Space · astronaut
Paolo Nespoli
EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY
ITALIAN
RETIRED
Career
Time in space
313 d 2 h
Spacewalks
0
Flights
3
3 landings
Status
Retired
Agency
European Space AgencyNationality
ItalianBorn
06 Apr 1957First flight
23 Oct 2007Most recent flight
28 Jul 2017Type
GovernmentLinks
WikipediaBiography
Paolo Angelo Nespoli (Milan, 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 onboard Soyuz MS-05 which launched in July 2017 for Expedition 52/53. He is also the European Space Agency's oldest active astronaut.
Flight log
Flights
| No. | Flight | Date |
|---|---|---|
| 03 | Soyuz-FG | Soyuz MS-05 | 28 Jul 2017 |
| 02 | Soyuz FG | Soyuz TMA-20 | 15 Dec 2010 |
| 01 | Space Shuttle Discovery / OV-103 | STS-120 | 23 Oct 2007 |
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Source The Space Devs — Launch Library 2
Last checked 29 Sept 2026