photo Samantha Cristoforetti
First name and last name Samantha Cristoforetti
Date of birth 26.04.1977
Nationality ITA
Space Agency European Space Agency (ESA)
Status Active
Type of astronaut Government agency
X https://twitter.com/astrosamantha
Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samantha_Cristoforet

Mission:

Soyuz TMA-15M

Additional information Samantha Cristoforetti

Samantha Cristoforetti (born 26 April 1977 in Milan) is an Italian European Space Agency astronaut, Italian Air Force pilot and engineer. She holds the record for the longest uninterrupted spaceflight of a European astronaut (199 days, 16 hours), and until June 2017 held the record for the longest single space flight by a woman until this was broken by Peggy Whitson. She is also the first Italian woman in space. Samantha Cristoforetti is also known as the first person who brewed an espresso in space.