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Italian Air Force pilot and European Space Agency's astronaut, colonel Roberto Vittori, ready to reach ISS

Rome, Italy - He will leave tomorrow from Cape Canaveral with Shuttle "Endeavour", and with a load for scientific experiments made by Italian Asi-Air Force

Colonel Roberto Vittori, test pilot of the Air Force and astronaut of ESA (European Space Agency), is completing in Houston (Texas-USA) the spaceflight human training pending the departure of STS-134 Space Shuttle "Endeavour" that will leave tomorrow, on Friday, April 29 at 03:47 pm from the Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Cape Canaveral (Florida-USA). Colonel Vittori, after the last medical examinations,...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 1128861
Rome, Italy, 04/28/2011 17:34
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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