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ESA astronaut Paolo Nespoli landed back on Earth this morning after a 159-day mission to the International Space Station. Paolo had been working as a flight engineer on the ISS since December.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

During more than five months in space, Paolo carried out a lot of research, including nutritional tests, medical experiments and radiation monitoring. Paolo also collected many samples to bring back to Earth by Space Shuttle and Soyuz.<\/p>\n

His stay on board the Station has been a particularly busy one. Paolo took part in the docking of two cargo spacecraft: Europe’s second Automated Transfer Vehicle, Johannes Kepler, in February, and the second Japanese HII Transfer Vehicle in January.<\/p>\n

Space Shuttle Discovery visited the Station in late February and early March, delivering the Leonardo Permanent Multipurpose Module, which was left attached to the outpost. Discovery’s cargo included spare parts and the Robonaut humanoid robot.<\/p>\n

Shuttle Endeavour docked just last week, bringing another Italian ESA astronaut, Roberto Vittori, to the ISS. This is the first time that two Italians were aboard the Station at the same time.<\/p>\n

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Paolo took many photos of his view of Earth while he was in the ISS, and sent us more than 600 amazing images. The end of this mission will leave some users of flicker and twitter without their normal morning routine \u2013 many people started their days by checking the latest photos from space!<\/p>\n

Paolo will now be busy for some time with post-flight briefings and tests, as well as getting his normal strength back after being weightless for such a long time!<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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