embark on a Journey to the Future with Cutting-Edge Innovations for earth and space on #agritech #foodtech #greentech #spacetech thanks to a live session with Barbara.

Get ready to be propelled towards the future and discover the latest advancements and envision the possibilities of tomorrow with Interstellar Lab who designs and builds bioregenerative villages on Earth and beyond.

Barbara is an entrepreneur and investor, passionate about science, space and AI. Interstellar Lab designs and builds systems to help life thrive on Earth and expand in space. It specializes in developing environment-controlled pods and systems that create ideal conditions for plants to grow on Earth, in LEO, on the Moon, and on Mars. Its solutions are used from sustainable farming and biodiversity conservation on Earth to astronaut life-support and food production in space.

Winner 2023 of the Deep Space Food Challenge / NASA.

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