Thomas Pesquet: back in pictures on the successful landing of the astronaut – Franceinfo

After six months in zero gravity, Thomas Pesquet will have to readjust to dry land. The famous French astronaut landed in the Gulf of Mexico, on the night of Monday 8 to Tuesday 9 November, alongside his three teammates. A return that began eight hours earlier. After a final goodbye to space, the capsule entered the atmosphere at 28,000 km / h.

Once on Earth, it is impossible to move without having the impression of weighing several times its weight. “We feel very, very heavy. We have the impression of being lead “, explains Jean-François Clervoy, former astronaut. If rehabilitation is going to take time, Thomas Pesquet will have recorded two records during his last mission. He became, in fact, the French astronaut who spent the most time in space, with 199 days, and became the European who made the most spacewalks, with nearly 40 hours.