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Columbia took off this morning

Cape Canaveral, Usa - 7 astronauts to improve the Hubble

After a 24hours delay for atmospheric reasons, Columbia shuttle took off this morning at 06.22 (local time) from Nasa Cape Canaveral base in Florida. Mission, which is going to take 11 days, will see the seven astronauts aboard committed to improve Hubble telescope facility. (m/cesn)

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Rome, Italy, 03/01/2002 13:31
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