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Space shuttle Atlantis si sgancia da Iss

Cape Canaveral, Usa - Il ritorno sulla Terra è previsto per giovedì

L'Atlantis ha cominciato il suo ultimo viaggio di ritorno verso la Terra. Alle 2:28 am Edt di oggi lo shuttle si è sganciato dall'Iss, International Space Station, dopo aver passato 8 giorni, 15 ore e 21 minuti attaccato al laboratorio orbitante. L'undocking è avvenuto -riferisce la Nasa- quando la navetta si trovava "243 miglia sopra il Pacifico ad est di Christchurch, in Nuova Zelanda". La c...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 1132081
Roma, Italia, 07/19/2011 12:07
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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