Industry committee  I want to reiterate that the European Union now has competence in space. As a result of that, we had a first meeting in Prague last year, trying to debate what Europe should do in space exploration. It was decided that there would be a follow-up conference this year on October 21

Industry committee  It is both, I believe. First, there is of course the challenge of going further. I always say that a society that stops exploring is a society that stops progressing. If we want to progress as a society, we must try to go further. We do that with technology, with science, but it

Industry committee  The photo shows Tim demonstrating, to those who didn't believe it, that Spiderman does exist. This was an important moment for Europe. It's the moment that I was given command of the international space station. It was important for Europe, but I think it was an even more import

Industry committee  Of course, it's always a sad moment to leave the space station. We worked there for six months. We really enjoyed it. We enjoyed our crew mates. It was really a great time. On the other hand, of course, we were also very happy to go back to our families, whom we'd missed for si

Industry committee  This picture, of course, shows the result of all our exercising. We did two hours of sports every single day.

Industry committee  Here we are flying through node 1. As you can see, while we are flying on a tour, there are a lot of smiling faces. Bob was smiling as usual. You saw him smiling when he came into the space station when we opened up the hatch. Bob stopped smiling when we closed the hatch and came

Industry committee  We do Earth observations for two reasons: first of all, it's psychological support for the crew to be able to look at our beautiful planet and to see where our families are. They're not so far away. On the other hand, we do a lot of Earth observations as scientific activities,

Industry committee  The coral reefs are some of the most beautiful things to watch from space. All of the shades of blue you see in the ocean are incredible.

Industry committee  Here you see some other daily activities on board because, of course, we also lived there for six months. We worked, but we also lived there for six months. Roman is not so happy here with Jeff doing his haircut, because he is from the air force and Jeff is from the army. They

Industry committee  Food was very important. We took all of our meals together. We had morning, midday, and evening meals with six around the table. If the space shuttle was there as it is right now, you would see 13 people around the table. Some have mastered eating in space better than others. T

Industry committee  Here is another big moment for Europe and for myself: the arrival of another shuttle with an MPLM and with another European astronaut on board, Christer Fuglesang. Bob was very happy that Julie was on one of the shuttle missions and that there were two Canadians in space. This ti

Industry committee  Here we see the Russian vehicle approaching. In Russia they have progress ships, about four per year, that supply the space station with goods. The Russian cargo vehicles normally dock automatically, but here you see Max ready on the controls to take over if something goes wrong

Industry committee  Here some experiments are being done in the microscience glove box. It's a box that we use so we can work inside with materials that are toxic or dangerous to us. Here we see some echo scan equipment. Astronauts need to be versatile. I was trained as an engineer and a military

Industry committee  This is the new treadmill that we are installing in the U.S. segment. As you can see, we're working together. Teamwork, of course, is one of the primary things in space, but we also have fun, so after the installation we were demonstrating how we could all run together.

Industry committee  Here you see the logos of all the partner agencies that are participating in this mission and a beautiful picture of the station we flew to, the ISS, which was of course the core of our logos for Expedition 20 and 21. We started as Expedition 20, and then later on, when part of t