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Vasilevskaya comments on scientific program during space flight

BAIKONUR, 20 March (BelTA) - On the International Space Station, we will carry out an extensive scientific program, Belarusian spaceflight participant Marina Vasilevskaya said  at a pre-launch press conference of the crews of Visiting Expedition 21 to the International Space Station, BelTA has learned.

"The mission will last for 12 days. A large, extensive scientific program is planned," Marina Vasilevskaya said. Seven experiments are to be carried out, she added.

Plans include a detailed photo and video survey of the Earth and a number of works related to manned spaceflight and lactoferrin protein.

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