Cristoforetti to leave ISS in 20 hrs

(ANSA) - ROME, OCT 11 - Samantha Cristoforetti, the first European woman commander of the International Space Station, is to leave the ISS in around 20 hours, Crew 4 chief Kjell Lindgren told a NASA press conference Tuesday.
    AstroSamantha will leave the station with her Crew 4 colleagues Lindgren, Bob Hines and Jessica Watkins at around 14:00 Wednesday, he said.
    It will take 17 hours to land in the sea after the Crew Dragon Freedom shuttle detaches from the ISS, he said.
    AstroSam was sporting a small plaster on her forehead, the result of bumping her head. (ANSA).