So one thing that I want to do is to make people realize that astronauts in general are very normal people. They are down to Earth, so to speak. I know it sounds contradictive, but we are very normal people.… — Luca Parmitano Copy Share Image
I grew up and I kind of took the road of becoming a pilot, which was another dream I had of flying, and once… — Luca Parmitano Copy Share Image
My memories of my childhood are wonderful memories. I feel that I was privileged because I grew up in a beautiful city. It is… — Luca Parmitano Copy Share Image
So one thing that I want to do is to make people realize that astronauts in general are very normal people. They are down… — Luca Parmitano Copy Share Image
Being Italian, I have a very special relationship with the culinary arts. One my projects was to share Italian cultural food with my colleagues. — Luca Parmitano Copy Share Image
Space is a harsh, inhospitable frontier and we are explorers, not colonisers. The skills of our engineers and the technology surrounding us make things… — Luca Parmitano Copy Share Image
Is there any other job that beats being an astronaut? Who didn't want to be an astronaut? That is my question. — Luca Parmitano Copy Share Image
It is an incredible treat and certainly one of the highlights of any astronaut's career to do a spacewalk. — Luca Parmitano Copy Share Image
