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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 that will be conducted from the station in the following months.
~ Umberto Guidoni
Also
Carrying
Clothes
Crew
Eva
Expedition
Following
Food
Months
Parts
Spare
Station
Two
Well
Will
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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 U.S. government had signed an agreement to fly the first Italian astronaut on that flight.
~ Umberto Guidoni
Agreement
Astronaut
Design
End
First
Flight
Fly
Government
Had
Italian
Just
News
Our
Process
Signed
U.S. Government
Were
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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 cultural experiences, speaking different languages, but working together for a common goal.
~ Umberto Guidoni
Astronauts
Coming
Common
Common Goal
Completed
Crew
Cultural
Different
Experiences
Goal
International
Languages
Made
Only
Speaking
Station
Together
Will
Working
Working Together
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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 enter the 1996 Mission Specialist class.
~ Umberto Guidoni
Agreement
Class
Enter
Involved
Italy
Mission
NASA
Possibility
Signed
Since
Space
Space Station
Specialist
Station
Well
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And so, I will be probably, since I am not involved in all the activity, I will have some spare time to devote to document all this busy part of the flight.
~ Umberto Guidoni
Activity
Am
Busy
Devote
Document
Flight
I Am
Involved
Part
Since
Some
Spare
Spare Time
Time
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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 a buffer, I mean, in order to be able to complete the... what we want to accomplish.
~ Umberto Guidoni
Able
Accomplish
Cannot
Case
Complete
Duration
Mean
Order
Space
Things
Walk
Want
We Cannot
Within
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And the first flight of the tether satellite happened in '92, and I was the backup on that flight.
~ Umberto Guidoni
Backup
First
Flight
Happened
Satellite
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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 basically. And I was very happy to be assigned to this mission.
~ Umberto Guidoni
Assigned
Basically
Been
Class
Graduate
Happy
Here
Houston
Later
Mission
Since
Then
Training
Two
Very
Years
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And then my chance really happened in 1996 when we added the second flight of the tether satellite.
~ Umberto Guidoni
Added
Chance
Flight
Happened
Really
Satellite
Second
Then
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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 take the cradle and put it into the cargo bay.
~ Umberto Guidoni
Arm
Bay
Between
Cargo
Cradle
Point
Put
Shuttle
Station
Take
Will
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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 they can keep the temperature under control. That will really the call of the first EVA.
~ Umberto Guidoni
Arm
Call
Control
Eva
First
Get
Keep
Need
Out
Powered
Really
Temperature
Will
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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 robotic station that is in the Lab.
~ Umberto Guidoni
Arm
Controlled
Fully
Lab
Power
Robotic
Some
Space
Station
Walk
Will
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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 in space that is really for all humankind.
~ Umberto Guidoni
Building
Countries
First
First Time
Goal
History
Humankind
Major
Pushing
Reach
Really
Something
Space
Time
Together
World
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I remember; I was 15 years old when Neil Armstrong put feet in the moon.
~ Umberto Guidoni
Armstrong
Feet
I Remember
Moon
Neil
Old
Put
Remember
Years
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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 people that had held previous experience in that particular satellite. So, I was in that, in a good position then.
~ Umberto Guidoni
Among
Beginning
Endeavor
Experience
Good
Had
Held
Italy
Much
Particular
People
Position
Pretty
Previous
Really
Satellite
Selection
Started
Then
Whole
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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 with the rings. It was a beautiful image.
~ Umberto Guidoni
Beautiful
First
First Time
I Remember
Image
Pointed
Remember
Remember When
Rings
Saturn
Saw
Sky
Still
Telescope
Time
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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 driving the arm, you should be very familiar with all the position it can get.
~ Umberto Guidoni
Arm
Before
Complex
Driving
Familiar
Get
Makes
Motion
Overall
Particular
Position
Should
Start
Very
You
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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 this really milestone in the space station building since from now on they will be using this arm to continue building the space station.
~ Umberto Guidoni
Arm
Because
Board
Building
Continue
Get
Goals
Important
Major
Milestone
Most
Now
Really
Since
Space
Space Station
Station
The Most Important
Two
Using
Well
Will
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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 be pretty much the testing, the first flight testing of the space station arm.
~ Umberto Guidoni
Activity
Arm
Completed
First
Flight
Fully
Much
Next
Operational
Pretty
Ready
Space
Space Station
Station
Testing
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Walk
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BirthDate
18 August, 1954
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