Thomas Pesquet: Why did he have to wear a layer for his return flight?
Thomas Pesquet returned from his second space mission which lasted 199 days precisely.A return to the firm land made thanks to the Space X dragon capsule.A dizzying descent towards the earth, on the side of Florida in the United States, braked by the atmosphere then by immense parachutes.The 43 -year -old scientist was however forced to wear a layer for this return flight...
Indeed, as reported by the magazine Gala which relates the stay in the space of Thomas Pesquet and his return to the fold, we discover that he found himself in a funny situation.""A toilet breakdown forced French and the three other occupants (Japanese Akihiko Hoshide and the two Americans Shane Kimbrough and Megan McArthur) to wear diapers during the twenty hours that their return to earth lasted.Not always easy the life of an adventurer of space, ""write our colleagues.There is no doubt that the anecdote probably amused Anne a lot, Thomas's partner.
At the end of his capsule, Thomas Pesquet immediately appreciated the impeccable hygiene of those who came to help him extract.""They felt the laundry and the soap super good, which means that we did not necessarily feel very good...""He said, amused.Fortunately for him, he could quickly find the joys of a real bathroom.At a press conference, on November 12, he reported his immense pleasure to take up a shower vertically.His colleagues had told him about this ""funny experience"" of the return shower.Unlike those, in the station, where ""the droplets go in all directions"", he had ""the impression of a supernatural experience"", with ""these drops and this water flowing in the same direction.""
Thomas Pesquet, who already plans to go to the moon as he revealed to Twitter, was first repatriated to Houston in Texas for first exams before taking a plane for Cologne, Germany, to join theAstronaut training center.All November he will gradually get back in shape.In the program ?Physiotherapy, swimming pool, small pace, exercise bike...
Gala, edition of November 18, 2021.
