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Samantha Cristoforetti

By Alessia Lapiana
  • LIFE AFTER SPACE
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    LIFE AFTER SPACE

    Samantha lives whit her partner Lion Ferra and their two children in Germany
  • EARLY LIFE
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    EARLY LIFE

    Samantha Cristoforetti was born on April 26,1977 in Milan, grew up in Trento whit her parents Sergio Cristoforetti e Antonella and attend scientific high school,Samantha already dreamed of becoming an astronaut as a child.
  • CHOSEN FOR SPACE
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    CHOSEN FOR SPACE

    In 2009 she was a selected as an astronaut of the European space agency as the first italian and third European woman,resulting in the top six a selection of 8500 people between men and woman.
  • THE SPACE MISSION
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    THE SPACE MISSION

    One of his first missions was in 2012 where he did a 199 day mission, from November 23,2014 to June 11,2015 the mission took place in Zvezdnyj gordok città delle stelle chiamata anche Star City, the Russian astronaut training center.