2025 22.18g France Silver 2025 22.17gm Silver The Space Odyssey with Thomas Pesquet 10€ Coin PP

Thomas Pesquet is the tenth French astronaut and the first among them to command the International Space Station (ISS). During his two missions in space, Proxima in 2016-2017 and Alpha in 2021, he shared his scientific adventure, his daily life in the Station and his pictures of our planet, particularly over social networks. He has made millions of people dream. His travels have also been a wake-up call; an occasion to cast a fresh eye on the Earth, its beauty and its fragility. Monnaie de Paris joins Thomas Pesquet in a call to take care of our planet. This collection invites you to follow the astronaut in weightlessness. It pays tribute to the space adventure that's always looking ahead to new horizons, but mostly to our Earth, beautiful but fragile.

The obverse and reverse of this coin complement each other to tell the story of the space odyssey.

On the obverse, an astronaut bends his head towards the Earth. Through this movement, he expresses his attachment to our planet, which represents both his origins and his mission. His polished helmet reflects the stars that surround him. Near the Earth, in the distance, the Moon, Man's first destination outside the Earth, stands out among the stars.

On the other side are planets of the solar system that have attracted human interest as part of the space odyssey. For the most part, the Earth occupies the lower part of the drawing. Above it orbits the Moon. Floating in the middle of a galaxy of stars are the planets Mars, Jupiter and Saturn, linked together by lines traced by the path of an exploring rocket. The sun extends its rays over the universe from the upper right of the composition. The face value is inscribed on the arc of the Earth, while the ‘RF’ sign is engraved on the planet.

The collaboration on this collection is the subject of a donation to the Aviation sans Frontières association.