Grandparent Quote by Philippe Perrin

And, you run also video because to fly this arm, you're relying mostly on some external camera views that may be coming from the…

— Philippe Perrin

Polytechnique is a school whose multidisciplinary, very high scientific level curriculum is invaluable.

— Philippe Perrin

We also had to bring with us some desired scientific equipment over to the station as well as assemble new machines. For that, I…

— Philippe Perrin

Since there always has to be a certain number of astronauts manning the station at all times, one of the main aspects of the…

— Philippe Perrin

Shortly afterwards, I did a third one to repair the robotic arm of the station. This arm plays a very important role in the…

— Philippe Perrin

So, for me, I make no difference whether I'm training with my shuttle crew or the Expedition crew. Of course, I think I want…

— Philippe Perrin

And everything stopped quite rapidly because I knew that nobody in Europe was able to go to space. It was the privilege of being…

— Philippe Perrin

Polytechnique is a school whose multi disciplinary, very high scientific level curriculum is invaluable.

— Philippe Perrin

It's only when you're flying above it that you realize how incredible the Earth really is

— Philippe Perrin

So, it takes a lot of chance and luck. I mean I was lucky enough to get in the program where people with the…

— Philippe Perrin

I think that witnessing ecological problems visible from space is one of the new and essential roles of astronauts

— Philippe Perrin

I had been here five years already, training very hard, learning about the systems, the shuttle, the station systems. But, everything really became real…

— Philippe Perrin