In addition to supporting 200 investigations in space, including 40 European ones and 12 new experiments led by the French space agency CNES, Thomas saw seven spacecraft come and go, the 20-year old Pirs module leaving for good and the arrival of the Russian Nauka laboratory module with a very special passenger, the European Robotic Arm.

In his free time, Thomas snapped thousands of photos and timelapses from space and recorded tours of the Space Station using a 360 camera, allowing global audiences a unique fly through humankind’s orbital outpost.