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Break day for the astonauts on ISS

Washington, USA - Discovery's crew will come back on Earth next Monday

The astronauts of Shuttle Discovery, took off last July 4 to International Space Station (ISS), are passing a break day. Yesterday the crew completed the third and last space walk of the mission (see for details AVIONEWS). The sole duty given to the men on ISS today has been to start to prepare Leonardo, the component realized by Italian Space Agency (ASI), to come back on Earth. Leonardo carried 4...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 144906
Rome, Italy, 07/14/2006 18:48
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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