![]() ![]() To celebrate this world space week, the look alike doll departed from the ESA base in Germany. When Mattel first produced the Cristoforetti Barbie doll, it was a one-of-a-kind, but thanks to demand, is now available across Europe. She is currently in training for this mission, which is scheduled for 2022 where she will be station commander. The astronaut has been assigned a second mission to the International Space Station. She returned to Earth on 11 June, 2015 after spending 200 days in space. On 23 November, 2014 she launched from the cosmodrome of Baikonur in Kazakhstan for the ISS. ![]() She was selected as an ESA astronaut in May 2009 and joined the space agency in September that year. She had specialisations in aerospace propulsion and lightweight structures.Īfter graduating, she joined the Italian Air Force as an officer candidate in the Air Force Academy.įollowing her graduation in 2005, she attended the Euro-NATO Joint Jet Pilot Training program at Sheppard Air Force Base in the US, where she earned her fighter pilot wings in 2006. In 2001, she graduated from the Technical University of Munich, Germany, with a master’s degree in mechanical engineering. Born in Milan, Italy, on ApSamantha Cristoforetti is a European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut.
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