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Taccino

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Taccino, Roberto Maria (1955-) Italian physician payload specialist astronaut, 1990-1993. Professor. Selected by the Italian Space Agency (ASI) as one of the five Italian astronaut candidates for a European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut selection.

Doctor of medicine.

Status: Inactive.
Born: 1955.02.19.

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Associated Countries

• Italy Italy More...

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See also

• Italian Space Agency Group - 1990 Requirement: Italian astronauts for missions aboard Hermes, Mir, and Shuttle. More...

• Payload Specialist Astronaut Astronauts trained for spaceflight but for only support of a specific payload on a single space mission. More...

• Physician Category of persons. More...

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Associated Manufacturers and Agencies

• ASI Italian agency overseeing development of spacecraft. Agenzia Spaziale Italiano (Italian space agency), Italy. More...

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Bibliography

• Becker, Joachim, "Space Facts Web Site", http://www.spacefacts.de/, Web Address when accessed: here.

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Taccino Chronology

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1989 May 1 - .

• Italian Space Agency Astronaut Training Group selected. - . Nation: Italy. Related Persons: Ongaro; Santonico; Taccino. Summary: Italian astronauts trained for flights to the Mir space station..

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