And just when we were at the end of our design process there was the news that the Italian government and the U.S. government had signed an agreement to fly the first Italian astronaut on that flight.

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• Umberto Guidoni:

  And not only that but... when the station is completed, there will be an international crew made of

• Umberto Guidoni:

  And since Italy was involved in the space station as well as signed an agreement with NASA. And whe

• Umberto Guidoni:

  And so, I will be probably, since I am not involved in all the activity, I will have some spare tim

• Umberto Guidoni:

  And so, in case we have contingencies and things that we cannot accomplish within the duration of t

• Umberto Guidoni:

  And the first flight of the tether satellite happened in '92, and I was the backup on that flight.

• Umberto Guidoni:

  And then I graduate two years later, in 1998, with my class. And, since then I've been here in Hous

• Umberto Guidoni:

  And then my chance really happened in 1996 when we added the second flight of the tether satellite.

• Umberto Guidoni:

  At that point, there will be the handover between the shuttle arm and the station arm so that the s

• Umberto Guidoni:

  But, what we need to get out of the first EVA is to have the arm completely unfolded and powered so

• Umberto Guidoni:

  During that space walk there will be some repositioning of the power so that the arm can be fully c