Paolo Nespoli near his 'cabin'.

Paolo Nespoli captured near his 'cabin' in the Node 2 of the International Space Station with Expedition 26 commander Scott Kelly looking out from his personal compartment.

ESA's Italian astronaut Paolo Nespoli arrived at the Space Station with Cady Coleman and Dmitri Kondratyev on 17 December after being launced from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on 15 December at 20:09 CET. Paolo’s MagISStra mission will be Europe’s third long-duration mission on the ISS. Between December 2010 and June 2011 he will be part of the ISS crew as a flight engineer.