Thursday, June 11, 2015

Astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti: Smashing Space Records

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Samantha Cristoforetti on the International Space Station

Three astronauts from the International Space Station (ISS) returned to earth today, bbc.co reports.

Samantha Cristoforetti of Italy, one of the astronauts, even set a some world records.

She spent the longest time in space than any other woman on a single mission, according to the website.

Cristoforetti's flight is also the longest mission taken by any European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut, male or female, which is a record she broke by about a week.

For videos of some of the interesting things Samantha did during her extraordinary time in space: http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/33096620

For more:  Smasher of space records: http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/speaking-of-science/wp/2015/06/11/three-cheers-for-samantha-cristoforetti-smasher-of-space-records/

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