Born: 27 February 1978
Nationality: French
Hobbies: black belt in judo, basketball, jogging, swimming, mountain biking, kite surfing, sailing, skiing, snowboarding, scuba diving and sky diving. His other interests include travelling, playing the saxophone and reading.
Thomas obtient en 2001 une maîtrise en systèmes spatiaux et en mécanique des engins spatiaux. En 2006, il devient diplômé de l’école des Cadets d’Air France.
Between 2002 and 2004, Thomas worked at the French space agency as a research engineer. He was then selected for Air France’s flight training programme and went on to become a commercial pilot. He has logged more than 2000 hours flying time on various commercial airliners.
Thomas a été recruté en tant qu’astronaute de l’ESA en mai 2009.
