Thomas Pesquet on space exploration: 'We’re all on the same boat, we have to take care of the ship'

François Picard is pleased to welcome from Toulouse in southwest France, European Space Agency astronaut Thomas Pesquet. As an astronaut who has experienced spaceflight firsthand, Pesquet sees the Artemis II mission not simply as a technological milestone, but as part of a broader human narrative of exploration and understanding. What fascinates him is not only how far we can travel from Earth, but how these journeys reshape our perception of it.