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Paolo Nespoli

1957 - Today

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Major Paolo Angelo Nespoli (born 6 April 1957) is an Italian astronaut and engineer of the European Space Agency (ESA). In 2007, he first traveled into space aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery as a mission specialist of STS-120. In December 2010 he again traveled into space aboard the Soyuz TMA-20 spacecraft as an Expedition 26/27 flight engineer. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Paolo Nespoli has received more than 215,398 page views. His biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 31 in 2019). Paolo Nespoli is the 198th most popular astronaut (down from 179th in 2019), the 3,727th most popular biography from Italy (down from 3,433rd in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Italian Astronaut.

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  • 47.01

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 32

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.73

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.27

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ASTRONAUTS

Among astronauts, Paolo Nespoli ranks 198 out of 556. Before him are C. Gordon Fullerton, Aleksandr Kaleri, Robert Crippen, Barbara Morgan, Samantha Cristoforetti, and Jim Wetherbee. After him are Dale Gardner, Pedro Duque, Michael J. Adams, Yi So-yeon, Rick Husband, and Henry Hartsfield.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1957, Paolo Nespoli ranks 306. Before him are Michael Bowen, Alan Ball, Peter Murphy, Kenyu Horiuchi, Renée Soutendijk, and Richard Powers. After him are Giuseppe Saronni, Franco Frattini, Beppe Gabbiani, Pierre Moscovici, John Howe, and Gérald Lacroix.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Paolo Nespoli ranks 3,727 out of 5,161. Before him are Domenico Vandelli (1735), Gabriele Tarquini (1962), Milly D'Abbraccio (1964), Giuseppe Savoldi (1947), Franca Valeri (1920), and Giovanni d'Alemagna (null). After him are Giuseppe Saronni (1957), Fiorenzo Angelini (1916), Franco Frattini (1957), Gabriele Salvatores (1950), Beppe Gabbiani (1957), and Oscar Cantoni (1950).

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Among ASTRONAUTS In Italy

Among astronauts born in Italy, Paolo Nespoli ranks 3. Before him are Michael Collins (1930), and Samantha Cristoforetti (1977). After him are Roberto Vittori (1964), Umberto Guidoni (1954), Maurizio Cheli (1959), and Luca Parmitano (1976).

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