\u201cWe\u2019ve created a destination for human beings in the most hostile place that exists: space\u201d. This was how Samantha Cristoforettiexplained the significance of the International Space Station (ISS), where the second long-term mission by the Italian Space Agency (ISA) is heading as part of the Futura project. Cristoforetti, captain and pilot in the Italian Air Force and astronaut with the European Space Agency (ESA), was speaking toIl Velino\/Pei News and the Farnesina\u2019s multimedia team<\/P>
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A shared goal means we can do exceptional things, says the Italian astronaut<\/STRONG><\/P> <\/STRONG><\/P> As Cristoforetti \u2013 Italy\u2019s first femaleastronaut \u2013explained, the ISS is a science laboratory but also an outpost for humanity as a whole. \u201cThere are representatives of all our partners. It\u2019s a major international project and the tangible proof that when we have a shared goal we can do exceptional things by coordinating needs, interests and working methods\u201d. The topic thatCristoforetti will be exploring during the mission is nutrition.<\/P> \u201cAstronauts live for 6 months in an environment that is highly stressful for both the body and the mind\u201d, she underscored. \u201cIn space, certain imbalances that we all suffer here on earth\u2013 but over a longer timescale \u2013 set in more quickly. These imbalances form the sub-stratum on which lifestyle-related illnesses develop. Food isn\u2019t just a source of energy and pleasure \u2013 it\u2019s also a messenger for the cells of our bodies\u201d. Research on this subject \u2013 for example on protein crystallisation in a weightless environment \u2013 is being conducted on the ISS. <\/P> The Italian astronaut will also be flying the \u201cWeFly!\u201d flag for pilots with disabilities. Her message is that \u201cwe should not impose artificial, external limits on ourselves. If you have dreams and ambitions, try to find the road to fulfil them. Sometimes an obstacle is just a message that life is sending you. You need to find another road, but that doesn\u2019t mean you can\u2019t reach your destination\u201d.<\/P><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cWe\u2019ve created a destination for human beings in the most hostile place that exists: space\u201d. This was how Samantha Cristoforettiexplained the significance of the International Space Station (ISS), where the second long-term mission by the Italian Space Agency (ISA) is heading as part of the Futura project. Cristoforetti, captain and pilot in the Italian Air […]","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[32,35,7],"class_list":["post-11013","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-approfondimenti","tag-diplomazia-culturale","tag-diplomazia-scientifica","tag-italiani-nel-mondo"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11013","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11013"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11013\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11013"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11013"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11013"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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