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Crossed Kármán Line
This astronaut crossed the Kármán Line (100 km), the internationally accepted boundary of space.
ISS Visitor
This astronaut visited the International Space Station.
Crewmates
344
Michael López-Alegría
6
MISSIONS
296.7
DAYS IN SPACE
10
SPACEWALKS
2.8
DAYS SPACEWALKING
573
Mike Masucci
7
MISSIONS
<.1
DAYS IN SPACE
-
SPACEWALKS
-
DAYS SPACEWALKING
584
Colin Bennett
3
MISSIONS
<.1
DAYS IN SPACE
-
SPACEWALKS
-
DAYS SPACEWALKING
656
Angelo Landolfi
1
MISSIONS
<.1
DAYS IN SPACE
-
SPACEWALKS
-
DAYS SPACEWALKING
657
Pantaleone Carlucci
1
MISSIONS
<.1
DAYS IN SPACE
-
SPACEWALKS
-
DAYS SPACEWALKING
659
Nicola Pecile
4
MISSIONS
<.1
DAYS IN SPACE
-
SPACEWALKS
-
DAYS SPACEWALKING
679
Alper Gezeravcı
1
MISSIONS
21.7
DAYS IN SPACE
-
SPACEWALKS
-
DAYS SPACEWALKING
680
Marcus Wandt
1
MISSIONS
21.7
DAYS IN SPACE
-
SPACEWALKS
-
DAYS SPACEWALKING
Bio
Walter Villadei is a colonel in the Italian Air Force and currently its representative in the U.S. for commercial spaceflight and access to space. In addition, he has served as member of the Scientific Committee of the Italian Space Agency and as the Italian delegate at the European Commission for the Space Surveillance and Tracking Program. From 2012 to 2019, Walter received full cosmonaut training in Russia as a Soyuz flight engineer, including advanced Orlan, ISS Russian segment, and centrifuge training. For the Ax-2 mission, Villadei is serving as the backup pilot. Caption courtesy of Axiom Space.
WIKIPEDIA EXCERPT
Walter Villadei (born April 29, 1974) is an Italian military officer. He graduated from the Academy of the Italian Air Force in Pozzuoli and holds a master's degree in aerospace engineering from the University of Naples Federico II and a specialization in astronautical engineering from the University of Rome. Although he has never flown in space, he was trained as a cosmonaut in Russia. It is planned for him to fly into space in late 2023 as part of an Axiom Space mission.