MR. CHAIRMAN OF THE COMMISSION,
THE CREW IS REPORTING FOR THE
COMPLEX EXAM IN THE RUSSIAN
SEGMENT.
>> WELL, THANKS A LOT.
THANK YOU.
OVER HERE.
THE CREW IS READY.
I THINK WE WILL SHOW EVERYBODY
THAT WE ARE COMPLETELY READY
HERE IN OUR COMPLEX EXAM.
I AM HAPPY TO WORK WITH MY CREW.
THEY ARE MY KIND OF PEOPLE.
OUR CREW IS VERY CALM AND VERY
COMPETENT.
>> TO BE PART OF THAT AND TO BE
PART OF THIS INTERNATIONAL
PARTNERSHIP FOR THE PAST TWO
DECADES HAS BEEN A TREMENDOUS
HONOR.
THEY PREPARED US WELL TO FLY.
FOR ME I HAVE TO SAY THAT BEING
THE SECOND TIME I HAVE BEEN ABLE
TO REALLY, REALLY ENJOY THE
TRAINING.
BECAUSE I FELT THAT IF I -- WAS
FOCUSED ON WHAT I KNOW THAT IS
IMPORTANT FOR THE FLIGHT CHECK
THE TIME TO REALLY ABSORB THE
TRAINING TO COMMUNICATE WITH
INSTRUCTORS AND TO ALSO GIVE
BACK SOME OF MY EXPERIENCE TO
THEM.
AN EXCHANGE RATHER THAN ME JUST
ABSORBING IT.
IT HAS BEEN INCREDIBLE
EXPERIENCE AND BEING ABLE TO
SHARE IT -- EVERY TIME I DO ANY
KIND OF READING, EXAM MAKE SURE
WE -- THERE A LOT LF PEOPLE AN
OVER HERE.
FIRST, PLEASE.
GO UP HERE.
MR. CHAIRMAN THE CREW IS
REPORTING FOR THE EXAM.
YOU ARE READY?
IN YES.
>> GO AHEAD.
FOLLOW ME.
AND CLICK LOUDER, PLEASE.
ABOUT YESTERDAY'S EXAM, WELL WE
HAD A GOOD START YESTERDAY.
EXCELLENT START.
BECAUSE WITH AN EXCELLENT START
FOR ISS EXAM AND WE DID SO MANY
TESTS ALREADY AND SO MUCH
TRAINING.
THAT IT HAS BECOME A HABIT SO
MEAN THING IS TO BE CALM AND BE
CONFIDENT.
YESTERDAY I SAW YOU ALL DOING
VERY WELL.
WE KNOW THAT TODAY THEY HAVE
THEIR EXAM TICKETS ALREADY.
IT IS A LOTTERY THAT CAN
RECEIVE.
AND I WILL TRY NOT TO MAKE ANY
MISTAKES.
I THINK WE WILL JUST HAVE
NOMINAL WORK AS USUAL.
DESCRIBE WHAT IT HAS BEEN LIKE
TRAINING WITH YOUR COLLEAGUES AS
YOU PREPARE FOR YOUR VERY FIRST
FLIGHT TO SPACE.
WITH WELL I HAVE ALWAYS SAID
MOST IMPORTANT THING IN SPACE
MIGHT BEING PART OF THE TEAM.
AND I AM LUCKY ENOUGH TO BE PART
OF A TEAM THAT'S STRONGER
TOGETHER THAN WE ARE AS
INDIVIDUALS.
THAT'S BEEN MOST REWARDING PART.
THAT'S THING THAT WILL BE MOST
MEMORABLE TO ME AND THAT'S THE
THING THAT I WANT ALL OF US TO
REMEMBER.
WHAT HAS BEEN LIKE THIS
PARTICULAR TRAINING AS YOU PLAN
TO GO BACK TO THE ASPACES.
>> WE WILL FOCUS ON THE TRAINING
FOR SOYUZ.
I HAVE TO SAY I LOVE THIS
SPACECRAFT.
I REALLY DO.
JUST LIKE OUT OF LOVE AIR PLANES
I FALL IN LOVE WITH THIS
SPACECRAFT AND GOING THROUGH THE
TRAINING FOR THE SECOND TIME I
HAVE HEN JOYED IT SO MUCH MORE
BEING ABLE TO FOCUS ON WHAT I
KNOW IS IMPORTANT AND BEING ABLE
TO ABSORB SO MUCH MORE THAN THE
FIRST TIME BUT ONLY BECAUSE DOES
I FEEL THAT I KNOW THE
SPACECRAFT AND THAT YOU I FEEL
SO CONFIDENT ABOUT ALL OF THE
TRAINING.
