On 6 June, 2015, Italian astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti broke the world record for the most time spent in space on a single mission by a woman. Since she arrived at the International Space Station ...

European astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti, 42, wore the uniform aboard the International Space Station in 2015 Jason Hahn is a former Human Interest and Sports Reporter for PEOPLE. He started at ...

European Space Agency astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti took this photograph from the International Space Station during Expedition 42 and posted it to social media on Feb. 23, 2015. Cristoforetti ...

Commander Cristoforetti: The Italian has become the first European woman to take charge of the International Space Station - Copyright Ritzau Scanpix/AFP/File John ...

MILAN, ITALY - OCTOBER 08: Astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti of ESA space agency speaks during the ESA (European Space Agency) Futura Mission press conference at the Central Station on October 8, 2015 ...

#### Or is she one of a new wave of ISS staff who wield social media tools with the skill of the Kardashians? Italian astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti drinks coffee from a specially designed ...

Samantha Cristoforetti is due to return to Earth on May 14, but the Italian astronaut is providing the public with her views of life aboard the international Space Station. On May 3, Cristoforetti ...

Italian astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti arrived at the International Space Station (ISS), bringing an espresso coffee maker with her to the orbiting outpost. Upon arrival at the orbiting outpost, ...

Samantha Cristoforetti doesn’t remember exactly when she decided to become an astronaut. “At some point, I just knew,” she says. In Malè, the small village in the Italian Alps where she grew up, ...

Samantha Cristoforetti will be the fifth European commander of the ISS The official handover ceremony will happen later this month Cristoforetti is currently on the Minerva mission aboard the ISS The ...

Astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti took this image from the ISS during New Year's in space over Moscow. Astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti took this image of earth from the ISS on Jan. 1, 2015, posting on ...

Paris (AFP) – Italy's Samantha Cristoforetti on Wednesday became the first European woman to take over command of the International Space Station during a ceremony broadcast live from space. The ...