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Italian Space Agency (ASI): Parmitano ready for takeoff to the ISS in May

Rome, Italy - It will be the beginning of the mission "Volare" for the sixth Italian astronaut

The sixth Italian astronaut, Luca Parmitano, is ready to take off next May towards ISS: the "Volare" mission starts in this way. The astronaut is in Italy in these days before to begin the final phase of his training. He has had and will have many appointments, during his stay, mainly with the students of the national boarding schools in Rome, Naples and Turin, to describe his next adventure in the...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 1149960
Rome, Italy, 02/21/2013 11:39
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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