Thomas Pesquet has not lost his hand.
The French astronaut, who strafed the Earth during his first trip to the International Space Station in 2016, left on the same bases: after having broadcast on Tuesday a snapshot of his "native Normandy", the future captain of the station, arrived on board at the end of the week, has just published a magnificent photo taken above Paris.
“I had the right to a vertical passage of Paris, in perfect weather… I couldn't miss that!
», Tweeted Thomas Pesquet, thanking Soichu Noguchi, his Japanese teammate, for setting up the device.
I was entitled to a vertical passage of Paris, in perfect weather… I couldn't miss that!
Thank you @Astro_Soichi, the photo master on board the @Space_Station, who had already configured the devices 👌 #MissionAlpha pic.twitter.com/NZAb3rDtuX
- Thomas Pesquet (@Thom_astro) April 28, 2021
The station's trajectory always goes from west to east: a chance for my native Normandy, under the sun as always 😎 (whatever the haters may say 😉).
It kicks off the photos from orbit!
#MissionAlpha pic.twitter.com/hOdbvEK8nm
- Thomas Pesquet (@Thom_astro) April 27, 2021
By publishing his first photo yesterday, the astronaut warned that she "opened the ball of photos from orbit". Four years ago, he had captured thousands of pictures, cities, phenomena or landscapes, which the European Space Agency had taken care to position on an interactive map.