Roberto Vittori

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Roberto Vittori (born 15 October 1964 in Viterbo) is an Italian air force officer and an ESA astronaut. After graduating from the Italian Accademia Aeronautica in 1989, Vittori flew in the Italian Air Force. He then trained as a test pilot in the United States. In 1998, Vittori was selected by the ESA to join the European Astronaut Corps. Since then, he has participated in three spaceflights: the Soyuz TM-34/33 and Soyuz TMA-6/5 taxi flights to the ISS, as well as STS-134, the penultimate mission of the American Space Shuttle Program. He was the last non-American to fly aboard the shuttle.

Biography from Launch Library 2.

Born in

Viterbo

Awards

Commander of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic; Medal "For Merit in Space Exploration"; Medal for Aeronautical Valour; Order of Merit of the Italian Republic

From Wikidata.

• Space Shuttle Endeavour / OV-105 | STS-134Mission Specialist · Success · with Andrew J. Feustel, Edward Michael Fincke, Gregory Chamitoff, Gregory H. Johnson, Mark KellyMay 16, 2011
• Soyuz-FG | Soyuz TMA-6Flight Engineer · Success · with John L. Phillips, Sergei KrikalevApril 15, 2005
• Soyuz-U | Soyuz TM-34Flight Engineer · Success · with Mark Shuttleworth, Yuri GidzenkoApril 25, 2002