Paolo Nespoli

Major Paolo Angelo Nespoli 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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1957 Wikimedia, Wikidata
Paolo Angelo Nespoli
astronaut, engineer, paratrooper, amateur radio operator,

Soyuz MS-05 ⓘ
Russian crewed flight to the ISS
Soyuz TMA-20 ⓘ
long-duration Roscosmos spaceflight to the International Space Station
STS-120 ⓘ
human spaceflight
Expedition 53 ⓘ
Long-duration spaceflight
Expedition 26 ⓘ
mission to the International Space Station
Expedition 27 ⓘ
mission to the International Space Station
Expedition 52 ⓘ
long-duration mission to the International Space Station
Vita ⓘ
European space mission

Italy,

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1957 Paolo Nespoli

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2011-03-16T00:00:00Z

2010 — 2011 Expedition 26

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2011 Expedition 27

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2017 Expedition 52

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2017 Vita

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Paolo nespoli v3

Space Station Haircut ISS026-E-017715 (15 Jan. 2011)

Paolo A. Nespoli showing off his Spiderman skills

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Paolo nespoli v3

Space Station Haircut ISS026-E-017715 (15 Jan. 2011)

Paolo A. Nespoli showing off his Spiderman skills

Nespoli

S120E008022 - STS-120 - Nespoli on ergometer on middeck - DPLA - daf021ec3d7e5810911e17b1f69bf6a0

Paolo Nespoli returns to solid ground: conclusion of his ISS mission - Wikinews article, Italian, 2011

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source

class	orbit		Soyuz MS-05	Paolo Nespoli, Randolph Bresnik, Sergey Ryazansky, Soyuz MS, human spaceflight,	Wikidata
class	orbit		Soyuz TMA-20	Catherine Coleman, Dmitri Kondratyev, Paolo Nespoli, Soyuz-TMA, human spaceflight,	Wikidata
class	orbit		STS-120	Clayton Anderson, Daniel M. Tani, Douglas H. Wheelock, George D. Zamka, Pamela Melroy, Paolo Nespoli, Scott E. Parazynski, Stephanie Wilson, human spaceflight,	Wikidata
class	spaceflight		Expedition 53	Alexander Misurkin, Joseph M. Acaba, Mark T. Vande Hei, Paolo Nespoli, Randolph Bresnik, Sergey Ryazansky, expedition to the International Space Station,	Wikidata
class	spaceflight	2010	Expedition 26	Aleksandr Kaleri, Catherine Coleman, Dmitri Kondratyev, Oleg Skripochka, Paolo Nespoli, Scott Kelly, expedition to the International Space Station,	Wikidata
class	spaceflight	2011	Expedition 27	Aleksandr Samokutyayev, Andrey Borisenko, Catherine Coleman, Dmitri Kondratyev, Paolo Nespoli, Ronald J. Garan, expedition to the International Space Station,	Wikidata
class	spaceflight	2017	Expedition 52	Fyodor Yurchikhin, Jack D. Fischer, Paolo Nespoli, Peggy Whitson, Randolph Bresnik, Sergey Ryazansky, expedition to the International Space Station,	Wikidata
class	spaceflight	2017	Vita	Paolo Nespoli, space mission,	Wikidata
commons	image		Paolo nespoli v3		Commons
commons	image		Space Station Haircut ISS026-E-017715 (15 Jan. 2011)		Commons
commons	image		Paolo A. Nespoli showing off his Spiderman skills		Commons
commons	image		Nespoli		Commons
commons	image		Paolo nespoli v3		Commons
commons	image		Space Station Haircut ISS026-E-017715 (15 Jan. 2011)		Commons
commons	image		Paolo A. Nespoli showing off his Spiderman skills		Commons
commons	image		Nespoli		Commons
commons	image		S120E008022 - STS-120 - Nespoli on ergometer on middeck - DPLA - daf021ec3d7e5810911e17b1f69bf6a0		Commons
commons	image		S120E008022 - STS-120 - Nespoli on ergometer on middeck - DPLA - daf021ec3d7e5810911e17b1f69bf6a0		Commons

Paolo Nespoli

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