Back باولو نيسبولي Arabic پولو نيسبولى ARZ Паоло Несполи Bulgarian Paolo Nespoli Catalan Paolo Nespoli Czech Paolo A. Nespoli Danish Paolo Nespoli German Paolo Nespoli Spanish Paolo Nespoli Estonian Paolo Nespoli Basque
Paolo A. Nespoli OMRI | |
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| Born | 6 April 1957 Milan, Italy |
| Status | Retired |
| Nationality | Italian |
| Occupation | Italian Army |
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| ESA astronaut | |
Time in space | 313 days 2 hours 36 minutes |
| Selection | 1998 ESA Group |
| Missions | STS-120, Soyuz TMA-20 (Expedition 26/27), Soyuz MS-05 (Expedition 52/53) |
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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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