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Umberto Guidoni

(1954) Astronaut Italy

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Umberto Guidoni is an astronaut from Italy, best known for Dallo Sputnik allo Shuttle.

Quick Facts About Umberto Guidoni

Born: August 18, 1954
Nationality: Italy
Profession: Astronaut
Notable works: Dallo Sputnik allo Shuttle

About Umberto Guidoni

Umberto Guidoni is an Italian astrophysicist, science writer and a former ESA astronaut, being the first European to visit the International Space Station. He is a veteran of two NASA Space Shuttle missions. He was also a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from 2004 to 2009, with the Group of the European United Left (GUE/NGL).

Biography source: Wikipedia

Awards & Honors

NASA Space Flight Medal NASA Exceptional Service Medal

Quotes by Umberto Guidoni

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

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Activity

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I started this whole endeavor really. And at the beginning we had the selection in Italy. And that was pretty much among…

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Among

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And just when we were at the end of our design process there was the news that the Italian government and the…

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Agreement

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

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Able

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When this space walk will be completed, then the arm will be fully operational and ready for the next activity that will…

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Activity

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I was, I remember, I still remember when the first time I pointed the telescope at the sky and I saw Saturn…

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Beautiful

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In particular, this arm has 7 degrees-of-freedom that makes the overall motion of the arm very complex so that, before you start…

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Driving

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

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Chance

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I remember; I was 15 years old when Neil Armstrong put feet in the moon.

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Armstrong

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And since Italy was involved in the space station as well as signed an agreement with NASA. And when the possibility to…

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Agreement

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

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Astronauts

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And then I graduate two years later, in 1998, with my class. And, since then I've been here in Houston for training…

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Class

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

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Backup

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

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Arms

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Well, we have two major goals. The most important one is to get the station arm on board the station, because that's…

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Arm

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

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Arms

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For the first time in history all the major countries in the world are pushing together to reach this goal... building something…

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Building

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

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Arms

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Also we will be carrying food and clothes for the Expedition Two crew. And as well as spare parts for the EVA…

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Adventure

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