Bajkonur – ESA astronaut and Captain of Italy’s Aeronautica Militare Samantha Cristoforetti will take off next Sunday from the Cosmodrome in Bajkonur, Kazakhstan to start the mission “Futura” heading to the International Space Station. She will reach the station on November 30 and will remain there for six months to conduct over 200 scientific experiments. It will be the first Italian astronaut in a crew of the European Space Agency. (9Colonne)
