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\nFrom ESA astronaut Luca Parmitano\u2019s hometown in Catania, Italy, Luca talks about the science he ran on the International Space Station.\n<\/p>\n
\nThe European laboratory Columbus was launched in 2008 and offers scientists a permanent place in space to conduct research that is out of this world.\n<\/p>\n
\nLuca\u2019s first spaceflight was in 2013 with Russian cosmonaut Fyodor Yurchikhin and NASA astronaut Karen Nyberg. He conducted over 20 experiments during the Volare mission as flight engineer for Expeditions 36 and 37 and he was the first of ESA\u2019s new generation of astronauts to fly into space.\n<\/p>\n
\nLuca talks about space research, being a human guinea pig, dieting to avoid bone disease osteoporosis, human physiology, using ultrasound remotely to diagnose back problems, measuring eye pressure and how his body and mind reacted to living in weightlessness.\n<\/p>\n
\nLuca is set for a second mission to the International Space Station in 2019.\n<\/p>\n
\nFollow Luca and his adventures in space and on Earth via http:\/\/lucaparmitano.esa.int<\/a>\n<\/p>\n \nMore about Columbus here: http:\/\/www.esa.int\/Columbus<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" \nFrom ESA astronaut Luca Parmitano’s hometown in Catania, Italy, Luca talks about the science he ran on the International Space Station.\n<\/p>\n \nThe European laboratory Columbus was launched in 2008 and offers scientists a permanent place in space to conduct research that is out of this world.\n<\/p>\n \nLuca’s first spaceflight was in 2013 with Russian cosmonaut Fyodor Yurchikhin and NASA astronaut Karen Nyberg. He conducted over 20 experiments during the Volare mission as flight engineer for Expeditions 36 and 37 and he was the first of ESA’s new generation of astronauts to fly into space.\n<\/p>\n \nLuca talks about space research, being a human guinea pig, dieting to avoid bone disease osteoporosis, human physiology, using ultrasound remotely to diagnose back problems, measuring eye pressure and how his body and mind reacted to living in weightlessness.\n<\/p>\n \nLuca is set for a second mission to the International Space Station in 2019.\n<\/p>\n \nFollow Luca and his adventures in space and on Earth via http:\/\/lucaparmitano.esa.int<\/a>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n