The Italian ESA astronaut Umberto Guidoni is assigned to the Space ShuttleÕs STS-100 mission, scheduled for launch on 19 April 2001 and will be the first European onboard the International Space Station. On that flight, the Space Shuttle will deliver elements and equipment required for the ongoing assembly of the International Space Station. In particular, it will carry the Multi-Purpose Logistics Module (called Raffaello), provided by the Italian Space Agency and loaded with lab outfitting equipment, and it will deliver the Space Station Remote Manipulator System (SSRMS), the Canadian robotic arm that will be used extensively to assemble the Space Station.
This 4 minute video with English commentary introduces the ESA astronaut and outlines his forthcoming mission to the ISS. Other footage includes Guidoni training in Houston and historical footage of his previous missions. The A-roll is complimented by a longer B-roll with clean international sound, there are also soundbites in Italian and English.

A-roll
10:00:00:00 to 10:03:14:00
B-roll
10:03:16:00 to 10:15:26:19
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Umberto Guidoni - (15'26'')
A-Roll
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A photo call for the crew. Umberto Guidoni is one of three Italians on the ESA astronaut corps.
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Guidoni, a doctor of astrophysics, trained as a mission specialist at NASA in Houston. He has been preparing for this mission for a year.
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Music
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""O"" sound
Umberto Guidoni
ESA astronaut
""I feel very honoured to be the first to put my feet on board the station. It will be only for seven days, unfortunately. But they will be a very nice experience.""
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This is Umberto Guidoni's second space flight.
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In 1996 he sets out on a scientific mission to explore tethered satellites. A satellite connected by a thin cable to the Shuttle is pulled through the ionosphere. As the cable crosses the Earth's magnetic field, the Shuttle's kinetic energy is converted into electric energy.
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The astronauts also carried out experime