Roberto Vittori
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| ASI/ESA Astronaut | |
| Nationality | Italian |
| Status | Active |
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15 October 1964 Viterbo, Lazio, Italy |
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Other occupation
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Test Pilot |
| Rank |
 Colonnello, Aeronautica Militare Italiana (Italian Air Force) |
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Time in space
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35d 12h 26m |
| Selection | 1998 ESA Group |
| Missions |
Soyuz TM-34/TM-33, Soyuz TMA-6/TMA-5, STS-134 |
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Mission insignia
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Roberto Vittori (born 15 October 1964 in Viterbo) is an Italian air force officer and an ESA astronaut. After graduating from the Italian Accademia Aeronautica in 1989, Vittori flew in the Italian Air Force. He then trained as a test pilot in the United States.
In 1998, Vittori was selected by the ESA to join the European Astronaut Corps. Since then, he has participated in three spaceflights: the Soyuz TM-34/33 and Soyuz TMA-6/5 taxi flights to the ISS, as well as STS-134, the penultimate mission of the American Space Shuttle Program. He was the last non-American to fly aboard the shuttle.
He graduated from the Italian Air Force Academy in 1989 and trained in the United States. He flew the Tornado in the Italian Air Force before graduating in 1995 from the U.S. Naval Test Pilot School at Patuxent River, Maryland where he was the first in his class. He served at the Italian Test Center as a project pilot for the development of the new European aircraft, the EF2000. Vittori flew Tornado GR1 aircraft with the 155th Squadron, 50th Wing, Piacenza (Italy) from 1991 to 1994. During that time, he qualified for day/night air-to-air refuelling as well as a formation leader. He has logged over 1700 hours in over 40 different aircraft including F-104, F-18, AMX, M-2000, G-222 and P-180.
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