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. Franco MalerbaSTS-46 daysDeployed ESA's European Retrievable Carrier satellite Maurizio CheliSTS-75 daysDeployed the Italian Tethered Satellite SystemUmberto GuidoniSTS-75 daysDeployed the Italian Tethered Satellite SystemSTS-100 daysISSDelivered Canadarm2 to the ISSRoberto VittoriSoyuz TM-34 / Soyuz TM-33 daysISSSoyuz TMA-6 / Soyuz TMA-5 daysISSSTS-134 daysISSDelivered the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer and an ExPRESS Logistics Carrier to the International Space Station.Paolo NespoliSTS-120 daysISSISS assemblySoyuz TMA-20 / Expedition 26 / Expedition 27 daysISSSoyuz MS-05 / Expedition 52 / Expedition 53 daysISSLuca ParmitanoSoyuz TMA-09M / Expedition 36 / Expedition 37 daysISSSoyuz MS-13 / Expedition 60 / Expedition 61 daysISSSamantha CristoforettiSoyuz TMA-15M / Expedition 42 / Expedition 43 daysISSPrepared a berthing slip prepared at the forward end of the Harmony connecting nodeSpaceX Crew-4 / Expedition 67 / Expedition 68 daysISS Walter VilladeiAxiom Mission 321 days, 15 hours, 41 minutesISS
Suborbital
Image Name Mission Flight date Comments Ref. Pantaleone CarlucciGalactic 01Reached an apogee of 85.1 km Angelo LandolfiGalactic 01Reached an apogee of 85.1 km Nicola PecileGalactic 01Reached an apogee of 85.1 kmGalactic 03Reached an apogee of 88.56 kmGalactic 06Reached an apogee of 88.8 kmGalactic 07Reached an apogee of 87.5 km Walter VilladeiGalactic 01Reached an apogee of 85.1 km Ketty MaisonrougeGalactic 05Reached an apogee of 87.2 km Giorgio ManentiGalactic 07Reached an apogee of 87.5 km
See also Italian Space Agency
References
External links ASI Astronauts