Samantha Cristoforetti

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Samantha Cristoforetti 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, 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.

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Captain Samantha Cristoforetti; Sam Cristoforetti
astronaut, 

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  • Soyuz TMA-15M
    2014 flight to the International Space Station
  • SpaceX Crew-4
    NASA Commercial Crew Program mission to the International Space Station
  • Expedition 42
    42nd expedition to the International Space Station
  • Expedition 43
    43rd expedition to the International Space Station
  • Expedition 67
    67th long-duration stay on the International Space Station
  • Minerva (space mission)
    ESA astronaut mission aboard ISS
  • Expedition 68
    68th long-duration stay on the International Space Station
1977-04-26T00:00:00Z
1977-04-26T00:00:00Z
1977 Samantha Cristoforetti
2014-11-10T00:00:00Z
2015-03-11T00:00:00Z
2014 — 2015 Expedition 42
2015-03-11T00:00:00Z
2015-06-11T00:00:00Z
2022-03-30T00:00:00Z
2022-09-29T00:00:00Z
2022-04-27T00:00:00Z
2022-10-14T00:00:00Z
2022-09-29T00:00:00Z
2023-03-28T00:00:00Z
2022 — 2023 Expedition 68
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Sergio Mattarella and Samantha Cristoforetti, 17.02.23 (1)Sergio Mattarella and Samantha Cristoforetti, 17.02.23 (1)
Sergio Mattarella and Samantha Cristoforetti, 17.02.23 (6)Sergio Mattarella and Samantha Cristoforetti, 17.02.23 (6)
Sergio Mattarella and Samantha Cristoforetti, 17.02.23 (3)Sergio Mattarella and Samantha Cristoforetti, 17.02.23 (3)
Sergio Mattarella and Samantha Cristoforetti, 17.02.23 (4)Sergio Mattarella and Samantha Cristoforetti, 17.02.23 (4)
Sergio Mattarella and Samantha Cristoforetti, 17.02.23 (2)Sergio Mattarella and Samantha Cristoforetti, 17.02.23 (2)
Sergio Mattarella and Samantha Cristoforetti, 17.02.23 (5)Sergio Mattarella and Samantha Cristoforetti, 17.02.23 (5)
Samantha Cristoforetti at the Expedition 42 and 43 crew news conferenceSamantha Cristoforetti at the Expedition 42 and 43 crew news conference
Samantha Cristoforetti (5198941546)Samantha Cristoforetti (5198941546)
A photograph of the astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti performing the Valsalva manoeuvre during pressurization of the Russian Sokol space suitA photograph of the astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti performing the Valsalva manoeuvre during pressurization of the Russian Sokol space suit
David Saint-Jacques and Samantha CristoforettiDavid Saint-Jacques and Samantha Cristoforetti
TypeSubtypeDateDescriptionNotesSource
classorbitSoyuz TMA-15MAnton Shkaplerov, Samantha Cristoforetti, Soyuz TMA-M, Terry W. Virts, human spaceflight,Wikidata
classorbitSpaceX Crew-4Jessica Watkins, Kjell Lindgren, Robert Hines, Samantha Cristoforetti, human spaceflight,Wikidata
classspaceflight2014Expedition 42Aleksandr Samokutyayev, Anton Shkaplerov, Barry E. Wilmore, Samantha Cristoforetti, Terry W. Virts, Yelena Serova, expedition to the International Space Station,Wikidata
classspaceflight2015Expedition 43Anton Shkaplerov, Gennady Padalka, Mikhail Korniyenko, Samantha Cristoforetti, Scott Kelly, Terry W. Virts, expedition to the International Space Station,Wikidata
classspaceflight2022Expedition 67Denis Matveev, Dmitrij Petelin, Francisco Rubio, Jessica Watkins, Kayla Barron, Kjell Lindgren, Matthias Maurer, Oleg Artemyev, Raja Chari, Robert Hines, Samantha Cristoforetti, Sergey Korsakov, Sergey Prokopyev, Thomas Marshburn, expedition to the International Space Station,Wikidata
classspaceflight2022Minerva (space mission)Samantha Cristoforetti, space mission,Wikidata
classspaceflight2022Expedition 68Andrey Fedyayev, Anna Kikina, Dmitrij Petelin, Francisco Rubio, Jessica Watkins, Josh A. Cassada, Kjell Lindgren, Koichi Wakata, Nicole Mann, Robert Hines, Samantha Cristoforetti, Sergey Prokopyev, Stephen Bowen, Sultan Al Niadi, Warren Hoburg, expedition to the International Space Station,Wikidata
organisationorganisation1975European Space AgencyAurora programme, Euclid Consortium, European Centre for Space Applications and Telecommunications, Gaia, SMILE, Samantha Cristoforetti, intergovernmental organization, international organization, space agency,Wikidata
commonsimageSergio Mattarella and Samantha Cristoforetti, 17.02.23 (1) Commons
commonsimageSergio Mattarella and Samantha Cristoforetti, 17.02.23 (6) Commons
commonsimageSergio Mattarella and Samantha Cristoforetti, 17.02.23 (3) Commons
commonsimageSergio Mattarella and Samantha Cristoforetti, 17.02.23 (4) Commons
commonsimageSergio Mattarella and Samantha Cristoforetti, 17.02.23 (2) Commons
commonsimageSergio Mattarella and Samantha Cristoforetti, 17.02.23 (5) Commons
commonsimageSamantha Cristoforetti at the Expedition 42 and 43 crew news conference Commons
commonsimageSamantha Cristoforetti (5198941546) Commons
commonsimageA photograph of the astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti performing the Valsalva manoeuvre during pressurization of the Russian Sokol space suit Commons
commonsimageDavid Saint-Jacques and Samantha Cristoforetti Commons