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New Italian Space Agency headquarters in Rome

Rome, Italy - Opening ceremony, and a look into the future

The ceremony for the opening of the new Italian Space Agency headquarters in Rome ended a few hours ago. The new facility is hosted by the Italian university "Tor Vergata", close to the engineering department. All the Italian astronauts, passed and present, attended the ceremony, save for Paolo Nespoli. Introduced one by one, Franco Malerba (first Italian astronaut), Maurizio Cheli (military test-pilot...

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Rome, Italy, 07/25/2012 18:28
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