He spent 166 days, 6 hours and 17 minutes in space

He was born in Paternò (CT) on September 27th, 1976. He’s a test pilot for the Air Force and has a degree in Political Sciences from the Accademia Aeronautica. He was selected by the European Space Agency in 2009 and, in 2012, he was assigned to the ASI Volare mission, which launched towards the International Space Station on May 2013, 28th. During his mission, he was the first Italian in history to carry out extra-vehicular activities. On July 20th, 2019, he started a new, long-term European Space Agency mission, Beyond, whose destination was again the ISS.

 

 

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WEDNESDAY 14 SEPTEMBER 2022

SAMANTHA CRISTOFORETTI WILL BE THE COMMANDER OF THE ISS ‣

AstroSamantha will become the first European astronaut in command of the International Space Station MORE...

WEDNESDAY 25 OCTOBER 2023

ASI and CNR-INO launch the Joint-Lab on Space Oriented Quantum Technologies ‣

The project has a duration of 3 years MORE...

WEDNESDAY 25 OCTOBER 2023

ASI and CNR-INO launch a Joint-Lab on Space Oriented Quantum Technologies ‣

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THURSDAY 21 JULY 2022

ASTROSAMANTHA, THE FIRST EUROPEAN SPACEWALKER ‣

First extravehicular activity for Samantha Cristoforetti MORE...

TUESDAY 19 JULY 2022

AGILE, published the first article about the “New Year’s Burst” ‣

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...