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Samantha Cristoforetti ((:saˈmanta kristofoˈrɛtti); born 26 April 1977 in Milan) is an Italian European Space Agency astronaut, Italian Air Force pilot and engineer. She holds the records for longest single space flight by a woman (199 days 16 hours) and for the longest uninterrupted spaceflight of a European astronaut.〔(Dutch astronaut loses space record to Italy's Cristoforetti ), nltimes.nl; accessed 24 June 2015.〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Samantha beats ESA astronaut single-duration record - Outpost 42 )〕 She is also the first Italian woman in space. Samantha Cristoforetti is also known as the first person who brewed an espresso coffee in space.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=To boldly brew: Italian astronaut makes first espresso in space )〕 ==Biography== Cristoforetti was born in Milan in 1977. She spent her childhood in Malè, in Val di Sole, Trentino, Italy. When she was 18, she took a US foreign exchange program and attended Space Camp. She studied in Bolzano and Trento and graduated from the Technical University of Munich with a degree in Mechanical Engineering. She studied at the École nationale supérieure de l'aéronautique et de l'espace in Toulouse, France, and at the Mendeleev Russian University of Chemistry and Technology in Moscow. She graduated in Aeronautics Sciences (University 'Federico II', Naples)〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Samantha Cristoforetti )〕 at the Accademia Aeronautica in Pozzuoli, becoming one of the first women to be a lieutenant and fighter pilot in the Italian Air Force. She is the second Space Camp alumnus in orbit. On 3 July 2012, the European Space Agency announced that Cristoforetti was set for a long-duration mission to the ISS in 2014. On 23 November 2014, Soyuz TMA-15M, carrying Cristoforetti and two other astronauts launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan. It successfully docked at the International Space Station roughly six hours later. Cristoforetti, along with her crew mates, returned safely from the ISS on 11 June 2015. A one month delay after the failure of two Russian rockets extended her stay in space past the European astronaut and female astronaut endurance records. On 20 July 2015 she was awarded the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic (Italian: Ordine al merito della Repubblica Italiana) by President Mattarella. "She has been followed with affection and love by all Italians" said the Italian President. The Order of Merit is the senior order of knighthood, the highest ranking honour of the Republic. Cristoforetti is a polyglot, fluent in Italian, English, German, French and Russian.〔(Samantha Cristoforetti – Futura Mission ) (2014), European Space Agency, esa.int; accessed 24 June 2015.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Samantha Cristoforetti」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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