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Cosmonaut emotions in Cuneo

Cuneo, Italy - Some no-gravity minutes on board of a Ilyushin 76-Mdk

The monthly magazine "Newton" reports that in September one of the five Russian airplanes normally used for cosmonaut training, the Ilyushin 76-Mdk, specifically built for flight in absence of gravity, should arrive at Cuneo’s Levaldigi Airport, Northern Italy. Thanks to an agreement with Russian space program and to the cooperation of national and international scientific institutes, the Italian s...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 140473
Rome, Italy, 05/09/2006 15:07
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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