Samantha Cristoforetti, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Samantha Cristoforetti

Italian ESA astronaut

Date of Birth: 26-Apr-1977

Place of Birth: Milan, Lombardy, Italy

Profession: astronaut, engineer, aircraft pilot

Nationality: Italy

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

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Samantha Cristoforetti (Italian pronunciation: [sa'manta kristofo'retti]; born 26 April 1977, in Milan) is an Italian European Space Agency astronaut, Italian Air Force pilot and engineer.
She holds the record for the longest uninterrupted spaceflight by a European astronaut (199 days, 16 hours), and until June 2017 held the record for the longest single space flight by a woman until this was broken by Peggy Whitson.
She is also the first Italian woman in space.
Samantha Cristoforetti is also known as the first person who brewed an espresso in space.