Roberto Vittori's third mission to the ISS

  • 9 years ago
The ESA astronaut Roberto Vittori will take part in STS 134, the Shuttle mission currently scheduled for launch on 29 April from Kennedy Space Centre in Florida, USA. This is a flight opportunity of the Italian Space Agency. It will be Vittori's third flight to the International Space Station.
The Italian Astronaut will be a mission specialist along with five NASA astronauts for a twelve day expedition into orbit. During the mission the Shuttle Endeavour will deliver the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer designed to observe antimatter and dark matter.
This will be Endeavour's last mission in Space.