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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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Rome, Italy, 05/12/2014 10:42
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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