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ESA: "Volare" mission ended with Luca Parmitano. His "Travel" has continued by helicopter and by plane to Houston
Rome, Italy - After five months on the ISS, more than 30 experiments, two Extravehicular activities
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ESA astronaut Luca Parmitano, Russian commander Fyodor Yurchikhin and NASA astronaut Karen Nyberg returned to Earth today, landing in the Kazakhstan steppe. Their return flight, landing at 02:49 GMT (03:49 CET), was in the same Soyuz TMA-09M spacecraft that flew them to the International Space Station on 29 May. Luca and Karen will now travel to Houston, Texas, where they will undergo medical...
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AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency