{"id":592,"date":"2014-03-19T10:24:00","date_gmt":"2014-03-19T09:24:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kids.esa.int\/thomas_pesquet_to_fly_to_the_iss_in_2016\/"},"modified":"2026-10-08T00:30:01","modified_gmt":"2026-10-07T22:30:01","slug":"thomas_pesquet_to_fly_to_the_iss_in_2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kids.esa.int\/nl\/thomas_pesquet_to_fly_to_the_iss_in_2016\/","title":{"rendered":"Thomas Pesquet in 2016 naar het ISS"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"lede\">\n<p>ESA-astronaut Thomas Pesquet gaat in 2016 voor een langdurige missie naar het internationale ruimtestation.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Dat betekent dat de zes ESA-astronauten van de lichting van 2009 dan binnen zeven jaar allemaal naar het ruimtestation zijn geweest.<\/p>\n<p>De in Rouen geboren Thomas is straks de tiende Fransman die de ruimte ingaat. Eerder was zijn landgenoot L\u00e9opold Eyharts betrokken bij het in werking stellen van Columbus, ESA\u2019s laboratorium voor microzwaartekrachtonderzoek.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\" data-width=\"1280\" data-credit=\"CNES\/Novespace\" data-detail-url=\"https:\/\/www.esa.int\/ESA_Multimedia\/Images\/2014\/03\/Thomas_Skinsuit2\" 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\/2014\/03\/thomas_skinsuit2\/17899755-2-eng-GB\/Thomas_Skinsuit.jpg\" alt=\"Thomas Skinsuit\"><figcaption>Thomas-skinsuit<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Tijdens de missie van Thomas wordt er een atoomklok in het ruimtestation geplaatst om samen met atoomklokken op aarde de relativiteitstheorie van Einstein te testen en de tijd op aarde nog exacter te kunnen bepalen. Satellietnavigatie wordt dan mogelijk twee keer zo nauwkeurig, zodat we onze plaats op aarde met nog grotere precisie kunnen bepalen.<\/p>\n<p>Na zijn opleiding tot ruimtevaartingenieur heeft Thomas gewerkt als piloot van een commerci\u00eble luchtvaartmaatschappij.<\/p>\n<p>Over zijn deelname aan de missie zegt hij het volgende: \"Ik ben blij dat ik voor een missie ben gekozen maar dit is pas het begin van een nieuwe fase voor me \u2013 er is nog veel werk te doen en veel te leren voor mijn vertrek.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet has been assigned to a long-duration mission on the International Space Station in 2016. 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