Roberto Vittori

Roberto Vittori OMRI
Born	(1964-10-15) 15 October 1964 (age 59) Viterbo, Lazio, Italy
Status	Retired
Nationality	Italian
Occupation	Test Pilot
Space career
ASI/ESA astronaut
Rank	Generale di Brigata Aerea (Air commodore), Aeronautica Militare (Italian Air Force)
Time in space	35d 12h 26m
Selection	1998 ESA Group
Missions	Soyuz TM-34/TM-33, Soyuz TMA-6/TMA-5, STS-134
Mission insignia

Brigadier Roberto Vittori, OMRI (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 in 2011. He was the last non-American to fly aboard the Shuttle.