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unusual facts about Paolo Nespoli



First Orbit

By matching the orbit of the International Space Station to that of Vostok 1 as closely as possible, in terms of ground path and time of day, documentary filmmaker Christopher Riley and European Space Agency astronaut Paolo Nespoli were able to film the view that Yuri Gagarin saw on his pioneering orbital space flight.


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Emanuele Viscuso

Thanks to his proposal and support, on board the Space Shuttle Discovery, Node 2 - the interconnecting unit developed in Italy by Thales Alenia Space - and the ESA, the Italian Paolo Nespoli and other astronauts started their journey towards the International Space Station (ISS) bringing with them delicious Italian food to offer to the other astronauts on the Station in orbit.