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\nESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet will fly to the International Space Station next year on a six-month adventure of science in weightlessness. Thomas wants your help to think of a name for his mission. In this video recorded in-between training for his mission at NASA in USA, he gives some ideas to get the inspiration going.\n<\/p>\n
\nThomas will blast off in a Soyuz spacecraft in December 2016 as part of Expedition 50 with NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson and Russian commander Oleg Novitsky.\n<\/p>\n
\nESA and Thomas invite you to submit a name for his mission. Read the full rules before submitting your proposal in a form on this page<\/a>. The deadline for submission is 15 April.\n<\/p>\n \nIn addition to seeing the name fly into space, the winner will receive a mission patch signed by Thomas himself.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" \t\t\t\t\t \nESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet will fly to the International Space Station next year on a six-month adventure of science in weightlessness. Thomas wants your help to think of a name for his mission. In this video recorded in-between training for his mission at NASA in USA, he gives some ideas to get the inspiration going.\n<\/p>\n \nThomas will blast off in a Soyuz spacecraft in December 2016 as part of Expedition 50 with NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson and Russian commander Oleg Novitsky.\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n