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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

I find joy in reading.

When an individual is raped in this country, more than 90 percent of the time the rapist gets away with the crime.

Overcrowding in the cities is producing a collective madness in which irrational violence flourishes because man needs more space in which to be than the modern city allows.

A divorcee is a women who got married so she didn't have to work, but now works so she doesn't have to get married.

She unbent her mind afterwards - over a book.

You start with a darkness to move through but sometimes the darkness moves through you.

I get sick when I think about someone going to iTunes and downloading two songs off our album. It's not meant to be listened to that way.

My parents always say I have really good legs. Ive worked really hard for them. They always insist that I show my legs.

I am sorry I couldn't complete my term as leader. It is necessary for my staff to resign ... to regain the people's trust.

Churchill says the Government had to choose between war and shame. They chose shame. They will get war, too.