Italy Skips Crew Allocation Queue Thanks to Astronaut’s Test Pilot Experience
The European Space Agency’s decision to assign Luca Parmitano to its first Artemis crew slot marked a departure from a November 2025 announcement that the opportunity would go to Germany, with the Italian astronaut’s test pilot background proving decisive. In October 2020, ESA and NASA signed an agreement that would provide three flight opportunities for […]
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Published by European Spaceflight on 06/11/2026