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Italian ASI: "Futura" is the name of Samantha Cristoforetti mission

Rome, Italy - The contest begins to draw the Italian logo

The ISS 42/43 space mission of the seventh Italian astronaut and first Italian woman in space, Samantha Cristoforetti, has been named: it will be "Futura". The name has been chosen following to a call for ideas launched last November 4 by the Italian Space Agency (ASI), by ESA (European Space Agency) and by the Italian Air Force (AMI). The initiative "Give a name to the mission of Samantha Cristoforetti"...

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Rome, Italy, 12/05/2013 11:05
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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