Today I will fly from Helsinki to New York. I will stay there a couple of days to take care of jetlag. I will also meet another astronaut, Sital Sal Jain. Sital is a 72 -year old man, who lives in New York. He has travelled a lot, he has visited North and South poles and many other places. On Saturday I will make a 2000 mile internal flight from New York to El Paso. Monday is the day, that I have been waiting for 18 months: I will see the ships, Spaceport America and other astronauts. There will be about 140 astronauts at Spaceport.