The three members of the crew returned to Earth in. On 15 December 2010 Nespoli flew aboard the Soyuz TMA-20 spacecraft from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan to the International Space Station with the Russian cosmonaut Dmitri Kondratyev and NASA's astronaut Catherine Coleman. Paolo Nespoli served as first flight engineer for Expedition 26/27, Europe's third six-month mission to the International Space Station (ISS).

STS-120 Įxpedition 26/27 flight engineer Paolo Nespoli poses with Robonaut 2. In July 1998, he was selected as an astronaut for Italian Space Agency (ASI) and in August 1998, Nespoli was assigned by the European Space Agency to train at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas.

2015 America Award of the Italy-USA Foundation.

2009 Cavaliere dell'Ordine della Stella della solidarietà italiana.

2007 Commendatore Ordine al Merito della Repubblica Italiana.Nespoli has received the following awards: Due to his military background, he is also a master parachutist, parachute instructor, jump master, high altitude low opening and Special Forces operator in the 9th Paratroopers Assault Regiment. He is a professional engineer, a private pilot, an advanced scuba diver and a nitrox diver. He received his bachelor's degree in Aerospace engineering in 1988 and his master's degree in 1989 in Aeronautics and Astronautics from Polytechnic University in New York. Nespoli enjoys Scuba diving, piloting aircraft, photography, building electronic equipment and computer software. He is married to Alexandra Ryabova and they have one daughter and a son. Nespoli's hometown is Verano Brianza, in northern Italy. 4.3 Expedition 52/53 and the VITA mission.He was also the European Space Agency's oldest active astronaut prior to his retirement in 2019. Nespoli's third spaceflight was onboard Soyuz MS-05 which launched in July 2017 for Expedition 52/53. In December 2010 he again traveled into space aboard the Soyuz TMA-20 spacecraft as an Expedition 26/27flight engineer. In 2007, he first traveled into space aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery as a mission specialist of STS-120. Paolo Angelo Nespoli (born 6 April 1957) is an Italian astronaut and engineer of the European Space Agency (ESA). Recorded aboard the ISS – the first content created in space specifically for use on Wikipedia.

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