at 09:49:02 UTC, and docked to the International Space Station on 24 April at 09:08 UTC. Once on board the station, they joined ISS Expedition 65. During this mission, Pesquet performed 4 EVAs. The first three EVAs were conducted with Shane Kimbrough on the 16, 20, and 25 of June with the tasks to install the first two Roll Out Solar Arrays (iROSA) on the station. The fourth EVA was originally planned to be performed by Akihiko Hoshide and Mark Vande Hei but due to a medical issue for Vande Hei, Pesquet exited for the sixth time of his career the ISS to perform a spacewalk. During this spacewalk, he became the European record holder for most cumulative hours spent spacewalking, with a total of 39 hours and 54 minutes. On October 4, 2021, he received from Akihiko Hoshide the command of the ISS, making him the first French to command a space vehicle. He transfer the command of the station to his Russian colleague Anton Shkaplerov on November 6, 2021. Crew-2 landed in the Gulf of Mexico on 9 November 2021, after 199 days in space. Goodwill Ambassador On 12 April 2021, Thomas Pesquet was nominated Goodwill Ambassador for the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. At the closing ceremony of the 2020 Summer Olympics, during the "handoff" portion introducing Paris as the host of the 2024 Summer Olympics, Pesquet performed the closing bars of the French national anthem La Marseillaise on a saxophone while aboard the International Space Station. See also Notes References External links Quotes from Thomas Pesquet on All Views by Quotes Thomas Pesquet on ESA web site Spacefacts biography of Thomas Pesquet ESA astronaut class of 2009's blog ESA Brochure about Pesquet and the Proxima Mission French aerospace engineers Supaéro alumni Engineers from Rouen 1978 births Living people French spationauts Lycée Pierre-Corneille alumni Aquanauts ESA astronauts Space program of France Commercial aviators Chevaliers of the Légion d'honneur Officiers of the Légion d'honneur Commanders of the International Space Station SpaceX astronauts Spacewalkers