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|  | |  | |  | EGNOS tested on board International Space Station 24 April 2005 One of the most interesting experiments during the Eneide Mission carries the same name as the mission itself: ENEIDE. Whilst the mission name has its origins in literature, as far as the experiment is concerned the name is an acronym for Esperimento di Navigazione per Evento Italiano Dimostrativo di EGNOS (Navigation experiment for an Italian EGNOS Demonstrative Event).
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|  | |  | Germination on the Space Station 23 April 2005 “The beans and rocket seeds have germinated. The experiment is going well,” confirms ESA astronaut Roberto Vittori to ESA’s Mission Control Centre in Oberfaffenhofen, Germany.
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