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Born: 6 April 1957
Nationality: Italian
Hobbies: scuba diving, piloting aircraft, assembly of computer hardware, electronic equipment and computer software<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Paolo hat einen Abschluss in Luft- und Raumfahrttechnik und einen Master in Aeronautik und Astronautik. 1977 wurde er vom italienischen Milit\u00e4r eingezogen und arbeitete als Ausbilder f\u00fcr Fallschirmspringer. Au\u00dferdem erwarb er Diplome im Fallschirmspringen und als Sprungmeister und ist Leiter spezieller Einsatzkr\u00e4fte.<\/p>\n

In 1991 he joined ESA’s European Astronaut Centre in Germany. As an astronaut training engineer, he helped with the basic training for the European astronauts.<\/p>\n

In July 1998, he was selected as an astronaut by the Italian space agency (ASI), and one month later, joined ESA’s European Astronaut Corps in Germany.<\/p>\n

Paolo worked at NASA’s Johnson Space Centre and at the Cosmonaut Training Centre in Russia, before flying as Mission Specialist to the International Space Station on board the Space Shuttle Discovery.<\/p>\n

Paolo arbeitete am Johnson Space Center der NASA sowie im Kosmonauten-Ausbildungszentrum in Russland und flog schlie\u00dflich an Bord der Raumf\u00e4hre Discovery als Missionsspezialist zur Internationalen Raumstation.<\/p>\n

Im November 2008 wurde Paolo Mitglied der Expedition 26\/27, einer Langzeitmission zur Internationalen Raumstation, die von November 2010 bis Mai 2011 stattfinden soll. Vor kurzem trat er seine ISS-Ausbildung in Russland und in den USA an.<\/p>\n

Paolo hat insgesamt 15 Tage, 2 Stunden und 23 Minuten im Weltraum verbracht!<\/p>\n

Im September 2013 war Paolo einer der sechs Teilnehmer der CAVES-Mission. Dabei verbrachten die Astronauten zwei Wochen tief unter der Erde, in den riesigen H\u00f6hlen von Sa Grutta auf Sardinien, und f\u00fchrten dort wissenschaftliche Experimente durch.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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