Space · astronaut
Samantha Cristoforetti
EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY
ITALIAN
ACTIVE
Career
Time in space
370 d 5 h
Spacewalks
1
7 h 5 m outside
Flights
2
2 landings
Status
Active
Agency
European Space AgencyNationality
ItalianBorn
26 Apr 1977First flight
23 Nov 2014Most recent flight
27 Apr 2022Type
GovernmentLinks
WikipediaBiography
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.
Flight log
Flights
| No. | Flight | Date |
|---|---|---|
| 02 | Falcon 9 Block 5 | Crew-4 | 27 Apr 2022 |
| 01 | Soyuz FG | Soyuz TMA-15M | 23 Nov 2014 |
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Source The Space Devs — Launch Library 2
Last checked 29 Sept 2026