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Longest Woman Spaceflyer to Return as Russia Reshuffles Station Launches After Rocket Failure
Flight Engineer Samantha Cristoforetti of the European Space Agency, record setting female spaceflyer, in Star Trek uniform as Dragon arrives at the International Space Station on April 17, 2015. Credit: NASA
The longest space mission in history by a female astronaut is now set to conclude on Thursday, following Russia’s confirmation of a significant reshuffling of the crew and cargo flight manifest to the International Space Station (ISS) for the remainder of 2015 – all in the wake of the unexpected Russian launch failure of a station bound Progress resupply ship in late April with far reaching consequences.
The record setting flight of approximately 200 days by Italian spaceflyer Samantha Cristoferetti, along with her two Expedition 43 crewmates, will come to an end on (…)
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Post tags: 1 Year ISS mission, anton shkaplerov, Baikonur Cosmodrome, esa, european space agency, expedition 43, International Space Station (ISS), ISS, Progress 59, Progress Resupply Ship, Roscosmos, Russian Space program, samantha cristoforetti, Soyuz, soyuz capsule, terry virts
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Source: http://www.universetoday.com/120670/longest-woman-spaceflyer-to-return-as-russia-reshuffles-station-launches-after-rocket-failure/
