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Italian President, Napolitano, gives Vittori the national flag to bring it into the space

Rome, Italy - The flag will arrive on the ISS with the STS-134 mission

On Friday, January 7, the President of the Italian Republic Giorgio Napolitano, during the opening ceremony of the celebration of the 150th anniversary of the unification of Italy, held in Reggio Emilia, gave to Colonel Roberto Vittori the Italian flag that will be brought to the International Space Station (ISS) with the STS-134 shuttle mission, whose launch is scheduled for April 2011 and in which...

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Rome, Italy, 01/13/2011 13:16
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