37 Quotes by Philippe Perrin

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

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

So it's, I think it's quite, quite unique to fly with somebody with so much experience.

The last thing, and the only one that you cannot physically train for, is the psychological preparation

We also had to bring with us some desired scientific equipment over to the station as well as assemble new machines. For that, I had to conduct two space walks.

Since there always has to be a certain number of astronauts manning the station at all times, one of the main aspects of the mission was to transport a new team to the station and bring back some members of the previous team back to Earth.

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.

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.

Especially when I first really started to work with Kenneth and Franklin, who had been in space already. And so, they were able to talk about space and tell me a few things about how things would really happen.