The first to be pulled out is precisely the Russian who makes “the bulk” spreads her arms and thumbs up, for him, was a whiz walk into that little box kmh to 32 thousand red-hot plasma hurtling from ‘ orbit.
The FRESH AIR
Then it’s up to Samantha, the help to take off the gloves, to better lift the helmet, to finally breathe fresh air after those 200 days of something mixed, recycled, pumped by machines. “Space knows a little ‘locked room’ had told him once, from up there, Captain Air Force pilot who is now a new deal with the gravity
Then slide down to the ground, but still – to this point – Samantha’s feet are not touching the ground. Is brought in on a stretcher arms-chair where, without even ask him, the first Italian astronaut starts doing gymnastics, stretching, first one leg, then another. Now yes that Cristoforetti is back with his feet on Earth. If they do leave arrischierebbe even to take a step, when there will instead be at least two weeks to recover a decent walk. For a driver’s license, she is a top gun, will have to wait six months.
THE FIRST CALL
Meanwhile, he also left the Soyuz commander Virts last as tradition. The pass a satellite phone and at that point the director, discrete, mutes the sound: greetings to his wife you can imagine. And even for Samantha we can only imagine who will face the first greetings once ridevenuta terrestrial parents, former hoteliers Male, Sergio and Antonella? His brother Jonathan, who works in the US? Or the boyfriend Lionel Ferra, French trainer for astronauts in Cologne. I wonder if that has remade the same question (“What is the meaning of life?”) That had turned from Baikonur Cosmodrome once Samantha had reached the ISS on November 24 last year. Perhaps the answer (“42″, from “The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy”, cult book of the captain) could now be more comprehensive, although it is said that he and Samantha to tell him to be.
THE MEDICAL
In the steppe urges the sunset over the clear sky that had framed the Soyuz descent hanging in the parachute. E ‘ready the medical tent inflatable submit the three astronauts on the first check in. From what has been learned so good: it takes off for Moscow, Star City, where Shkaplerov arrived home. Samantha Terry and instead will start immediately to Houston where they will spend the rehabilitation, how tiring the work of re-cataloging of about 200 experiments that have followed into orbit on behalf of the Italian Space Agency, the European Space Agency and NASA.
A SALAD, PLEASE
The first wish will come true reserved for astronauts on their flight to the United States: Luca Parmitano, who really loves the risk, had asked the American colleagues a Neapolitan pizza. Samantha should happen better: the expected giant salad, fresh vegetables, the thing I missed most in space after a shower.
The CONGRATULATIONS PRESIDENT MATTARELLA
Meanwhile rained greetings, on social (Samantha has half a million followers on Twitter, for citnare one) are an avalanche.
Here’s the note from the President of the Republic: “ With trepidation – writes Mattarella – Italians were waiting for the return from the space mission in mid-May, but the circumstances have wanted to reserve them a greater satisfaction to crown his historic feat: the women’s world record of the most consecutive weeks in space. ” “We, with you, very proud of this record, which is added to those European and national level. His experience, his studies and the many activities carried out in more than six and a half months away from our planet, represent the most important gift of his business to pass on to future generations to instill knowledge and enthusiasm for the future. The appearance at the Quirinale to manifest, by the entire national community, feelings of deep appreciation and gratitude. Ben came home, Samantha. “
Look at the view from the ISS astronauts.
The RECORD
Yeah, it’s so full of records and glory, the first Italian astronaut who should weigh a ton, and instead will really sincere and light modesty with which – you’ll see – in the coming days and months ahead will repeat that “he only did his duty and that he feels privileged to have been able to represent Italy and Europe and for his dream of a child raised in the mountains of Trentino, so close to the stars “.
With the help of nearly four extra weeks of mission (the agency Roscomos wanted to be safe after the debacle of the shuttle cargo), Samantha Cristoforetti has had a string of impressive record, even one world (strange, they say the world yet we are out of the world): no astronaut had debuted with 199 days and 7 hours of mission, beat the four-day American Sunita Williams. This is even absolute primacy for European astronauts (males and females), with greetings to Paolo Nespoli and Luca Parmitano, proud of my colleague. If you then click on the necessary Astronautinews.it found the rosary and other subrecords really stellar record of thirty selected Italian Space Agency and the European Space Agency.
The record generally, the first Italian etc. and so, she never cared about, indeed, not like just that this be emphasized that have actually done systematically in recent months even ministers, prime ministers, presidents and generals during videocollegamenti. Kindness, God forbid, but has never been the focus of the mission of bi-aerospace engineer and pilot Captain Cristoforetti top gun, always in front of everyone, male and female, Italian and foreign, in all the courses followed in the civil and military his career. And the rest was a matter throughout Italy, that she was the first of the 58 astronauts and cosmonauts with the flag sewn on the suit.
THE PROGRESS OF SCIENCE
What matters most of all is to convey the importance of space missions to accelerate progress in dozens of fields of science and technology, starting with the medicine. Missions expensive, very expensive, but they do earn in an exponential investments. How many lives have been saved worldwide thanks to defibrillators, designed for astronauts? How many will be saved machinery, portable ultrasound, tested ISS?
Probably, indeed, for sure, dodge is, personally I would not even be an example for others, but for this it has become in a perhaps never so strong compared with six astronauts Italian that preceded it.
She had to be special indeed guaranteed Luca Parmitano, the last Italian before her to climb to the stars, the first Italian to make a spacewalk, an ace and a great popularizer of heaven: “I Phenomenon? Wait and you will see Samantha, is a thousand times better than me. “
GIVE THE EXAMPLE
So Cristoforetti, increasingly self-confident in telling experiments and life on board the ISS, but especially through the example (leading by example, they say, no?), Actually became a model for many Italians, beginning with the most young. Yes, vabbeh, also for cutting hair (fur hat to Cristoforetti) asked to hairdressers from all over Italy, because of an experiment cardiovascular activity, one on aging bones and another to improve the yield of fuels or life of bacteria useful to agriculture, there can also be the scene – very successful – cutting hair in orbit. And the coffee break Isspresso, actually an advanced test on fluid behavior.
Cristoforetti now is synonymous with commitment, perseverance, sacrifice, difficult choices to get to goals reserved for the very few who, obstacle after obstacle , sweating and studying, achieve goals that allow the world to progress.
With more excitement, maybe not all share but does the same, to take with each photo (almost three thousand), each tweet , each video up there in orbit, such as when he told his first face-to-face with the space station flooded by Sun in the home page of his diary in orbit: “Wow, wow, wow,” because it is normal that the first time you are missing the words.
About then he criticized – including some guru of TV – for his show (“Pure in Sanremo, ‘is Cristoforetti”) was wrong aims: first could change the channel and then are never the astronauts who run their “appearances”. Are the astronauts, for months squeezed inside a motor home and struggling with an agenda scientific grueling, taking off space for a little rest and to be available to as many links as possible with schools and universities because the demands of “talk to the space station “they never end, although not news.
Wednesday, June 10, 2015, 16:13 – Last Updated: June 11, 18:43
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