The Discovery Shuttle was launched on March 8th, 2001, and its task was hosting the second resident crew on the International Space Station and carrying to the ISS Leonardo, the first of the three MPLM logistic modules designed by the ASI for the NASA. 

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TUESDAY 15 JULY 2025

The 2025 Giuseppe and Vanna Cocconi Prize to the Fermi-LAT collaboration ‣

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