Parmitano

Luca Salvo

Italy

International order nº: 532

Italian astr. nº: 6

Personal data:

Birth date:	27 Sept 1976
Birthplace:	Palern‘o
Marital status:	married
Children:	two daughters
Grade / Fonction:	Major in the Italian Air Force
Selection date:	20 May 2009
Selection group:	ESA-3/EAC
Job:	MSP
Status:	active

Spaceflights:

No	Launch Spacecraft	Date and time of launch (UT)	Status while launch	Spacecraft of landing	Date and time of landing (UT)	Duration
1	Soyuz TMA-09M	28 May 2013 20h 31m	FE ISS-36/37	Soyuz TMA-09M	11 Nov 2013 02h 49m	166d 06h 19m
2	Soyuz MS-13	20 July 2019 16h 18m 21s	FE-Exp. 60/61	Soyuz MS-13	06 Feb 2020 09h 12m 21s	200d 16h 44m
Total duration:						366d 23h 03m

EVA's:

Date of beginning	Time of beginning	Duration	Crew & Remarks
09 Jul 2013	UT	6h 07m	Parmitano and C. Cassidy; mission ISS The astronauts replaced a space-to-ground communications receiver and wireless video equipment and installed power and cables for a Russian multipurpose laboratory module that will be launched later in 2013. The new module will serve as a research facility, docking port and airlock for future Russian spacewalks and will replace the Pirs module.
16 Jul 2013	UT	01h 32m	Parmitano and C. Cassidy; mission ISS The spacewalk was terminated after just one hour due to an unexplained build up of water inside the space suit helmet of European Space Agency astronaut Luca Parmitano.
15 Nov 2019	UT	06h 39m	Parmitano and A. Morgan; mission ISS It was the first in a series of complex spacewalks in November and December 2019 to repair the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer (AMS-02), They set up tools and equipment before removing a protective debris shield from the AMS-02, giving them access to the guts of the instrument so a new coolant system pump module can be installed later.
22 Nov 2019	UT	06h 33m	Parmitano and A. Morgan; mission ISS They continued their work to replace a cooling system and fixed a coolant leak on AMS-02. Luca Parmitano and Andrew Morgan cut and label stainless steel tubes, of which there are eight.
02 Dec 2019	UT	06h 02m	Parmitano and A. Morgan; mission ISS Today′s main task was to install a new pump module. The astronauts installed a bypass to the old thermal control system by attaching a new one off the side of AMS-02.
25 Jan 2020	UT	06h 16m	Parmitano and A. Morgan; mission ISS The main task was to carry out leak checks, make adjustments and then to re-installed insulation on AMS-02.
Total:		33h 09m	EVAs: 6

Backup assignments:

No.	Mission	Job	Date
1	Soyuz TMA-07M	Flight Engineer	19 Dec 2012
2	Soyuz MS-11	Flight Engineer	03 Dec 2018
3	Soyuz MS-12	Flight Engineer	14 Mar 2019

Education:

Luca graduated from the Liceo Scientifico Statale ´Galileo Galilei´ in Catania, Italy, in 1995.
In 1999, he completed a bachelor´s degree in political sciences at the University of Naples Federico II, Italy, with a thesis on international law. In 2000, he graduated from the Italian Air Force Academy, in Pozzuoli, Italy.
Luca completed basic air force training with the US Air Force at the Euro-NATO Joint Jet Pilot Training in Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas, US, in 2001. He completed the JCO/CAS course with the USAFE in Sembach, Germany, in 2002.
In 2003, he qualified as Electronic Warfare Officer at the ReSTOGE in Pratica di Mare, Italy. He completed the Tactical Leadership Programme in Florennes, Belgium, in 2005.
In July 2009, Luca completed a master´s degree in experimental flight test engineering at the Institute Superieure de l’Aeronautique et de l’Espace in Toulouse, France.

Experience:

Following completion of undergraduate pilot training in 2001, Luca flew the AM-X aircraft with the 13th Group, 32nd Wing in Amendola, Italy, from 2001 to 2007. During that time, he obtained all aircraft qualifications, including Combat Ready, Four Ship Leader and Mission Commander/Package Leader.
Within the 13th Group he served as Chief of Training Section and Commander of the 76th Squadron. He was also the 32nd Wing Electronic Warfare Officer.
In 2007, he was selected by the Italian Air Force to become a test pilot. He trained as an Experimental Test Pilot at EPNER, the French test pilot school in Istres.
Luca is a major in the Italian Air Force. He has logged more than 2000 hours flying time, is qualified on more than 20 types of military airplanes and helicopters, and has flown over 40 types of aircraft.
In February 2011, Luca was assigned as a flight engineer to a long-duration mission to the International Space Station. He was launched on a Soyuz launcher from Baikonur, Kazakhstan on 28 May 2013.

Ref: #16, #66 - update: 24.03.20