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Space conference held during the week-end in Russia

Moscow, Russia - On the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the Gagarin mission, that will be tomorrow

On the occasion of the anniversary of the first manned space mission, of which tomorrow will be the 50th anniversary, last weekend was held an international conference titled "Man. Earth. Space". The event, which was opened on Saturday in Kaluga, 200 km far from Moscow, was attended by 600 people among experts (pilots, cosmonauts, representatives of Russian Academy of Cosmonautics and Roscosmos)...

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Rome, Italy, 04/11/2011 16:38
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