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.
Franco Cesana Franco Cesana was an Italian Jew born on September 20, 1931 in the northern city of Bologna, shortly before Benito Mussolini came to power.