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Italian astronaut on ISS

Rome, Italy - Roberto Vittori for "Eneide" mission

Roberto Vittori, member of European Astronaut Corps of ESA (European Space Agency), will be the next astronaut to reach the International Space Station on board the Soyuz, with the cosmonaut Sergei Krikalev and the US astronaut John Phillips (see AVIONEWS). The mission, called "Eneide", is scheduled on April 15, 2005 and it will leave from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The 10-day "Eneide"...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 109721
Rome, Italy, 12/13/2004 18:01
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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