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Italian Air Force: the Capt. Samantha Cristoforetti continues her training
Rome, Italy - Qualified as backup crew of the ISS 40/41 mission
The Commander Samantha Cristoforetti, pilot of the Italian Air Force (AMI) and national astronaut, has been officially qualified as backup crew of the ISS 40/41 mission, departing from the cosmodrome in Baikonur (Kazakhstan) at the end of May. The training, conducted in the last days at the "Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center" of Star City, in Russia, together with colleagues Anton Shkaplerov of the...
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AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency