List of Italian astronauts explained

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.
	data-sort-value=Malerba	Franco Malerba	STS-46		days		Deployed ESA's European Retrievable Carrier satellite	^[1]
	data-sort-value=Cheli	Maurizio Cheli	STS-75		days		Deployed the Italian Tethered Satellite System	^[2]
	data-sort-value=Guidoni rowspan=2	Umberto Guidoni	STS-75		days		Deployed the Italian Tethered Satellite System
	STS-100		days	ISS	Delivered Canadarm2 to the ISS	^[3]
	data-sort-value=Vittori rowspan=3	Roberto Vittori	Soyuz TM-34 / Soyuz TM-33		days	ISS		^[4]
	Soyuz TMA-6 / Soyuz TMA-5		days	ISS		^[5]
	STS-134		days	ISS	Delivered the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer and an ExPRESS Logistics Carrier to the International Space Station.	^[6]
	data-sort-value=Nespoli rowspan=3	Paolo Nespoli	STS-120		days	ISS	ISS assembly	^[7]
	Soyuz TMA-20 / Expedition 26 / Expedition 27		days	ISS		^[8] ^[9]
	Soyuz MS-05 / Expedition 52 / Expedition 53		days	ISS		^[10] ^[11]
	data-sort-value=Parmitano rowspan=2	Luca Parmitano	Soyuz TMA-09M / Expedition 36 / Expedition 37		days	ISS		^[12] ^[13]
	Soyuz MS-13 / Expedition 60 / Expedition 61		days	ISS		^[14] ^[15]
	data-sort-value=Cristoforetti rowspan=2	Samantha Cristoforetti	Soyuz TMA-15M / Expedition 42 / Expedition 43		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		days	ISS		^[18] ^[19]
	data-sort-value=Villadei	Walter Villadei	Axiom Mission 3		21 days, 15 hours, 41 minutes	ISS		^[20]

Suborbital

Image	Name	Mission	Flight date	Comments	Ref.
	data-sort-value=Carlucci	Pantaleone Carlucci	Galactic 01		Reached an apogee of 85.1 km	^[21]
	data-sort-value=Landolfi	Angelo Landolfi	Galactic 01		Reached an apogee of 85.1 km
	data-sort-value=Pecile rowspan=4	Nicola Pecile	Galactic 01		Reached an apogee of 85.1 km
	Galactic 03		Reached an apogee of 88.56 km	^[22]
	Galactic 06		Reached an apogee of 88.8 km	^[23]
	Galactic 07		Reached an apogee of 87.5 km	^[24] ^[25]
	data-sort-value=Villadei	Walter Villadei	Galactic 01		Reached an apogee of 85.1 km
	data-sort-value=Maisonrouge	Ketty Maisonrouge	Galactic 05		Reached an apogee of 87.2 km	^[26]
	data-sort-value=Manenti	Giorgio Manenti	Galactic 07		Reached an apogee of 87.5 km	^[27] ^[28]

See also

• Italian Space Agency

External links

• ASI Astronauts

Notes and References

1. Web site: STS-46. NASA. February 9, 2022. March 31, 2010. Ryba. Jeanne.
2. Web site: STS-75 - NASA . 2024-01-26 . en-US.
3. Web site: STS-100 - NASA . 2024-01-26 . en-US.
4. Web site: Soyuz ISS Missions . NASA . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20111202114355/http://www.nasa.gov/externalflash/ISSRG/pdfs/soyuz_missions.pdf . 2011-12-02 .
5. Web site: . OFFICIAL PRESS RELEASE about the Soyuz TMA-6 manned spacecraft launch to the ISS . April 15, 2005 . December 17, 2008 . March 3, 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160303181911/http://www.energia.ru/eng/news/news-2005/press_release_iss-06.html . dead .
6. Web site: STS-134 - NASA . 2024-01-26 . en-US.
7. Web site: STS-120 - NASA . 2024-01-26 . en-US.
8. Web site: Expedition 26 - NASA . 2024-01-26 . en-US.
9. Web site: Expedition 27 - NASA . 2024-01-26 . en-US.
10. Web site: Expedition 52 - NASA . 2024-01-26 . en-US.
11. Web site: Expedition 53 - NASA . 2024-01-26 . en-US.
12. Web site: Expedition 36 - NASA . 2024-01-26 . en-US.
13. Web site: Expedition 37 - NASA . 2024-01-26 . en-US.
14. Web site: Expedition 60 - NASA . 2024-01-26 . en-US.
15. Web site: Expedition 61 - NASA . 2024-01-26 . en-US.
16. Web site: Expedition 42 - NASA . 2024-01-26 . en-US.
17. Web site: Expedition 43 - NASA . 2024-01-26 . en-US.
18. Web site: Expedition 67 - NASA . 2024-01-26 . en-US.
19. Web site: Expedition 68 - NASA . 2024-01-26 . en-US.
20. Web site: Axiom Mission 3 Launches to the International Space Station - NASA . 2024-01-26 . en-US.
21. Web site: Sheetz . Michael . Virgin Galactic completes first commercial flight in major step for space tourism company . 2024-01-26 . CNBC . en.
22. Web site: Virgin Galactic . 2023-09-08 . VIRGIN GALACTIC COMPLETES FOURTH SUCCESSFUL SPACEFLIGHT IN FOUR MONTHS . 2023-09-08 . Virgin Galactic . en.
23. Web site: Virgin Galactic . 26 January 2024 . VIRGIN GALACTIC COMPLETES 11TH SUCCESSFUL SPACEFLIGHT . 26 January 2024 . Virgin Galactic . en.
24. Jonathan McDowell . planet4589 . 1799468227447476573 . Galactic 07 was dropped and fired its rocket engine at about 1526:30 UTC and landed at around 1541 UTC. Apogee not yet known. . 8 June 2024.
25. 'Galactic 07' mission launch window opens June 8 . 1 May 2024 . 4 May 2024 . Virgin Galactic.
26. Web site: Virgin Galactic . 2 November 2023 . VIRGIN GALACTIC COMPLETES SIXTH SUCCESSFUL SPACEFLIGHT IN SIX MONTHS . 2 November 2023 . Virgin Galactic . en.
27. Jonathan McDowell . planet4589 . 1799468227447476573 . Galactic 07 was dropped and fired its rocket engine at about 1526:30 UTC and landed at around 1541 UTC. Apogee not yet known. . 8 June 2024.
28. 'Galactic 07' mission launch window opens June 8 . 1 May 2024 . 4 May 2024 . Virgin Galactic.