Shuttle mission carries first European to Space Station   Umberto Guidoni, wearing the partial pressure launch and entry garment, prepares for the de-orbit phase of the 16-day flight STS-75. Guidoni represented the Italian Space Agency (ASI). The seven member crew was launched aboard the Space Shuttle Columbia on 22 February 1996, and landed on 9 March 1996. Crew members were Andrew M. Allen, mission commander; Scott J. Horowitz, pilot; Franklin R. Chang-Diaz, payload commander; and Maurizio Cheli, European Space Agency (ESA); Jeffrey A. Hoffman and Claude Nicollier, (ESA), all mission specialists; along with Guidoni. Photo: NASA   International Space Station   Crew STS-100. Seated are astronauts Kent V. Rominger (left) and Jeffrey S. Ashby, commander and pilot, respectively, for the STS-100 mission. Standing, from the left, are cosmonaut Yuri V. Lonchakov, with astronauts Scott F. Parazynski, Umberto Guidoni, Chris A. Hadfield and John L. Phillips, all mission specialists. Guidoni represents the European Space Agency (ESA); Hadfield is with the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) and Lonchakov is affiliated with Rosaviakosmos. Photo:NASA. Last update: 17 April 2001