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 armcomplexdegree share on social
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 armcontrolfully Change image and share on social
And then my chance really happened in 1996 when we added the second flight of the tether satellite. Umberto Guidoni addchanceflight Change image and share on social
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 accomplishbuffercase share on social
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 carryclotheconduct Change image and share on social
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 armboardbuild share on social
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 armbaycargo Change image and share on social
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 agreementastronautdesign Change image and share on social
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 assignbasicallyclass Change image and share on social
