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(FILES) In this file photo taken on September 5, 2021 a screengrab made available by the European Space Agency (ESA) shows French astronaut Thomas Pesquet delivering a speech in a pre-recorded meassage from space which will be broadcast during the "Giant Dictation (Dictee Geante)" event held in Paris. - Four astronauts could leave the International Space Station on November 7, 2021 without their replacement team having arrived to take over, NASA announced Thursday, but the timing remains uncertain due to weather conditions. (Photo by EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY" - NO MARKETING - NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS
(FILES) In this file photo taken on September 5, 2021 a screengrab made available by the European Space Agency (ESA) shows French astronaut Thomas Pesquet delivering a speech in a pre-recorded meassage from space which will be broadcast during the "Giant Dictation (Dictee Geante)" event held in Paris. - Four astronauts could leave the International Space Station on November 7, 2021 without their replacement team having arrived to take over, NASA announced Thursday, but the timing remains uncertain due to weather conditions. (Photo by EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY" - NO MARKETING - NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS

Après six mois en orbite, Thomas Pesquet a entamé son retour sur Terre

La capsule Dragon s’est détachée de la Station spatiale internationale à 20h05, heure française. Après sa rentrée dans l’atmosphère, le vaisseau doit effectuer une descente vertigineuse avant d’amerrir au large de la Floride, a priori à 04h33 cette nuit.

 Après six mois en orbite, l’astronaute français Thomas Pesquet et ses trois coéquipiers de la Station spatiale internationale ont entamé lundi leur retour vers la Terre, un voyage périlleux à bord d’un vaisseau censé amerrir au large de la Floride. L’astronaute de 43 ans a passé quelque 200 jours en orbite pour sa deuxième mission dans l’espace. «Ça ressemble quand même un peu à un rêve éveillé», a confié sur Twitter celui qui, par ses abondantes publications sur les réseaux sociaux, a offert à des millions de personnes un goût de la vie en orbite. «La prochaine fois, la Lune?», a-t-il lancé. «Enfin, on a un retour sur Terre à assurer d’abord.»

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