Background
Vittori, Roberto was born on October 15, 1964 in Viterbo, Italy.
Vittori, Roberto was born on October 15, 1964 in Viterbo, Italy.
Graduate, Italian Air Force Academy, 1989. Graduate undergraduate pilot training, Reese Air Force Base, Texas, 1989. Graduate, United States Navy Test Pilot School, 1995.
Attended, United States Air Force Flight Safety School, 1997—1998.
Flew Tornado GR1 aircraft 155th Squadron, 50th Wing, Piacenza, Italy, 1991—1994. Project pilot for development of European aircraft EF2000 Italian Test Center, 1995—1998. National representative Beyond Visual Range Air-to-Air Missile Research and Development Program, 1996—1998.
Wing flight safety officer Italian Test Center, 1997. Teacher aerodynamics accident investigation course Italian Air Force. Astronaut Italian Space Agency in cooperation with European Space Agency, 1998.
Joined European Astronaut Corporation, European Space Agency European Astronaut Center, Cologne, Germany, 1998. Mission specialist candidate astronaut National Aeronautics and Space Administration Johnson Space Center, Houston, since 1998, with Astronaut Office New Generation Space Vehicles Branch, 2002. Training as board engineer Yuri Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center, Star City near Moscow, 2001.
Participated in a taxi-flight to International Space Station, 2002. Member of crew with Salizhan Sharipov and Leroy Chiao Expedition 11, 2005. Major Italian Air Force.
Married Valeria Nardi. 3 children.