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Paolo Nespoli

Italy

Paolo Nespoli is an Italian astronaut and engineer who served as an officer in the Italian Army before his selection as an astronaut in July 1998 through the Italian Space Agency, joining both the 1998 ESA group and NASA Astronaut Group 17. He flew three spaceflights: Space Shuttle mission STS-120 in 2007 delivering the Harmony module to the International Space Station, a six month mission aboard Soyuz TMA-20 for Expeditions 26 and 27 in 2010 and 2011, and the VITA mission aboard Soyuz MS-05 in 2017 for Expeditions 52 and 53. Across all three spaceflights he accumulated over 313 days in space before retiring in 2019.

Facts
Birth Year
1957 3
Number of Flights
3 4
Firsts
Spaceflight Record 2
Classification
Astronaut Role
Mission Specialist 1
Dating
Selection Year
1998 2
Connections

Associated With

European Space Agency, Space Agencies and Companies
Source Paolo Nespoli (Wikipedia)

Operated By

European Space Agency, Space Agencies and Companies
Source Paolo Nespoli (Wikipedia)
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Nationality

Italy

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Source Paolo Nespoli (Q17177, Wikidata)
Sources
1. Wikipedia (space and spaceflight articles)
Wikimedia Foundation
  • Astronaut Role: Mission Specialist
2. Paolo Nespoli (Wikipedia)
  • Wikipedia Paolo Nespoli lead section infobox, selection field (w-bbfill-edspace5-0927)
  • Lead section
    He was also the European Space Agency's oldest active astronaut prior to his retirement in 2019.
  • Paolo Nespoli, Wikipedia - lead section, astronaut role
    In 2007, he first traveled into space aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery as a mission specialist of STS-120.
  • Operated By: European Space Agency, Lead paragraph, operated-by
    Major Paolo Angelo Nespoli (born 6 April 1957) is an Italian astronaut and engineer of the European Space Agency (ESA).
  • Associated With: European Space Agency, Lead paragraph, associated-with
    Major Paolo Angelo Nespoli (born 6 April 1957) is an Italian astronaut and engineer of the European Space Agency (ESA).
  • In Group: Italian Astronauts, Lead sentence
    Major Paolo Angelo Nespoli (born 6 April 1957) is an Italian astronaut and engineer of the European Space Agency (ESA).
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3. Paolo Nespoli (Q17177, Wikidata)
Wikidata item Q17177, P569 (date of birth)
Quote, Wikidata item Q17177, P569 (date of birth)
1957
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4. The Space Devs Launch Library 2: Launch Library 2 astronaut list, records 101 to 200
The Space Devs Launch Library 2Astronaut record 207, Paolo Nespoli
Quote, Astronaut record 207, Paolo Nespoli
"name": "Paolo Nespoli" ... "flights_count": 3
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