It's, I mean, for me, it's the same as training with my crewmembers. We share the same first part of the flight. We all go together. It's the most critical part of the flight, the ascent.

The student develops an analytical as well as finely blended character. He is able to choose from a wide variety of job fields from which to embrace a career, without having to be a specialist in one particular discipline.

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

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

Shortly afterwards, I did a third one to repair the robotic arm of the station. This arm plays a very important role in the ongoing expansion of the station as well as in the deployment of solar panels.

I don't like to watch myself. For the most part, I find it weird. It depresses me; I'm very critical.