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ASTRONAUT

Maurizio Cheli

1959 - Today

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Maurizio Cheli (born 4 May 1959, in Zocca) is an Italian air force officer, a European Space Agency astronaut and a veteran of one NASA Space Shuttle mission. A native of Modena, Cheli attended the Italian Air Force Academy and trained as a test pilot in 1988 at the Empire Test Pilots' School, England. He was awarded the McKenna Trophy as the best student on his course, as well as the Sir Alan Cobham Award for the highest standard of flying and the Hawker Hunter Thropy for he best Preview Handling report. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Maurizio Cheli has received more than 43,280 page views. Her biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Maurizio Cheli is the 367th most popular astronaut (down from 355th in 2019), the 4,066th most popular biography from Italy (down from 3,573rd in 2019) and the 7th most popular Italian Astronaut.

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Among ASTRONAUTS

Among astronauts, Maurizio Cheli ranks 367 out of 524Before her are Michael Foale, Steven Lindsey, Andrew J. Feustel, Robert Henry Lawrence Jr., Kathryn P. Hire, and Thomas David Jones. After her are Richard R. Arnold, Guy Gardner, Anatoli Ivanishin, Jon McBride, Frank L. Culbertson Jr., and James S. Voss.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1959, Maurizio Cheli ranks 556Before her are Władysław Pasikowski, Sammy Lee, Abraham Løkin, Sergey Koplyakov, Kathryn P. Hire, and Juan Carlos Letelier. After her are Mick McCarthy, Roberto Tricella, Hiroshi Ohashi, Ursula Konzett, Andrzej Iwan, and Nagarjuna.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Maurizio Cheli ranks 4,066 out of 4,668Before her are Maurizio Margaglio (1974), Marco Mengoni (1988), Luca Antonini (1982), Danilo D'Ambrosio (1988), Gian Francesco Malipiero (1882), and Igor Protti (1967). After her are Giovanni Lombardi (1969), Elia Viviani (1989), Nina Zilli (1980), Marco Motta (1986), Fabio Baldato (1968), and Francesco Gabbani (1982).

Among ASTRONAUTS In Italy

Among astronauts born in Italy, Maurizio Cheli ranks 7Before her are Michael Collins (1930), Paolo Nespoli (1957), Samantha Cristoforetti (1977), Umberto Guidoni (1954), Luca Parmitano (1976), and Roberto Vittori (1964).