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Telespazio and MARS Center take part in scientific experiments on board the International Space Station

Rome, Italy - The main goal of the mission will be to install the Columbus module

Through its subsidiary MARS Center (Microgravity Advanced Research and Support Center) Telespazio, a Finmeccanica/Thales company, is set to take part in scientific experiments to be conducted on board the International Space Station (ISS). NASA’s Space Shuttle Atlantis, after been postponed twice in December, will set off on mission STS-122 on 7 February 2008 at 9.45 pm Italian time. The main g...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 1085505
Rome, Italy, 02/06/2008 12:20
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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