AND I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO IT.
IT WAS WONDERFUL TO HEAR SUCH
ITALIAN LANGUAGE.
AND QUESTION TO ALEXANDER.
WHEN WAS MOST PORE RING FOR YOU
TO GO THROUGH EXAMS?
IT IS ALL WORRIED TO GO THROUGH
THEM.
BUT BEFORE I WAS AN ASTRONAUT I
WENT FOR MORE THAN 50 EXAMS, AND
I AM PREPARING FOR THE FIRST
TIME TO GO TO THE STATION.
AND, OF COURSE, I AM WORRIED.
BUT NOT TOO MUCH.
I AM IN THE FIGHTING SPIRIT.
AND I AM HOPING TO DO EVERYTHING
CORRECTLY SO THAT OUR TEACHERS
AND OUR INSTRUCTORS KNOW THAT WE
ARE QUALIFIED.
GOOD WORK.
YOUR INSTRUCTORS WILL BE GLAD TO
HEAR THAT.
AND LETTERS NEED SOME WATER,
PLEASE.
THAT'S GOOD.
THANK YOU.
RED ZONE THERE.
AS USUAL.
MR. CHAIRMAN OF THE EXAM PANEL,
THE CREW IS READY FOR THE EXAM.
CAN YOU HEAR US.
SOME QUESTIONS NOW.
YOU ARE STARTING THE COMPLEX
EXAMS AND YOU HAD A
REPRESENTATIVES WAS IT DIFFICULT
TO FIND A COMMON LANGUAGE?
I HAVE BEEN ENJOYING OUR
TRAINING NOT ONLY BECAUSE I HAVE
EXPERIENCE COMRADES BUT ALSO
BECAUSE THEY ARE GOOD PEOPLE.
GOOD FRIEND.
WE FOUND THE COMMON LANGUAGE
VERY EASILY AND QUICKLY.
AND WE UNDERSTANDS ONE ANOTHER
WITHOUT WORDS.
BY NOW.
WE ARE READY FOR THE WORK THAT
SITS IN FRONT OF US.
ALREADY HAD COMPLEX EXPERIENCES
AS WELL AS YOU.
DID IT HELP YOU FOR THE EXAMS?
>> AND YOUR THIRD CREW MEMBER,
OF COURSE, HE COULD RELY ON YOU,
ON YOUR EXPERIENCE.
YES INDEED.
WE ARE SHARING WHAT WE KNOW AND
HELPING ONE ANOTHER WE ALL
TRYING TO LEARN MORE AND MORE TO
MORE PROFESSIONAL.
HOW HAS YOUR TRAINING GONE SO
FAR?
IT HAS BEEN ACCELERATED BUT
INSTRUCTORS VERY EXCELLENT AND
PASSIONATE ENSURE SAFETY OF THE
CREW.
ENSURING WE KNOW EVERYTHING WE
NEED TO KNOW AND HAVE
EXPERIENCED CREW THAT HIM FLYING
WITH.
SO, IT HAS BEEN FANTASTIC
TRAINING EXPERIENCE.
AND THE QUESTION YOU SPEAK
RUSSIAN VERY WELL, DOESN'T YOU?
>> NOT REALLY.
SO YOU WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK
ENGLISH?
AND HOW DO YOU TALK WITH ONE
ANOTHER?
>> WE ARE TRYING TO LEARN
JAPANESE AND WE WERE ARE
LEARNING RUSSIAN.
SO WE ARE QUITE SUCCESSFUL IN
OUR COMMUNICATIONS.
IT IS LOOKS LIKE THE CREW IS
VERY EXPERIENCED.
SO WE WISH YOU GOOD LUCK WITH
YOUR EXAMS ANY MORE QUESTIONS TO
THE CREW?
>> YOU HAVE A LOT OF WORK AHEAD
OF YOU AND WHAT HAS BEEN THE
MOST INTERESTING FOR YOU?
AND WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING FORWARD
MOST TO?
WELL WE, ARE TRYING TO AS
SUPPORT I HAVE AS WE CAN OF THE
CREW.
AND DREAMING OF GETTING TO THE
SPACE STATION.
THANK YOU AND NOW A PHOTOGRAPH