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"Virtute-1" completed, the Italian suborbital mission with a crew from Italian Air Force and the CNR
The ninety-minute flight, on board Virgin Galactic’s VSS Unity spaceship

The VIRTUTE-1 (Italian Flight for sUborbiTalE Research and Technology) mission took off yesterday at 16:30 CET, from Virgin Galactic’s America Spaceport (in New Mexico - USA). The Italian crew, consisting of two Air Force Officials and an engineer from the National Research Council (CNR), departed on board the VSS Unity spaceship (SpaceShipTwo class), for a flight that lasted a full ninety minutes.Italian A...
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AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency