SWEET HOME

摘要

When we go from the Russian segment into the U.S. segment, it feels like you enter the NASA office. It's difficult to explain, but this impression is quite strong. Sometimes I even distinctly smell coffee, although that can't be. Anyway, it feels that way. That's why when I have to work in the American segment, I always greet the occasion with pleasure. Same for all the international modules. Actually, the whole station is perceived as one's own home-sweet home, as our American colleagues say. The Cupola has the most mesmerizing view of Earth. My first moments in that module brought to mind Star Wars. There's another great place in the Russian segment-the biggest window we use to photograph the Earth. It faces Earth almost all the time, and our American friends often come to the Russian segment to hover and take pictures.