Thomas Pesquet latest footage from Kennedy Space Center

Date: Tue, Apr 20, 2021 GMT

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Replay: Wed, Apr 21, 2021 | 15:00 - 15:30 GMT | 17:00 - 17:30 CEST

Type: ESA TV Exchange

ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet will soon begin his second flight to the International Space Station. Thomas is the first ESA astronaut to fly to space in a vehicle other than the Russian Soyuz or the US Space Shuttle, and the first ESA astronaut to leave Earth from Florida, USA, in over a decade.

B-Roll footage showing the latest from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida is available here :

https://www.esa.int/esatv/Videos/2021/04/Thomas_Pesquet_Alpha_Mission_B-Rolls

This B-Roll contains  :　

- Crew arrival 　

- Scenes from the “dry dress rehearsal”, 18 April 2021, six days before the launch of Crew-2 on the Dragon spacecraft 　

- An interview in English  with Frank de Winne, Head of ESA Astronaut Centre, on April 17

More information at: https://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Human_and_Robotic_Exploration/Alpha