Italian astronauts selected through the Italian Space Agency and the European Space Agency, who flew on Space Shuttle missions and the International Space Station. A person belongs here when the cited article calls them an Italian astronaut. Members are placed here from their own cited Wikipedia articles, each with a verbatim supporting quotation, so a reader can check why an entry sits in this group. The grouping forms part of the browse path for this section of the atlas.
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Luca Parmitano - Wikipedia
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Luca Salvo Parmitano (born 27 September 1976) is an Italian astronaut in the European Astronaut Corps for the European Space Agency (ESA).
Wikipedia: Samantha Cristoforetti
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Samantha Cristoforetti (Italian pronunciation: [saˈmanta kristofoˈretti]; born 26 April 1977) is an Italian European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut, former Italian Air Force pilot and engineer.
Walter Villadei - Wikipedia
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Walter Villadei (born April 29, 1974) is an Italian military officer.
Paolo Nespoli (Wikipedia)
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Major Paolo Angelo Nespoli (born 6 April 1957) is an Italian astronaut and engineer of the European Space Agency (ESA).
Roberto Vittori (Wikipedia)
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Brigadier Roberto Vittori, OMRI (born 15 October 1964, in Viterbo) is an Italian Air Force officer and an ESA astronaut.
Umberto Guidoni (Wikipedia)
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Umberto Guidoni (born 18 August 1954 in Rome) is an Italian astrophysicist, science writer and a former ESA astronaut, being the first European to visit the International Space Station.
Maurizio Cheli (Wikipedia)
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Maurizio Cheli (born 4 May 1959) is an Italian air force officer, a European Space Agency astronaut and a veteran of one NASA Space Shuttle mission.
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