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Today and tomorrow NASA honours the astronauts who lost their lives in mission (VIDEO)

Houston, USA - Administrator Charles Bolden to take part in a ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery

The American space agency NASA will pay will tribute to the crews of Apollo 1 and space shuttles Challenger and Columbia, as well as other astronauts who lost their lives while furthering the cause of exploration and discovery, during the agency's Day of Remembrance on Friday, January 31. The anniversary of the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster was two days ago. On January 28, 1986 the spacecraft,...

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Rome, Italy, 01/30/2014 11:07
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