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

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

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

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

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 to take more care of the Expedition crew, because they're going to stay there for a long time.

I've been as a pilot involved in the Gulf War. And then, in the No-Fly Zone

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 arm itself or from the station.