Vittori, a European space Agency astronaut, had spent eight days on the international space station, while Sharipov and Chiao had been on the orbiting lab since October.

来自欧洲航天局的宇航员维托里在国际空间站呆了八天，沙里波夫和焦立中则从去年10月起就呆在轨道实验室里了。

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Vittori becomes the last international astronaut to fly aboard a shuttle.

BBC: Shuttle Endeavour launches one last time

Kelly's crewmates on Endeavour's final mission are pilot Greg Johnson and mission specialists Mike Fincke, Drew Feustel, Greg Chamitoff and Roberto Vittori of the European Space Agency.

BBC: Shuttle Endeavour launches one last time

This is the first shuttle flight for Fincke and Vittori, although they are both very experienced astronauts having flown a number of Soyuz missions to the ISS. Indeed, on his return, Finke's cumulative time spent in orbit will be 381 days - a record for an American.

BBC: Shuttle Endeavour launches one last time