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The Sicilian flag returns home

Catania, Italy - After a space trip the Sicilian flag flutters again on national soil

The meeting between the Space Shuttle Columbia's crew and the president of the Region of Sicily, Salvatore Cuffaro is fixed for tomorrow to return the flag, that the 28 of February 2002 took part in the space mission STS-109. The crew members were seven all together: Scott Altaman, the captain, Duane G Carey, the pilot, and the experts John M Grunsfeld, Nancy J Curie, Richard M Linnehan, James H Newman...

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Rome, Italy, 10/15/2003 15:34
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