Science & Exploration
ESA astronaut Umberto Guidoni
Umberto Guidoni was the first ESA astronaut to visit the International Space Station.
He is born 18 August 1954 in Rome, Italy.
In August 1998, Umberto Guidoni joined ESA's European Astronaut Corps, the homebase of which is the European Astronaut Centre (EAC) located in Cologne, Germany.
