First-time French astronaut Thomas Pesquet said he was thrilled to go to space with two veterans from Russia and US, though slightly worried that they wouldn't like his saxophone music. "It's always been a dream for me to go to space," said Pesquet, 38, who showed off his language skills replying to press conference questions in Russian, English, and French. he asked his crewmates as the trio faced the media in the Russian space agency's training centre in the Moscow region. Witson, a third-time space traveller, will assume command of the space station and see her country vote for president from space on November 8. The three will join American astronaut Shane Kimbrough and two Russian cosmonauts Andrei Borisenko and Sergey Ryzhikov who arrived to the ISS last Friday.

Source: The Standard October 27, 2016 02:41 UTC