Astronaut Thomas Pesquet shares his views on the Artemis II mission as a human narrative of exploration and understanding, not just a technological milestone.

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.