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The STS-134 mission will double the crew size of the International Space Station. For about ten days, the six astronauts joined the six crewmembers of the Expedition 27 already working on the Station.
ESA astronaut Paolo Nespoli, on the MagISStra mission since December, welcomed his colleague Roberto Vittori aboard. With Paolo, Dmitry Kondratiev and Catherine Coleman have been in space since December and they came back to Earth at the end of May 2011.
New Expedition 27 crewmembers, Alexander Samokutyayev, Ronald Garan and Andrei Borisenko were launched to orbit on 4 April and they stayed on the Station until October 2011.
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DAMA name and logo
Elementary and middle school students all over Italy were challenged to come up with a name and logo for Roberto Vittori's mission aboard Space Shuttle Endeavour. More than 2000 suggestions from around 200 schools were received.
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For further information, please contact:Rosita SuensonCommunication Programme Officer for Human SpaceflightTel: +31 71 565 3009Email: rosita.suenson@esa.intESA Media Relations OfficeCommunication DepartmentTel: +33 1 53 69 72 99Fax: +33 1 53 69 76 90Email: media@esa.int
STS-134 mission
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