Umberto Guidoni

Umberto Guidoni OMRI
Guidoni in 2001
Member of the European Parliament
In office 20 July 2004 – 13 July 2009
Personal details
Born	(1954-08-18) 18 August 1954 (age 70) Rome, Italy
Political party	Party of Italian Communists (2004-2009)[1]
Occupation	Astrophysicist, Science writer
Space career
ASI/ESA astronaut
Time in space	27d 15h 12m
Selection	1996 NASA Group (16)
Missions	STS-75, STS-100
Mission insignia
Retirement	June 2004

Umberto Guidoni (born 18 August 1954 in Rome) is an Italian astrophysicist, science writer and a former ESA astronaut, being the first European to visit the International Space Station. He is a veteran of two NASA Space Shuttle missions. He was also a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from 2004 to 2009, with the Group of the European United Left (GUE/NGL).