Samantha Cristoforetti to return from ISS in two days
(AGI) Rome, June 9 - Italy's first-ever female astronautSamantha Cristoforetti is preparing for her return to Earth onJune 11, after spending 199 days aboard the International SpaceStation (ISS). Cristoforetti checked that her Russian-madeSokol space suit was ready for her reentry aboard the descentmodule and once again sent stunning pictures from space, as shehas done every day, ranging from the Italian peninsula at dayand at night to isolated atolls in the middle of the ocean. The38-year-old ESA astronaut's mission was an important one:Cristoforetti conducted around a dozen experiments for Italy,studying the