... SCIENCE RESEARCH ON ISS RUSSIAN SEGMENT . ... On 28 January 2005 the russian Federal Space Agency, S.P. Korolev Rocket and Space Corporation Energia and European Space Agency (ESA) concluded a Contract for a mission of the Italian Astronaut, Roberto Vittori, member of the European astronaut corps as Soyuz TMA-6 Flight Engineer and the visiting crew VC-8 (April 2005, ISS-10, ISS-11) to the International Space Station and performance of ENEIDE ISM (ESA) Project science research and experiments. ...