ESA Astronaut Paolo Nespoli Leads Vita Space Mission in 2017

The European Space Agency announced that Italian astronaut Paolo Nespoli will be launched to the International Space Station next year, through an official statement released on November 24. Nespoli will be launched on a Soyuz vehicle in May 2017 on a five-month mission, which is part of a barter agreement between NASA and Italy’s ASI space agency involving ESA astronauts, according to ESA.