Luca Parmitano

Luca Parmitano
OMRI
Parmitano at the Expedition 60 press conference in July 2019
Born (1976-09-27) 27 September 1976 (age 48)
StatusActive
Occupation(s)Pilot, Italian Air Force
Space career
ASI/ESA astronaut
Previous occupation
Test Pilot
RankColonel
Time in space
366 days 23 hours 01 minute
Selection2009 ESA Group
Total EVAs
6[1]
Total EVA time
33 hours, 09 minutes[1]
MissionsSoyuz TMA-09M (Expedition 36/37), Soyuz MS-13 (Expedition 60/61)
Mission insignia
Websitelucaparmitano.esa.int

Colonel Luca Parmitano (born 27 September 1976 in Paternò, Sicily) is an Italian astronaut in the European Astronaut Corps for the European Space Agency (ESA). He was selected as an ESA astronaut in May 2009. Parmitano is also a Colonel and test pilot for the Italian Air Force.[2] He is the first Italian (and the third European) to command the International Space Station (ISS) during Expedition 61.[3]

  1. ^ a b EVA Time
  2. ^ "ESA Personal Data Sheet for Luca Parmitano". esa.int. Retrieved 18 July 2013.
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