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Virgin Galactic mission confirmed

At 5:00pm three Italians in space to conduct experiments in microgravity conditions

The official page of the Twitter social network of the American aerospace company Virgin Galactic, which specializes in suborbital flights, confirmed in these minutes the departure of the first scientific research mission ever carried out by the company. Three Italians were on board the ship: Colonel Walter Villadei, Lieutenant Colonel Angelo Landolfi, Pantaleone Carlucci, engineer and researcher at...

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Rome, Italy, 06/29/2023 14:23
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