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The crew of the Endeavour leaves for Cape Canaveral

Washington , USA - Scheduled on Friday, April 29 the launch of shuttle

It's scheduled on Friday, April 29 the launch of the shuttle Endeavour for its last mission in the space labeled as STS-134 (the shuttle will fly one last time in June, but with the spacecraft Atlantis, and so will end up it's long career) to the International Space Station (ISS). The crew, to which it belongs Roberto Vittori, astronaut of the European Space Agency (ESA) and colonel of the Air Force,...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 1128768
Rome, Italy, 04/26/2011 16:22
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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