ASTRONAUT

Roberto Vittori

1964 - Today

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Brigadier Roberto Vittori, OMRI (born 15 October 1964, in Viterbo) is an Italian Air Force officer and an ESA astronaut. After graduating from the Italian Accademia Aeronautica in 1989, Vittori flew in the Italian Air Force. He then trained as a test pilot in the United States. In 1998, Vittori was selected by the ESA to join the European Astronaut Corps. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia. Roberto Vittori is the 298th most popular astronaut (down from 217th in 2024), the 4,114th most popular biography from Italy (down from 3,890th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Italian Astronaut.

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Among ASTRONAUTS

Among astronauts, Roberto Vittori ranks 298 out of 556. Before him are James M. Kelly, David M. Walker, Eugene H. Trinh, Soichi Noguchi, Nie Haisheng, and José M. Hernández. After him are Aleksandr Lazutkin, Paolo Nespoli, Ellen Ochoa, Oleg Kotov, Bjarni Tryggvason, and Janice E. Voss.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1964, Roberto Vittori ranks 412. Before him are Ursula Karven, James M. Kelly, Mark Valley, Nie Haisheng, Miguel Alcubierre, and Koshi Inaba. After him are Luis Medina Cantalejo, Goran Prpić, Johan Bruyneel, Osamu Taninaka, Tim Miller, and Hisanori Shirasawa.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Roberto Vittori ranks 4,117 out of 5,161. Before him are Mauro Picotto (1966), Alberto Orlando (1938), Mario Tullio Montano (1944), Alessandro Andrei (1959), Giovanni Scatturin (1893), Detto Mariano (1937), Alice Rohrwacher (1981), and Lamberto Dalla Costa (1920). After him are Ivo Stefanoni (1936), Pier Ferdinando Casini (1955), Piermario Morosini (1986), and Paolo Nespoli (1957).

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Among ASTRONAUTS In Italy

Among astronauts born in Italy, Roberto Vittori ranks 3. Before him are Michael Collins (1930), and Samantha Cristoforetti (1977). After him are Paolo Nespoli (1957), Umberto Guidoni (1954), Maurizio Cheli (1959), and Luca Parmitano (1976).

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