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.
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 Malerba | STS-46 | July 31, 1992 | 7 days | Deployed ESA's European Retrievable Carrier satellite | |||
| Maurizio Cheli | STS-75 | February 22, 1996 | 15 days | Deployed the Italian Tethered Satellite System | |||
| Umberto Guidoni | STS-75 | February 22, 1996 | 15 days | Deployed the Italian Tethered Satellite System | |||
| STS-100 | April 19, 2001 | 11 days | ISS | Delivered Canadarm2 to the ISS | |||
| Roberto Vittori | Soyuz TM-34 / Soyuz TM-33 | April 25, 2002 | 10 days | ISS | |||
| Soyuz TMA-6 / Soyuz TMA-5 | April 15, 2005 | 10 days | ISS | ||||
| STS-134 | May 16, 2011 | 15 days | ISS | Delivered the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer and an ExPRESS Logistics Carrier to the International Space Station. | |||
| Paolo Nespoli | STS-120 | October 23, 2007 | 15 days | ISS | ISS assembly | ||
| Soyuz TMA-20 / Expedition 26 / Expedition 27 | December 15, 2010 | 159 days | ISS | ||||
| Soyuz MS-05 / Expedition 52 / Expedition 53 | July 28, 2017 | 139 days | ISS | ||||
| Luca Parmitano | Soyuz TMA-09M / Expedition 36 / Expedition 37 | May 28, 2013 | 166 days | ISS | |||
| Soyuz MS-13 / Expedition 60 / Expedition 61 | July 20, 2019 | 200 days | ISS | ||||
| Samantha Cristoforetti | Soyuz TMA-15M / Expedition 42 / Expedition 43 | November 23, 2014 | 200 days | ISS | Prepared a berthing slip prepared at the forward end of the Harmony connecting node | ||
| SpaceX Crew-4 / Expedition 67 / Expedition 68 | April 27, 2022 | 170 days | ISS | ||||
| Walter Villadei | Axiom Mission 3 | January 18, 2024 | 21 days, 15 hours, 41 minutes | ISS |
Suborbital
| Image | Name | Mission | Flight date | Comments | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pantaleone Carlucci | Galactic 01 | June 29, 2023 | Reached an apogee of 85.1 km | ||
| Angelo Landolfi | Galactic 01 | June 29, 2023 | Reached an apogee of 85.1 km | ||
| Nicola Pecile | Galactic 01 | June 29, 2023 | Reached an apogee of 85.1 km | ||
| Galactic 03 | September 8, 2023 | Reached an apogee of 88.56 km | |||
| Galactic 06 | January 26, 2024 | Reached an apogee of 88.8 km | |||
| Galactic 07 | June 8, 2024 | Reached an apogee of 87.5 km | |||
| Walter Villadei | Galactic 01 | June 29, 2023 | Reached an apogee of 85.1 km | ||
| Ketty Maisonrouge | Galactic 05 | November 2, 2023 | Reached an apogee of 87.2 km | ||
| Giorgio Manenti | Galactic 07 | June 8, 2024 | Reached an apogee of 87.5 km |