"When this space walk will be completed, then the arm will be fully operational and ready for the next activity that will be pretty much the testing, the first flight testing of the space station arm."

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Source: Preflight Interview: Umberto Guidoni. Interview with Kim Dismukes, spaceflight.nasa.gov. April 7, 2002.

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Umberto Guidoni

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Umberto Guidoni is an Italian astronaut and physicist known for his contributions to space exploration and his advocacy for scientific curiosity.

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