Who was the first citizen of Italy to travel to space, Franco Malerba or Philippe Perrin?
Philippe Perrin Philippe Perrin (Colonel, French Air Force) (born January 6, 1963) is a French test pilot and former CNES and European Space Agency astronaut.
Laurent Gathier Laurent Gathier is a French engineer and space pioneer born in 1953 in Friedrichshafen, Germany. He is married and the father of three boys and currently the director of space activities of Dassault Aviation, in Saint-Cloud.