She spent 199 days, 16 hours and 42 minutes in space

She was born in Milan on April 26th, 1977; she’s a former Air Force pilot and she has a degree in Mechanical Engineering and Aeronautics Sciences. She was selected by the European Space Agency in 2009 and she was assigned to the ASI FUTURA mission. The launch of her Soyuz TMA-15M took place in November 2014.

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TUESDAY 12 NOVEMBER 2024

Listening to cochlear sounds to estimate intracranial pressure changes on the ISS ‣

New results from the ASI experiment Acoustic Diagnostics MORE...

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...