Umberto Guidoni

Italian - (ESA)

Retired

Date of Birth: Aug. 18, 1954
Age: 70

Umberto Guidoni (born 18 August 1954 in Rome) is an Italian astrophysicist, science writer and a former ESA astronaut, being the first European to visit the International Space Station. He is a veteran of two NASA space shuttle missions.

Spaceflight Record

Umberto Guidoni flew on two previous launch(es).

Space Shuttle Columbia / OV-102 | STS-75

National Aeronautics and Space Administration | United States of America
Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
Feb. 22, 1996, 8:18 p.m.

Status: Success

Mission:

STS-75 was a United States NASA Space Shuttle mission, the 19th mission of the Columbia orbiter.

Low Earth Orbit

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Space Shuttle Endeavour / OV-105 | STS-100

National Aeronautics and Space Administration | United States of America
Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
April 19, 2001, 6:40 p.m.

Status: Success

Mission:

STS-100 was a Space Shuttle mission to the International Space Station (ISS) flown by Space Shuttle Endeavour. STS-100 installed the ISS Canadarm2 robotic arm.

Low Earth Orbit

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Director General: Josef Aschbacher

The European Space Agency is an intergovernmental organisation of 22 member states. Established in 1975 and headquartered in Paris, France, ESA has a worldwide staff of about 2,000 employees. ESA's space flight programme includes human spaceflight (mainly through participation in the International Space Station program); the launch and operation of unmanned exploration missions to other planets and the Moon; Earth observation, science and telecommunication; designing launch vehicles; and maintaining a major spaceport, the Guiana Space Centre at Kourou, French Guiana.

Recent Launches