(FILES) France's President Emmanuel Macron (L) talks to ESA (European Space Agency) French astronaut Thomas Pesquet (2nd-R) next to French astronaut Arnaud Prost (R) following a video conference with French astronaut Sophie Adenot ahead of her departure for the International Space Station, at the presidential Elysee Palace in Paris on February 5, 2026. France's President Emmanuel Macron announced on June 1, 2026 that the two French astronauts Thomas Pesquet and Arnaud Prost will go into space in 2027. (Photo by Ludovic MARIN / POOL / AFP via Getty Images)