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[i]Imagine being barred from giving your own mother one last hug when she's travelled thousands of kilometres to say goodbye as you leave for outer space for six months. That's what happened to Canadian astronaut Bob Thirsk in May 2009, moments before he prepared to blast off into space aboard a Russian spacecraft. The incident is just one of many emotional moments recounted in "My Countdown", a new book written by Lena De Winne - wife of the European astronaut Frank De Winne, who flew with Thirsk. Lena De Winne said she wrote her book to show the human side of space flight...[/i]
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