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Italian ASI: Roberto Vittori mission's experiments approved

Rome, Italy - NASA gives the go-ahead to scientific and technological programme proposed by the Italian Space Agency and Air Force

NASA (American Space Agency) approved the integration, about Shuttle STS-134 mission, of experiments plan defined together by ASI (Italian Space Agency) and Italian Air Force (AMI), that will represent Italian scientific and technological contribute to the flight. STS-134 mission will bring next July colonel Roberto Vittori, European Force's astronaut, again to Orbiting International Space Station...

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Rome, Italy, 03/30/2010 11:57
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