First Italian women fly into space, working on ISS

Samantha Cristoforetti, 37, the first Italian woman yesterday, flew with two Russian and American astronauts to ISS International Space Station, working for 6 months.

According to Reuters, the Soyuz spacecraft TMA-15M took off from Russia's Baikonur Cosmodrome Center in Kazahkstan at 21:30 GMT on November 23 (about 4am on 24/11 Vietnam time).

Soyuz TMA-15M brought three astronauts, Samantha Cristoforetti (Italian), Anton Chkaplerov (Russian) and Terry Kirts (American) into space orbit.

Samantha Cristoforetti, the first Italian woman to fly into space and work on ISS - (Photo: Reuters)

In it, Cristoforetti is the female pilot of the Italian Air Force. She said, she dreams of flying into space and that has come true.

'I have no special move to become the first Italian woman to fly into space. I simply wanted to fly into space and that appeared ' - Cristoforetti said.

When asked if the woman she intends to use cosmetics when working on ISS, Cristoforetti looks a bit confused and answers 'Maybe you should ask Captain Terry'.

ISS space station acts as an orbital laboratory, serving life science research, materials, technical development and other experiments in a zero gravity and research environment. about the advantages of space.

This $ 100 billion lab has cut staff since November 9 when Russian astronauts Maxim Suraev, Alexander Gerst of Europe and Reid Wiseman from NASA return to earth after 5 and a half months of work. trajectory.

There are 15 countries cooperating in operating ISS activities.

The astronaut this time will have 6 months of work on ISS, including a space walk to prepare US commercial space flights to ISS, scheduled for late 2017.