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Samantha Cristoforetti

1977 - Today

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Samantha Cristoforetti (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. Cristoforetti holds the record for the longest uninterrupted spaceflight by a European astronaut (199 days, 16 hours), and she held the record for the longest single space flight by a woman until this was broken by Peggy Whitson in June 2017, and later by Christina Koch. She took command of ISS Expedition 68 on 28 September 2022. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 47 different languages on Wikipedia (down from 48 in 2024). Samantha Cristoforetti is the 242nd most popular astronaut (down from 196th in 2024), the 3,885th most popular biography from Italy (down from 3,708th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Italian Astronaut.

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Among ASTRONAUTS

Among astronauts, Samantha Cristoforetti ranks 242 out of 556. Before her are Barbara Morgan, Yuri Baturin, James P. Bagian, Yuri Gidzenko, Mikhail Tyurin, and Jeffrey Williams. After her are Joseph P. Kerwin, Aleksandr Laveykin, André Kuipers, Hans Schlegel, Thomas Reiter, and Story Musgrave.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1977, Samantha Cristoforetti ranks 151. Before her are David Dastmalchian, Jelena Rozga, Makoto Ikeda, Sarah Biasini, Sam Rivers, and Lana Parrilla. After her are Sébastien Chabal, Bode Miller, The Alchemist, Aleksandar Živković, Adam Darski, and Mariusz Pudzianowski.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Samantha Cristoforetti ranks 3,886 out of 5,161. Before her are Renato Zaccarelli (1951), Pasquale Fornara (1925), Alfredo Gollini (1881), Federico De Roberto (1861), Sara Errani (1987), and Bruno Zumino (1923). After her are Francesco Severi (1879), Alan Sorrenti (1950), Loris Capirossi (1973), Giuseppe Savoldi (1947), Manuela Di Centa (1963), and Regina Bianchi (1921).

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Among ASTRONAUTS In Italy

Among astronauts born in Italy, Samantha Cristoforetti ranks 2. Before her are Michael Collins (1930). After her are Roberto Vittori (1964), Paolo Nespoli (1957), Umberto Guidoni (1954), Maurizio Cheli (1959), and Luca Parmitano (1976).

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