List of Italian astronauts

The following is a list of Italian astronauts who have traveled into space, sorted by date of first flight.

As of 2024, twelve Italians have been in space. Eight of those have made orbital flights, and five have made suborbital flights, Walter Villadei being the only Italian to make both. The first Italian in space was Franco Malerba in 1992. Roberto Vittori and Paolo Nespoli have both made three orbital spaceflights in their careers, which is the current record for Italian astronauts.

Orbital

Image	Name	Mission	Mission start	Mission duration	Space station	Mission objectives	Ref.
	Franco Malerba	STS-46	July 31, 1992	7 days		Deployed ESA's European Retrievable Carrier satellite	[1]
	Maurizio Cheli	STS-75	February 22, 1996	15 days		Deployed the Italian Tethered Satellite System	[2]
	Umberto Guidoni	STS-75	February 22, 1996	15 days		Deployed the Italian Tethered Satellite System	[2]
		STS-100	April 19, 2001	11 days	ISS	Delivered Canadarm2 to the ISS	[3]
	Roberto Vittori	Soyuz TM-34 / Soyuz TM-33	April 25, 2002	10 days	ISS		[4]
		Soyuz TMA-6 / Soyuz TMA-5	April 15, 2005	10 days	ISS		[5]
		STS-134	May 16, 2011	15 days	ISS	Delivered the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer and an ExPRESS Logistics Carrier to the International Space Station.	[6]
	Paolo Nespoli	STS-120	October 23, 2007	15 days	ISS	ISS assembly	[7]
		Soyuz TMA-20 / Expedition 26 / Expedition 27	December 15, 2010	159 days	ISS		[8][9]
		Soyuz MS-05 / Expedition 52 / Expedition 53	July 28, 2017	139 days	ISS		[10][11]
	Luca Parmitano	Soyuz TMA-09M / Expedition 36 / Expedition 37	May 28, 2013	166 days	ISS		[12][13]
		Soyuz MS-13 / Expedition 60 / Expedition 61	July 20, 2019	200 days	ISS		[14][15]
	Samantha Cristoforetti	Soyuz TMA-15M / Expedition 42 / Expedition 43	November 23, 2014	200 days	ISS	Prepared a berthing slip prepared at the forward end of the Harmony connecting node	[16][17]
		SpaceX Crew-4 / Expedition 67 / Expedition 68	April 27, 2022	170 days	ISS		[18][19]
	Walter Villadei	Axiom Mission 3	January 18, 2024	21 days, 15 hours, 41 minutes	ISS		[20]

Suborbital

Image	Name	Mission	Flight date	Comments	Ref.
	Pantaleone Carlucci	Galactic 01	June 29, 2023	Reached an apogee of 85.1 km	[21]
	Angelo Landolfi	Galactic 01	June 29, 2023	Reached an apogee of 85.1 km	[21]
	Nicola Pecile	Galactic 01	June 29, 2023	Reached an apogee of 85.1 km	[21]
		Galactic 03	September 8, 2023	Reached an apogee of 88.56 km	[22]
		Galactic 06	January 26, 2024	Reached an apogee of 88.8 km	[23]
		Galactic 07	June 8, 2024	Reached an apogee of 87.5 km	[24][25]
	Walter Villadei	Galactic 01	June 29, 2023	Reached an apogee of 85.1 km	[21]
	Ketty Maisonrouge	Galactic 05	November 2, 2023	Reached an apogee of 87.2 km	[26]
	Giorgio Manenti	Galactic 07	June 8, 2024	Reached an apogee of 87.5 km	[27][25]

See also

• Italian Space Agency

References

1. Ryba, Jeanne (March 31, 2010). "STS-46". NASA. Retrieved February 9, 2022.
2. "STS-75 - NASA". Retrieved 2024-01-26.
3. "STS-100 - NASA". Retrieved 2024-01-26.
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5. "OFFICIAL PRESS RELEASE about the Soyuz TMA-6 manned spacecraft launch to the ISS". NPO Energia. April 15, 2005. Archived from the original on March 3, 2016. Retrieved December 17, 2008.
6. "STS-134 - NASA". Retrieved 2024-01-26.
7. "STS-120 - NASA". Retrieved 2024-01-26.
8. "Expedition 26 - NASA". Retrieved 2024-01-26.
9. "Expedition 27 - NASA". Retrieved 2024-01-26.
10. "Expedition 52 - NASA". Retrieved 2024-01-26.
11. "Expedition 53 - NASA". Retrieved 2024-01-26.
12. "Expedition 36 - NASA". Retrieved 2024-01-26.
13. "Expedition 37 - NASA". Retrieved 2024-01-26.
14. "Expedition 60 - NASA". Retrieved 2024-01-26.
15. "Expedition 61 - NASA". Retrieved 2024-01-26.
16. "Expedition 42 - NASA". Retrieved 2024-01-26.
17. "Expedition 43 - NASA". Retrieved 2024-01-26.
18. "Expedition 67 - NASA". Retrieved 2024-01-26.
19. "Expedition 68 - NASA". Retrieved 2024-01-26.
20. "Axiom Mission 3 Launches to the International Space Station - NASA". Retrieved 2024-01-26.
21. Sheetz, Michael. "Virgin Galactic completes first commercial flight in major step for space tourism company". CNBC. Retrieved 2024-01-26.
22. Virgin Galactic (2023-09-08). "VIRGIN GALACTIC COMPLETES FOURTH SUCCESSFUL SPACEFLIGHT IN FOUR MONTHS". Virgin Galactic. Retrieved 2023-09-08.
23. Virgin Galactic (26 January 2024). "VIRGIN GALACTIC COMPLETES 11TH SUCCESSFUL SPACEFLIGHT". Virgin Galactic. Retrieved 26 January 2024.
24. Jonathan McDowell [@planet4589] (8 June 2024). "Galactic 07 was dropped and fired its rocket engine at about 1526:30 UTC and landed at around 1541 UTC. Apogee not yet known" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
25. "'Galactic 07' mission launch window opens June 8". Virgin Galactic (Press release). 1 May 2024. Retrieved 4 May 2024.
26. Virgin Galactic (2 November 2023). "VIRGIN GALACTIC COMPLETES SIXTH SUCCESSFUL SPACEFLIGHT IN SIX MONTHS". Virgin Galactic. Retrieved 2 November 2023.
27. Jonathan McDowell [@planet4589] (8 June 2024). "Galactic 07 was dropped and fired its rocket engine at about 1526:30 UTC and landed at around 1541 UTC. Apogee not yet known" (Tweet) – via Twitter.

External links

• ASI Astronauts