Italian astronaut sets new record in outer space
(AGI) Rome, June 11 - Samantha Cristoforetti, the Italianastronaut who spent almost 200 days on the International SpaceStation (ISS), has broken the record for the longest singespace flight by a woman, overcoming various challenges,appearing on TV, being followed on Twitter and conductingexperiments. The Italian astronaut's journey began back in 2009when she was a captain in the Italian Air Force and theEuropean Space Agency (ESA) selected her for the team of ESAastronauts. Samantha underwent a long programme of increasinglyintensive training from then until Nov. 23 2014, when the ISSExpedition 42 Futura