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Roberto Vittori training at KSC

ESA astronaut Roberto Vittori is scheduled to fly on the STS-134 mission to the ISS the last flight of NASA's space shuttle Endeavour.

Date: Tue, Jan 25, 2011 | 07:30 - 07:45 GMT | 08:30 - 08:45 CET

Type: ESA TV Exchange

Format: 16:9

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ESA astronaut Roberto Vittori is scheduled to fly on the STS-134 mission to the ISS the last flight of NASA's space shuttle Endeavour. A graduate of the Italian Air Force academy, Vittori will act as Mission Specialist, playing a major role in joining the AMS-2 observation instrument to the station. It will be his third flight into orbit and his first as part of a shuttle crew.

More backgroud information can be found on: http://www.esa.int/esaHS/ESAWIVZUMOC_astronauts_0.html

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