November 17, 2016, 9:20 p.m., the Soyuz rocket took off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazaktsthan, with the American Peggy Whitson, the Russian Oleg Novitsky, and the French Thomas Pesquet on board.

The three astronauts had left to spend six months in space within the International Space Station. 

20 Minutes

offers you a selection of the most beautiful images of Thomas Pesquet's first trip to space.


Director:

Olivier JUSZCZAK

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