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Cristiano Batalli Cosmovici Italian Payload Specialist Astronaut. Born 2 June 1943. Personal: Male. Born in Bucharest, Romania. Max Planck Institute Master of Science in Physics, University of Rome, 1964. Diploma (1968) and Ph.D. (1972) in Space Physics. Max-Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics in Garching (Germany). Max-Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics in Garching (Germany). Associate Professor for Cosmic Physics at the University of Lecce (Italy). Astronaut Career Astronaut Group: Payload Specialist, Italian Space Agency Group - 1990. Inactive Entered space service: February1989. Left space service: 8 August 1992. Scientific Adviser for Space of the Italian Minister for Research and Technology. Later Research Director in Bioastronomy at the Institute for Planetary Science (CNR) in Rome. Author of over 200 research papers in Space Physics, Cometary Physics, Molecular Astrophysics and Bioastronomy.. Bibliography and Further Reading - Becker, Joachim, http://www.spacefacts.de/, "Space Facts Web Site", . Joachim Becker's outstanding collection of facts and photos of astronauts and cosmonauts. Accessed at: http://www.spacefacts.de/.
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