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Luca Parmitano becomes a colonel

The Sicilian astronaut will lead the "Beyond" mission

Luca Parmitano was appointed colonel of Italian Air Force. Sicilian astronaut of the European Space Agency (ESA) is now in the Russian "City of Stars" training center at the outskirts of Moscow where he began preparing for his second long-term space mission on the International Space Station (ISS) after "Flying" mission in 2013. Then he will move to Kazakhstan and live in isolation in the Russian launch...

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Rome, Italy, 07/02/2019 17:12
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

Aerospace"Rubi", full steam engine for the ISS

It studies the fundamentals of the boiling of fluids

The next supply mission (CRS-18) to be launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida, will transport a special ‘steam engine’ to the International Space Station (ISS). RUBI (Reference mUltiscale Boiling Investigation), a f... more

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AerospaceAvio-Esa (2) new contracts to develop Vega

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Short for Far-infrared Outgoing Radiation Understanding and Monitoring

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