Paolo Nespoli, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Paolo Nespoli

Italian astronaut

Date of Birth: 06-Apr-1957

Place of Birth: Milan, Lombardy, Italy

Profession: astronaut, engineer

Nationality: Italy

Zodiac Sign: Aries

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Paolo Angelo Nespoli (born 6 April 1957) is an Italian astronaut and engineer of the European Space Agency (ESA).
In 2007, he first traveled into space aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery as a mission specialist of STS-120.
In December 2010 he again traveled into space aboard the Soyuz TMA-20 spacecraft as an Expedition 26/27 flight engineer.
Nespoli's third spaceflight was on board Soyuz MS-05, which launched in July 2017 for Expedition 52/53.
He was also the European Space Agency's oldest active astronaut prior to his retirement in 2019.