He spent 15 days, 17 hours, 40 minutes and 20 second in space
He was born in Zocca (Mo) on May 4th, 1959, he’s a test pilot for the Air Force and has a degree in Aeronautics Sciences from the Military Academy and a degree in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Houston. He was selected by the European Space Agency in 1992, as a Mission Specialist aboard the 1996 Columbia STS-75 shuttle.
WEDNESDAY 14 SEPTEMBER 2022
AstroSamantha will become the first European astronaut in command of the International Space Station MORE...
THURSDAY 21 JULY 2022
First extravehicular activity for Samantha Cristoforetti MORE...
TUESDAY 19 JULY 2022
On Friday 15 July, the first detailed study on this "New Year's Burst" was published in the Astrophysical Journal, using data acquired by the AGILE satellite MORE...
MONDAY 11 JULY 2022
The third release of the Fermi Point Source Catalog (4FGL-DR3) covers 12 years of data taken by the Large Area Telescope (LAT) on board of the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope MORE...
WEDNESDAY 18 MAY 2022
The Italian experiments of the Minerva mission were presented MORE...