{"id":465,"date":"2016-11-21T08:54:00","date_gmt":"2016-11-21T07:54:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kids.esa.int\/esa_astronaut_arrives_at_the_iss\/"},"modified":"2026-10-08T00:28:31","modified_gmt":"2026-10-07T22:28:31","slug":"esa_astronaut_arrives_at_the_iss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kids.esa.int\/fr\/esa_astronaut_arrives_at_the_iss\/","title":{"rendered":"Thomas arrive sur la Station spatiale internationale"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"lede\">\n<p>Apr\u00e8s avoir pass\u00e9 deux jours \u00e0 bord d\u2019un vaisseau Soyouz, l\u2019astronaute de l\u2019ESA Thomas Pesquet - accompagn\u00e9 de l'astronaute de la NASA Peggy Whitson et du commandant de Roscosmos Oleg Novitsky - s\u2019est amarr\u00e9 avec succ\u00e8s \u00e0 la Station spatiale internationale.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Les vaisseaux Soyouz voyagent dans l\u2019espace depuis pr\u00e8s de 50 ans, mais leurs sp\u00e9cifications ont r\u00e9cemment \u00e9t\u00e9 mises \u00e0 jour. Thomas est le premier astronaute de l\u2019ESA \u00e0 en exp\u00e9rimenter la nouvelle version ! \u00c0 l\u2019int\u00e9rieur de leur vaisseau Soyouz, dont la taille \u00e9quivaut \u00e0 celle d\u2019une petite voiture, les trois \u00e9quipiers ont parfois pu se sentir \u00e0 l\u2019\u00e9troit... mais la vue dont ils profitaient \u00e9tait grandiose ! L\u2019\u00e9quipage a maintenu un contact radio permanent avec le centre de contr\u00f4le \u00e0 Moscou.<\/p>\n<p>L\u2019\u00e9coutille de Soyouz a \u00e9t\u00e9 ouverte apr\u00e8s l\u2019amarrage, puis Thomas, Peggy et Oleg ont \u00e9t\u00e9 accueillis \u00e0 bord de la Station spatiale internationale par l\u2019astronaute de la NASA Shane Kimbrough et les cosmonautes Andrei Borisenko et Sergei Ryzhikov. Les six membres de l\u2019\u00e9quipage vont d\u00e9sormais travailler ensemble pour s\u2019assurer du bon fonctionnement de la Station.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\" data-width=\"2048\" data-credit=\"ESA\" data-detail-url=\"https:\/\/www.esa.int\/ESA_Multimedia\/Images\/2016\/11\/Vacuum_test\" data-licence=\"ESA Standard Licence\" data-licence-url=\"https:\/\/www.esa.int\/ESA_Multimedia\/Terms_and_conditions_of_use_of_images_and_videos_available_on_the_esa_website\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"max-width:100%;height:auto\" src=\"https:\/\/www.esa.int\/var\/esa\/storage\/images\/esa_multimedia\/images\/2016\/11\/vacuum_test\/17893870-2-eng-GB\/Vacuum_test.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/figure>\n<p>La mission de Thomas, qui s\u2019intitule Proxima, va durer six mois. Thomas va mener une cinquantaine d\u2019exp\u00e9riences scientifiques pour l\u2019ESA et l\u2019agence spatiale fran\u00e7aise (CNES). Mais, pour commencer, il va devoir s\u2019habituer aux effets de l'impesanteur ! Pendant quelques semaines, le corps de Thomas va progressivement s\u2019adapter \u00e0 ces conditions aussi nouvelles qu\u2019inhabituelles. Sa colonne vert\u00e9brale va s\u2019allonger et ses os vont s\u2019affaiblir. Thomas devra donc faire de l\u2019exercice et prendre des compl\u00e9ments alimentaires afin de rester en pleine forme !<\/p>\n<p>Apr\u00e8s six mois sur la Station, Thomas, Peggy et Oleg vont remonter \u00e0 bord d\u2019un vaisseau Soyouz pour rallier leur nouvelle destination : la Terre ! Ils devraient atterrir dans les steppes du Kazakhstan, o\u00f9 des h\u00e9licopt\u00e8res viendront les r\u00e9cup\u00e9rer. En attendant, l\u2019astronaute de l\u2019ESA Paolo Nespoli se pr\u00e9pare pour sa mission, dont le lancement aura lieu en 2017 apr\u00e8s le retour de Thomas !<\/p>\n<p><b>Fait int\u00e9ressant :<\/b> La mission de Thomas, \u00ab Proxima \u00bb, tire son nom de l'\u00e9toile la plus proche du Soleil. La tradition veut que les missions auxquelles participent des astronautes fran\u00e7ais portent le nom d'\u00e9toiles ou de constellations.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After two days onboard a Soyuz spacecraft, ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet, along with NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson and Roscosmos commander Oleg Novitsky, has docked with the International Space Station! 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