Luca Parmitano: back from Beyond

ESA astronaut Luca Parmitano returned from his second long-duration mission to the International Space Station, known as ‘Beyond’, on 6 February 2020. In this interview at ESA’s Astronaut Centre in Cologne, Germany, he shares some of his experiences and feelings after 201 days in orbit.

This interview was conducted late on the night Luca landed in Cologne, and is the first full interview with him in Europe since he touched down in Kazakhstan at 09:12 GMT (10:12 CET) Thursday 6 February.

Some of the highlights of Luca’s Beyond mission include becoming the third European and first Italian in command of the Space Station, leading three of four complex spacewalks to maintain the cosmic-ray-detecting Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer AMS-02, gaining the European record for most cumulative spacewalking time, remotely controlling a rock-collecting rover in the Netherlands, supporting over 50 European and 200 international experiments and sharing his experiences with those back on Earth through images and video links.

One of the main things Luca highlighted throughout his mission was the fragility of our planet and the need to act now for generations to come.





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[mooreandless]

What an wonderful human being.
The space program is fortunate to have him.

[AnthonyElsom]

What an insightful, honest and humble review from Luca..We should have more of his caliber into running for leadership on a GLOBAL scale.

[sandraromano]

Bello il pensiero finale di Luca, spaventoso sapere che non ha postato volutamente le foto della devastazione vista dallo spazio perché vuole lanciare un messaggio positivo, siamo orgogliosi di te Luca, sei un mito!

[vimalramachandran]

You're a great ambassador for humanity. Hope you'll continue along the same path.

[scholaire]

That ending bit was so beautiful. Thank you, Luca, for assisting humanity on our voyage beyond our planet!

[Simon-rlus]

Very emotional speech. I like the ESA astroauts

[jettisonedguy]

Welcome back Luca and congratulations on completing your second mission. The 'Overview Effect' should be a compulsory prerequisite for any wishing to lead a nation or place on this little blue dot. You're an inspiration for Humankind.

[giogio]

5:38 I don't think the interviewer was ready for such beautiful inspiring words. 😉
We've heard similar things before but Luca always manages to put together concepts in his beautiful way.

[EvasiveSnail]

He's amazing!!! Every school should show this. I can't wait to see what he does in the future!

[cpassal]

I applaud and appreciate your eloquent and heartfelt comments. Welcome home!

[BlueSkySamurai]

Grazie Luca, soprattutto per le tue parole a fine intervista, ed è bellissimo conoscere il tuo pensiero di speranza e di fiducia che dimostra quanto forte sia stata la tua esperienza in questa missione. La tua capacità di farci immedesimare in te, e restituirci il tuo punto di vista, sono una costante del tuo operato che dimostra la tua grandezza e la tua umiltà.
In bocca al lupo per tutto.

[evangelosspyromilios]

To all these who admire football players, models, tv presenters, influencers etc :
This is what a true hero looks like

[TClaudio]

In my personal opinion, Astronauts are the next step in Human evolution.
They look at earth as it should be: without phisical and ideological boundaries.
I'm proud of the flag on his shoulder, but we must overcome that acient heritage and think about ourself as citizens of the whole world and take care of it.

...BTW, his voice sounds so tired!
Welcome back Luca!

[FrankkieNL]

Hero! You've risked your life, to help make everyone's life better. We cannot thank you enough!

[DanielGarcia-irzj]

What i admire the most of astronauts in general is that they achieve difficult things, as for example doing extra vehicular activities, and they always complete their missiond succesfully, and what is more important, working as an international group. Also i want to thank ESA for inspiring new generations to keep going and working on our future, the future of mankind.

[Simolo]

Vorrei vedere questo pianeta, come gli astronauti dall'alto lo contemplano e, credere per un giorno che la gente sia unita mirando alla sua salvezza🌍

[fargneta]

Sono stato tenente A.U.C. nella grande famiglia dell' Aeronautica Militare, e sono cosi orgoglioso di te (un pizzico anche geloso...!!!!) Finalmente un'Italiano che porta in alto (sotto tutti i punti di vista...) Il Genio, la professionalità ed al tempo stesso l'umiltà che contradistingue i grandi uomini..!!!! Sei un grande, non smetterò mai di ringraziarti...!!!!

[paolocapretti]

Everybody should experience a day on the ISS to comprehend Luca’s words about earth’s fragility. And maybe a real change would happen.

[Luca-vyik]

Being proud of someone else is not logic, but I can't avoid this feeling, when I think about which highness human kind can reach: Luca and the ISS crew should be a model for everybody: brave, intelligent, so empathic, curious. working in the moment to prepare the future. Thank you very much.

[eagle___shadow]

Welcome back to earth.. home sweet home😉🙂