By Aazam
October 06, 2022
Cristoforetti became the first European woman to take command of the International Space Station (ISS)
Italian astronaut and International Space Station commander Samantha Cristoforetti has sent a warm shalom to Israel from space
Russian cosmonaut Oleg Artemyev, utilized the occasion to apparently make a rare space-bound reference to the war in Ukraine
Artemyev handed Cristoforetti a golden opportunity, illustrating that she is the new commander of the space station unless she returns to Earth
Cristoforetti, a European Space Agency astronaut and former Italian air force pilot, came for her second tour on the ISS in April
After spending 199 days in orbit in 2014 and 2015 She is able to make a record for the longest stay in space
She is the fifth woman and the first non-US woman to become commander in 2000