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Paolo Nespoli, born Paolo Angelo Nespoli in Milan on 6 April 1957, is an Italian astronaut, engineer, amateur radio operator and paratrooper. He served in the Italian Army, holding the rank of Major, and was educated at the University of Florence, New York University and its Tandon School of Engineering.
Nespoli was part of NASA Astronaut Group 17 and flew as a member of the crew of STS-120, Soyuz TMA-20, Expedition 26 and Soyuz MS-05. His fields of work include the military, aviation and astronautics, and he practises skydiving. He received the NASA Space Flight Medal and speaks Italian.
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1957-04-06 ) 6 April 1957 (age 69) , Milan , Italy
- Occupation
- Italian Army
- Status
- Retired
- Time in space
- 313 days 2 hours 36 minutes
- Selection
- 1998 ESA Group , NASA Group 17 (1998)
- Missions
- STS-120 , Soyuz TMA-20 ( Expedition 26 / 27 ), Soyuz MS-05 ( Expedition 52 / 53 )
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Part of
- NASA Astronaut Group 17
- Given name
- Angelo
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Italy
- Place of birth
- Milan
- Occupation
- paratrooper
- Educated at
- University of Florence
- Languages spoken
- Italian
- Field of work
- astronautics
- Sport
- skydiving
- Military branch
- Italian Army
- Military rank
- Major
- Image
- Paolo A. Nespoli 2016.jpg
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- Commons category
- Paolo Nespoli
- date of birth
- 1957-04-06
- birth name
- Paolo Angelo Nespoli
- time in space
- 450876
- member of the crew of
- Expedition 26
- social media followers
- 315365
- P450
- Expedition 53
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Encyclopedic overview
Major Paolo Angelo Nespoli (born 6 April 1957) is an Italian astronaut and engineer of the European Space Agency (ESA). In 2007, he first traveled into space aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery as a mission specialist of STS-120. In December 2010 he again traveled into space aboard the Soyuz TMA-20 spacecraft as an Expedition 26/27 flight engineer. Nespoli's third spaceflight was on board Soyuz MS-05, which launched in July 2017 for Expedition 52/53. He was also the European Space Agency's oldest active astronaut prior to his retirement in 2019.
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