Italian Astronaut
1. Franco Malerba (1946)
Italian Astronaut
The first Italian citizen to travel into space, he was selected as a Payload Specialist and flew on one Space Shuttle mission.
2. Luca Parmitano (1976)
Italian Astronaut
European Space Agency astronaut who was the first Italian to conduct a spacewalk.
3. Umberto Guidoni (1954)
Italian Astronaut
The first European on board the International Space Station.
4. Maurizio Cheli (1959)
Italian Astronaut
Maurizio Cheli is an Italian air force officer a European Space Agency astronaut and a veteran of one NASA space shuttle mission. A native of Modena Cheli attended the Italian...
5. Luca Urbani (1957)
Italian Astronaut
Luca Urbani was born May 11 1957 in Rome Italy. He was an ASI astronaut and was assigned as an alternate payload specialist for mission STS-78.