It's an immense moment of pride for the whole team as French #astronaut #ThomasPesquet and his crewmates return to Earth. The four astronauts splashed down successfully off the coast of Florida in a #SpaceX capsule. It marks the end of Pesquet's six-month mission in space, where he became the first ever French astronaut to command the International #Space Station. We spoke to his colleague and friend Rémi Canton, who led the mission for the CNES, the French space studies agency.

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