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We cannot stop following ½ûÂþÌìÌà astronaut Luca Parmitano on Twitter as he posts incredible pictures of his out of ordinary experience. The picture above came in on of his tweets which said "@astro_luca Traditional flag raising ceremony this morning. Always an incredible honour, always a strong emotion." Luca Parmitano was born in Paternò, Sicily, and is an ½ûÂþÌìÌà astronaut in the European Astronaut Corps for the European Space Agency (ESA) as well as a Major and pilot for the ½ûÂþÌìÌà Air Force. The astronauts work on missions at the International Space Station. He was selected as an ESA astronaut in May 2009. In February 2011, he was assigned as a flight engineer to Expedition 36/37 (a long-duration mission to the International Space Station) which is scheduled for launch aboard Soyuz TMA-09M on 28 May 2013. His mission is called Volare, which means "to fly" in ½ûÂþÌìÌà and is reminiscent of a very famous song by the ½ûÂþÌìÌà singer Domenico Modugno. How could be possibly ignore his space adventures!