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Samantha Cristoforetti began writing her log book in July 2013, 500 days before her launch to the International Space Station. Her logbook entries have been translated into Italian and posted on Avamposto42 from June 2014. To read all about Samantha’s training and  follow her join her on Google+.

L-360: ATV evaluation simulations

Friday

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29/11/2013

A couple of successful evaluation simulations today for Sasha and myself at the European Astronaut Centre, dealing with all kinds of malfunctions during rendez-vous and dockin... Read more

L-361: ATV hatch

Thursday

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28/11/2013

How does it look when you open the hatch of the Service Module hatch after ATV docking? Take a look at this picture from ISS Expedition 30: you have a front-seat view of the A... Read more

L-362: ATV water

Wednesday

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27/11/2013

Another day of ATV training for Sasha and myself at the European Astronaut Centre. In the morning we had more practice with rendez-vous and docking malfunction. In the aftern... Read more

L-363: ATV docking system malfunctions

Tuesday

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26/11/2013

Sasha and I had another full day of ATV training today, starting with a lesson on docking system malfunctions. ATV uses a slightly modified version of the Russian docking sys... Read more

L-364: ATV departure operations

Monday

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25/11/2013

Back into the ATV* world with Sasha at the European Astronaut Centre here in Cologne. As the backup of Expedition 40, who will be on ISS for the most part of ATV5 mission, Sa... Read more

L-365: Big day

Sunday

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24/11/2013

It’s a big day! According to the current plan, the launch of our Soyuz TMA-15M will be on November 24th, 2014. Yes, if you noticed that I adjusted the math of the countdown, ... Read more

L-380: Back home

Saturday

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16/11/2013

Nice to be back home in Europe after an intense six-week training trip to Johnson Space Center. Although I certainly didn’t mind at all the mild Texas temperatures this time o... Read more

L-382: Cupola workstation

Thursday

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14/11/2013

When we monitor the approach of a visiting vehicle, like Dragon, Cygnus or HTV, we typically have three camera views set up at the robotic workstation. Since we use the Cupol... Read more

L-383: Rendezvous and capture ops

Wednesday

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13/11/2013

As I mentioned in yesterday’s Logbook, I had a chance yesterday to practice rendezvous and capture ops with crewmates Terry and Butch, probably the last time we get to do a ... Read more

L-384: Two long simulations

Wednesday

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13/11/2013

Two long simulations today. In the morning it was Cygnus rendez-vous and capture day with Terry and Butch at the robotic workstation, mainly working through different malfunc... Read more