a pre-recorded message from the International Space Station. Bibliography Cristoforetti, Samantha (2020) Diary of an Apprentice Astronaut Allen Lane, Great Britain (English translation from the Italian by Jill Foulston) Honours and decorations Commander of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic on 6 March 2013 Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic on 16 July 2015 See also Women in space Italian Space Agency (Agenzia Spaziale Italiana, ASI) A Beautiful Planet - 2016 IMAX documentary film showing scenes of Earth which features Cristoforetti and other ISS astronauts. References External links Spacefacts biography of Samantha Cristoforetti June 12 2015 Interview after Landing ESA Samantha Cristoforetti website 1977 births Amateur radio women Engineers from Milan ESA astronauts Italian Air Force personnel Italian astronauts Italian aviators Knights Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic Living people Military personnel from Milan People from Trentino Spacewalkers SpaceX astronauts Technical University of Munich alumni University of Naples Federico II alumni Women astronauts