List of Italian astronauts

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

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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

ImageNameMissionMission startMission durationSpace stationMission objectivesRef.
Franco Malerba.jpg Franco Malerba STS-46 July 31, 19927 daysDeployed ESA's European Retrievable Carrier satellite [1]
Maurizio Cheli.jpg Maurizio Cheli STS-75 February 22, 199615 daysDeployed the Italian Tethered Satellite System [2]
Umberto Guidoni portrait.jpg Umberto Guidoni STS-75 February 22, 199615 daysDeployed the Italian Tethered Satellite System [2]
STS-100 April 19, 200111 days ISS Delivered Canadarm2 to the ISS [3]
Roberto Vittori NASA portrait.jpg Roberto Vittori Soyuz TM-34 / Soyuz TM-33 April 25, 200210 daysISS [4]
Soyuz TMA-6 / Soyuz TMA-5 April 15, 200510 daysISS [5]
STS-134 May 16, 201115 daysISSDelivered the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer and an ExPRESS Logistics Carrier to the International Space Station. [6]
Paolo A. Nespoli 2016.jpg Paolo Nespoli STS-120 October 23, 200715 daysISSISS assembly [7]
Soyuz TMA-20 / Expedition 26 / Expedition 27 December 15, 2010159 daysISS [8] [9]
Soyuz MS-05 / Expedition 52 / Expedition 53 July 28, 2017139 daysISS [10] [11]
Luca Parmitano at the Expedition 60 Press Conference on July 19, 2019 (NHQ201907190021) (cropped) 2.jpg Luca Parmitano Soyuz TMA-09M / Expedition 36 / Expedition 37 May 28, 2013166 daysISS [12] [13]
Soyuz MS-13 / Expedition 60 / Expedition 61 July 20, 2019200 daysISS [14] [15]
Samantha Cristoforetti at the Expedition 42 and 43 crew news conference (cropped).jpg Samantha Cristoforetti Soyuz TMA-15M / Expedition 42 / Expedition 43 November 23, 2014200 daysISSPrepared a berthing slip prepared at the forward end of the Harmony connecting node [16] [17]
SpaceX Crew-4 / Expedition 67 / Expedition 68 April 27, 2022170 daysISS [18] [19]
Walter Villadei.jpg Walter Villadei Axiom Mission 3 January 18, 202421 days, 15 hours, 41 minutesISS [20]

Suborbital

ImageNameMissionFlight dateCommentsRef.
Pantaleone Carlucci Galactic 01 June 29, 2023Reached an apogee of 85.1 km [21]
Angelo Landolfi Galactic 01 June 29, 2023Reached an apogee of 85.1 km [21]
Nicola Pecile Galactic 01 June 29, 2023Reached an apogee of 85.1 km [21]
Galactic 03 September 8, 2023Reached an apogee of 88.56 km [22]
Galactic 06 January 26, 2024Reached an apogee of 88.8 km [23]
Walter Villadei.jpg Walter Villadei Galactic 01 June 29, 2023Reached an apogee of 85.1 km [21]
Ketty Maisonrouge Galactic 05 November 2, 2023Reached an apogee of 87.2 km [24]

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