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Parmitano, Luca Salvo

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Parmitano
Parmitano
Parmitano, Luca Salvo
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Italian pilot mission specialist astronaut, 2009-on.

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Chronology

6 events

1976 September 27

  • Birth of Luca Salvo Parmitano - . Nation: Italy. Related Persons: Parmitano. Italian pilot mission specialist astronaut, 2009-on. 1 spaceflight, 166.3 days in space. Flew to orbit on Soyuz TMA-09M (2013)..

2012 December 19

12:12 GMT - . Launch Site: Baikonur. Launch Complex: Baikonur LC1. LV Family: R-7. Launch Vehicle: Soyuz-FG.
  • Soyuz TMA-07M - . Call Sign: Parus. Crew: Hadfield, Marshburn, Romanenko, Roman. Backup Crew: Nyberg, Parmitano, Yurchikhin. Payload: Soyuz TMA s/n 704A. Mass: 7,200 kg (15,800 lb). Nation: Russia. Program: ISS. Class: Manned. Type: Manned spacecraft. Flight: Soyuz TMA-07M. Spacecraft Bus: Soyuz. Spacecraft: Soyuz TMA. Duration: 145.60 days. Decay Date: 2013-05-14 . USAF Sat Cat: 39032 . COSPAR: 2012-074A. Apogee: 421 km (261 mi). Perigee: 402 km (249 mi). Inclination: 51.60 deg. Period: 92.80 min. Docked with the Rassvet module of the ISS at 14:09 GMT on 21 December. Undocked at 23:08 GMT on 13 May 2013. Retrofire at 01:37 GMT on 14 May was followed by landing in Kazakhstan at 02:31 GMT..

2013 May 28

20:31 GMT - . Launch Site: Baikonur. Launch Complex: Baikonur LC1. LV Family: R-7. Launch Vehicle: Soyuz-FG.
  • Soyuz TMA-09M - . Call Sign: Olympus. Crew: Nyberg, Parmitano, Yurchikhin. Backup Crew: Mastracchio, Tyurin, Wakata. Payload: Soyuz TMA s/n 709. Mass: 7,200 kg (15,800 lb). Nation: Russia. Program: ISS. Class: Manned. Type: Manned spacecraft. Flight: Soyuz TMA-09M. Spacecraft Bus: Soyuz. Spacecraft: Soyuz TMA. Duration: 166.26 days. Decay Date: 2013-11-11 . USAF Sat Cat: 39170 . COSPAR: 2013-025A. Apogee: 421 km (261 mi). Perigee: 409 km (254 mi). Inclination: 51.65 deg. Period: 92.88 min.

    Docked with the Rassvet module of the ISS at 02:10 GMT on 29 May after a 5 hour 39 minute flight. On 1 November 2013 Yurchikin, Nyberg and Parmitano, undocked from the Rassvet module at 08:33 GMT and flew around the station at a distance of 200 m to redock at 08:54 GMT with the Zvezda aft port freed up by ATV-4. Undocked from the Zvezda module on 10 November at 23:26 GMT and landed in Kazakhstan at 02:49 GMT on 11 November.

2013 July 9

  • EVA ISS USA-22 - . Crew: Cassidy, Parmitano. EVA Duration: 0.26 days. Nation: USA. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-09M. Replaced the Space-to-Ground Transmitter-Receiver controller; retrieved two external experiments; modified some external systems in preparation for future Russian module..

2013 July 16

  • EVA ISS USA-23 - . Crew: Cassidy, Parmitano. EVA Duration: 0.0576 days. Nation: USA. Program: ISS. Flight: Soyuz TMA-09M. Continued work on rearrangement of external hardware to accommodate future Russian module. Spacewalk aborted when coolant system in Parmitano's suit sprang a leak, putting 1.5 litres of water into the suit's interior, blinding and nearly drowning him..

2018 October 11

08:39 GMT - . Launch Site: Baikonur. Launch Complex: Baikonur LC1. LV Family: R-7. Launch Vehicle: Soyuz-FG.