Astronaut, Paolo Nespoli, who is a two time graduate of Poly, will take part in the single most complex operation in the history of the space program. It will require a record five spacewalks and will result in the installation of an Italian built module in the station, and the process of rendering it fit for human habitation. To read more about the mission, see the article in the Christian Science Monitor. To learn more about Paolo Nespoli, see In Orbit: Poly alum takes his first space flight aboard STS-120.