(Finance) – The new Italian constellation will be called Iris of satellites for Earth observation, the most important in Europe. Name chosen from a thousand proposals advanced by over six hundred Italian schools. To announce it, in connection from the international space station, was the Italian astronaut of ESA Samantha Cristoforettiprotagonist of the long-lasting mission Minerva.
AstroSamantha spoke of the first three rather intense weeks aboard the orbital complex, with the start of the series of experiments of various kindsstarting with those of human physiology Nutris and Acustic Dyagnosticrecalling the collaboration with the international association for the study of osteoporosis and the importance of the experience conducted in weightlessness, when the so-called resistive training becomes important, which is a good thing to introduce in women’s daily life to maintain stronger bones .
Samantha Cristoforetti described the transfer flight aboard the Space X Crew Dragoncharacterized by a launch phase similar to that of the Soyuz, but with more comfortable seatsand from longer trip to get to the ISS, 17 hours instead of 6. A period that allowed the crew to eat and sleep.
The arrival on the space station of the Starliner test flight, unmannedwhich will be followed by the docking of one cargo shuttle with so much science to deliver and just as much to bring back to Earth. As for his participation in a mission aboard the future Lunar Gatewaythe station in elliptical orbit around the Moon, AstroSamantha replied that “it’s a possibility”.