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Samantha Cristoforetti OMRI ( Italian pronunciation: [saˈmanta kristofoˈretti]; born 26 April 1977) is an Italian European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut, former Italian Air Force pilot and engineer. She is the second of two women sent into space by ESA and the first from Italy.
Jun 11, 2022 · Samantha Cristoforetti holds the record for longest uninterrupted spaceflight by a European astronaut - but you may know her for another bit of history. She is the first person to make a TikTok...
Born 26 April 1977 in Milan, Italy, Samantha Cristoforetti is an avid reader with a passion for science and technology, and an equal interest in humanities. She enjoys learning foreign languages and occasionally finds the time to hike, scuba dive or practice yoga.
ESA astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti returned to Earth alongside NASA astronauts Kjell Lindgren, Bob Hines and Jessica Watkins, marking the end of her second mission to the International Space Station (ISS), Minerva.
Sep 14, 2022 · ESA astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti will soon fulfil the role of commander of the International Space Station, taking over from fellow Expedition 67 crew member Oleg Artemyev.
Sep 28, 2022 · A Russian cosmonaut made a hopeful reference to the end of war while handing command of the ISS to Samantha Cristoforetti, the first European woman in charge of the orbiting lab.
Jun 14, 2022 · Peggy Hollinger, international business editor, and Clive Cookson, science editor, interviewed European Space Agency astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti for FT Live’s Investing in Space conference.
Sep 20, 2021 · Cristoforetti, Italy’s first female astronaut, set what was then a record for single-mission duration by a woman in space—and that achievement was just one in a lifetime of them.
Sep 28, 2022 · Italian astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti has officially become the first European woman to command the International Space Station (ISS). Cristoforetti, 45, took over from Oleg Artemyev on...
Samantha Cristoforetti is a European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut of Italian nationality. Between November 2014 and June 2015 she spent 200 days in space on a mission to the International Space Station as a Flight Engineer for Expedition 42 and 43.
