Paolo Nespoli

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Paolo Angelo Nespoli (Milan, 6 April 1957) is an Italian astronaut and engineer of the European Space Agency (ESA). In 2007, he first traveled into space aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery as a mission specialist of STS-120. In December 2010 he again traveled into space aboard the Soyuz TMA-20 spacecraft as an Expedition 26/27 flight engineer. Nespoli's third spaceflight was onboard Soyuz MS-05 which launched in July 2017 for Expedition 52/53. He is also the European Space Agency's oldest active astronaut.

Biography from Launch Library 2.

Born in

Milan

Education

New York University Tandon School of Engineering; New York University; University of Florence

Awards

Commander of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic; Gold medal of Merit Croce Rossa Italiana; Knight of the Order of the Star of Italian Solidarity; NASA Space Flight Medal

From Wikidata.

• Soyuz-FG | Soyuz MS-05Flight Engineer · Success · with Randolph Bresnik, Sergey RyazanskyJuly 28, 2017
• Soyuz FG | Soyuz TMA-20Flight Engineer · Success · with Catherine Coleman, Dmitri KondratyevDecember 15, 2010 · 19:09 UTC
• Space Shuttle Discovery / OV-103 | STS-120Mission Specialist · Success · with Daniel M. Tani, Douglas H. Wheelock, George D. Zamka, Pamela Melroy, Scott E. Parazynski, Stephanie WilsonOctober 23, 2007

• Expedition 53International Space Station · Flight Engineer2017-09-02 – 2017-12-14
• Expedition 52International Space Station · Flight Engineer2017-06-02 – 2017-09-02
• Expedition 27International Space Station · Flight Engineer2011-03-16 – 2011-05-23
• Expedition 26International Space Station · Flight Engineer2010-11-26 – 2011-03-16