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Luca Salvo Parmitano is an Italian astronaut, aircraft pilot, test pilot, and amateur radio operator. Born in Paternò in 1976, he holds Italian citizenship and speaks Italian. He was educated at the University of Naples Federico II and serves as a Lieutenant Colonel in the Italian Air Force. His professional affiliations include employment with the European Space Agency and the Italian Space Agency.
Parmitano has been a member of the crews for Soyuz TMA-09M, Soyuz MS-13, Expedition 37, and Expedition 36. He has spent 239040 units of time in space. He is recognized in the Astronauts collection and has received the Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic.
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1976-09-27 ) 27 September 1976 (age 49) , Paternò , Italy
- Alma mater
- University of Naples Federico II Accademia Aeronautica
- Previous occupation
- Test Pilot
- Status
- Active
- Rank
- Colonel , Italian Air Force
- Time in space
- 366 days, 23 hours, 1 minute
- Selection
- 2009 ESA Group
- Total eva time
- 33 hours, 9 minutes
- Missions
- Soyuz TMA-09M ( Expedition 36 / 37 ) Soyuz MS-13 ( Expedition 60 / 61 )
- Website
- lucaparmitano .esa .int
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Italy
- Place of birth
- Paternò
- Educated at
- University of Naples Federico II
- Employer
- Italian Space Agency
- Languages spoken
- Italian
- Military branch
- Italian Air Force
- Military rank
- Lieutenant Colonel
- Image
- Luca Parmitano 2013.jpg
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- Commons category
- Luca Parmitano
- date of birth
- 1976-09-27
- time in space
- 239040
- social media followers
- 630419
- name in native language
- Luca Parmitano
- birth name
- Luca Salvo Parmitano
- P450
- Soyuz MS-13
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Encyclopedic overview
Luca Salvo Parmitano (born 27 September 1976) is an Italian astronaut in the European Astronaut Corps for the European Space Agency (ESA). He was selected as an ESA astronaut in May 2009. Parmitano is also a colonel and test pilot for the Italian Air Force. He is the first Italian (and the third European) to command the International Space Station (ISS) during Expedition 61. In June 2026, he was announced as the pilot on Artemis III as part of NASA's Artemis program.
Background
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Luca Parmitano” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.