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>> [Background conversation].

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Good morning [inaudible].

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>> [Foreign language spoken].

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Yes. Go ahead.

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I have a request.

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If you have -- if you are to
do something, please go ahead

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and do it and keep
talking what you are doing.

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Yes I keep talking all the time.

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[Background conversation].

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We'll keep talking.

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I promise.

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Next one please.

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>> Please have a seat and
we'll be taking pictures.

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>> [Inaudible] the
journalists will soon be ready

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to ask you some questions.

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>> [Inaudible] do
something special.

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>> [Foreign Language Spoken]

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>> Questions to the
crew please, go ahead.

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>> [Foreign language spoken]

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>> [Inaudible] please.

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>> [Inaudible] -- this is going

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to be your first
launch aboard the Soyuz.

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What kind of challenges
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for this launch have, versus
your training for your Mission

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on Shuttle Discovery
5 years ago?

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>> Karen Nyberg: Certainly,
technically there's a lot

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of similar challenges.

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For me, probably the
biggest challenge is the

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Russian language.

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It's been a challenge
for me [chuckles],

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learning the language.

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Hopefully I've learned
it to a point

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where I can be an efficient
and effective crew member

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and do all the roles
that I need to do.

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>> Fyodor Yurchikhin:
[Inaudible].

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[Foreign language spoken].

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Because we use your experience
in space, and she is one

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of our [inaudible],
one main [inaudible].

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Yes?

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>> Luca Parmitano: I agree.

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Yeah.

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>> Karen Nyberg:
Thank you [inaudible].

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>> Luca Parmitano: [Inaudible]

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that she certainly
overcame the challenge

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of the Russian language --

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>> Fyodor Yurchikhin: Yeah.

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>> Luca Parmitano: -- because
she's really a lot of help.

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>> Well for Luca Parmitano
for both NASA and for ESA,

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you've flown in many
different kinds of aircraft

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as a test pilot, what are you
looking forward to the most

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for flying for the first
time in the Soyuz vehicle?

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If you could answer please
in both English and Italian.

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>> Luca Parmitano: Absolutely.

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We're, well the answer is
in the question already.

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It's the first time that I
fly in a real spacecraft.

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So as a test pilot, it's
always a great emotion to fly

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for the first tie a new machine.

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So I'm just looking forward to
see how the machine performs

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in real life and the real
flight after training

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so much in a simulator.

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[ Italian Spoken ]

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>> [Chuckles] would you like me
to say the rest in French too?

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That's enough.

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Thank you.

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>> Fyodor Yurchikhin: [Foreign
language spoken] [chuckles].

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>> Luca the hatch is open.

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>> Luca Parmitano: Yes I got it.

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>> The hatch is closed.

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>> [Foreign language
spoken] copy.

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The hatch is closed.