It's only when you're flying above it that you realize how incredible the Earth really is

- Philippe Perrin

The student develops an analytical as well as finely blended character. He is able to choose from a wide variety of job fields from which to embrace …

- Philippe Perrin

The last thing, and the only one that you cannot physically train for, is the psychological preparation

- Philippe Perrin

And everything stopped quite rapidly because I knew that nobody in Europe was able to go to space. It was the privilege of being either American or R…

- Philippe Perrin

I think doing something of your life is something that you've got deep inside, whether it's to, whether you want to be an astronaut or a, whether you…

- Philippe Perrin

I've been as a pilot involved in the Gulf War. And then, in the No-Fly Zone

- Philippe Perrin

And, I think, as a kid, I had a strong motivation to do something of my life. And, I think that's the strongest motivation I really got. And, that ca…

- Philippe Perrin

I think that witnessing ecological problems visible from space is one of the new and essential roles of astronauts

- Philippe Perrin

We also had to bring with us some desired scientific equipment over to the station as well as assemble new machines. For that, I had to conduct two s…

- Philippe Perrin