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Samantha Cristoforetti, ESA astronaut training in Houston
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- Title Samantha Cristoforetti, ESA astronaut training in Houston
- Released: 31/07/2014
- Length 00:03:35
- Language English
- Footage Type TV Exchanges
- Copyright ESA
- Description
Samantha Cristoforetti from Italy joined ESA's Astronaut Corps in 2009. An experienced fighter pilot and Captain in the Italian Air Force, she's been proposed by the Italian Space Agency ASI to fly to the International Space Station later this year. After extensive international training she'll be launched from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, becoming the eighth ESA astronaut to participate in a long-duration mission onboard the ISS.
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Samantha Cristoforetti - ESA_Astronauts_Training_in_Houston_TC SHOTLIST.doc