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Filmed at TEDxParis on October 6, 2012 at the Olympia. More talks on http://tedxparis.com/ Passionate about space adventures since childhood, Thomas Pesquet joined the master's program at the École Nationale Supérieure de l'Aéronautique et de l'Espace in Toulouse. Recruited in 2002 as a research engineer by the French Space Agency, CNES, he worked on the autonomy of space missions. A private pilot, Thomas Pesquet was selected in 2004 to join the Air France training program, after which he became an airline pilot and instructor on the A320, totaling more than 2,000 flight hours. In 2009, he was selected by the European Space Agency to become the youngest of the new class of European astronauts. Join us on social networks: / tedxparis / tedxparis