French Astronaut Thomas Pesquet just came back from a 6 months mission on the ISS. His social media presence was very much applauded despite being away. He had quite a presence on social networks, showing his work, daily life and amazing shots of our planet – here are some of them.
Here goes his story
Meet the man Himself
Thomas in the Cupola, the observatory module of the ISS, from where he takes all the incredible photos of planet earth
The very first space walk being performed by him. Albeit, his reaction says it all.
This is how Colorado River and Grand Canyon look from the space.
Glorioso Island, off the coast of Madagascar, part of the Scattered Island of the Indian Ocean (France)
The Kuwait City with its magnificent neighborhood.
SpaceX Dragon spacecraft! Delivering supplies to the ISS like it is done in airplanes.
Desert art in the Sahara
Erupting Mount Etna
HTV6 after its release (unmanned cargo supply spacecraft)
Patagonia seen from the sky! At the border between Chile and Argentina.
The perks of weightlessness?
Menacing Cloud
The Ural delta in the Caspian Sea looks like a tree leaf