Samantha Cristoforetti

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Samantha Cristoforetti (born 26 April 1977 in Milan) is an Italian European Space Agency astronaut, Italian Air Force pilot and engineer. She holds the record for the longest uninterrupted spaceflight of a European astronaut (199 days, 16 hours), and until June 2017 held the record for the longest single space flight by a woman until this was broken by Peggy Whitson. She is also the first Italian woman in space. Samantha Cristoforetti is also known as the first person who brewed an espresso in space.

Biography from Launch Library 2.

Born in

Milan

Education

Technical University of Munich; Accademia Aeronautica; University of Naples Federico II; St. Paul Central High School

Awards

honorary doctorate of Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam; Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic; Ambrogino d'oro

From Wikidata.

• Falcon 9 Block 5 | Crew-4Mission Specialist · Success · with Jessica Watkins, Kjell N. Lindgren, Robert HinesApril 27, 2022
• Soyuz FG | Soyuz TMA-15MFlight Engineer · Success · with Anton Shkaplerov, Terry W. VirtsNovember 23, 2014

• Expedition 67International Space Station · Flight Engineer2022-03-30 – 2022-09-28
• Expedition 43International Space Station · Flight Engineer2015-03-11 – 2015-06-11
• Expedition 42International Space Station · Flight Engineer2014-11-10 – 2015-03-11