When did Samantha Cristoforetti become ISS commander; what kind of career does she have; Where was she born and raised? Here are the answers:
Italian astronaut affiliated with the European Space Agency (ESA). She first landed on the space station on November 23, 2014. For this, She was necessary to stand out among 8500 astronaut candidates and be chosen as ESA's 3rd female astronaut.
She worked as a flight engineer on the International Space Station for 199 days (+16 hours and 42 minutes) between November 2014 and June 2015. He was included in the crews of Expedition 42 – 43.
Samantha Cristoforetti entered space for the second time on April 27, 2022, as part of the Crew 4 crew. Astronauts reached the International Space Station with SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket and Crew Dragon capsule.
Samantha Cristoforetti, OMRI (born in Milan on 26 April 1977) is an Italian European Space Agency astronaut, former Italian Air Force pilot and engineer. She holds the record for the longest uninterrupted spaceflight by 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 and later by Christina Koch. She is also the first Italian woman in space. She took command of ISS Expedition 68 on September 28 2022.
She gained a lot of fans because she is one of the astronauts who use social media well. The Italian astronaut had succeeded in making the first espresso in microgravity, a first in orbit where real coffee had never been drunk before.
She carried out scientific experiments as part of ASI's (Italian space agency) Futura Mission.
Futura means "future" in Italian and has a feminine expression. A science program that includes experiments in physics, biology and human psychology, radiation research, and technology exercises. It aims to improve life in future human explorations of the Solar System.
Short biography of Samantha Cristoforetti
She was born on April 26, 1977 in Milan.
After graduating from high school in 1996, she studied in the USA as an exchange student for one year.
She graduated from the Technical University of Munich in 2001 with a degree in mechanical engineering.
She worked on an experimental aerodynamics project for four months at the Ecole Nationale Supérieure de l' Aéronautique et de l' Espace in France.
She prepared her master's thesis on solid rocket fuels at the Mendeleev University of Chemical Technologies in Moscow.
As part of her training at the Italian Air Force Academy, she graduated from the Federico II University of Naples with a bachelor's degree in aeronautical sciences. She graduated from the academy in 2005 by winning the highest honor, the Sword of Honor.
Between 2005-2006, she served at the US Sheppard Air Base. She completed the Euro-NATO Jet Pilot Training and became a fighter pilot.
She continued her flight training in Italy in 2007-2008.
She was selected as an ESA astronaut in May 2009. She completed basic astronaut training in November 2010.
It finally landed on the International Space Station with a Soyuz spacecraft launched from Kazakhstan on November 23, 2014.
Astronaut Cristoforetti was named one of the most important female figures of 2015.
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