Italy's 60-year-old astronaut Paolo
Nespoli is set to take off on his third mission to space later
on Friday aboard the Russian Soyuz spacecraft, which will take
him to the International Space Station (ISS).
Lift-off from the Baikonur base in Kazakhstan is scheduled
for 17:41 central European time.
"Beam me up S…oyuz! Hitching another ride soon to the
@Space_Station with @AstroKomrade & @Ryazanskiy_ISS #VITAMission
#Exp52_53," said the European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut via
the @astro_paolo Twitter account.
The tweet features a video of Nespoli is his space suit
entitled 'Let's do this!'.
It is Nespoli's third mission in 10 years.
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