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Maurizio Cheli is an Italian test pilot and astronaut. He was born on 4 May 1959 in Zocca, Italy. He graduated from the Italian Air Force Academy in 1981 and went on to become a test pilot. He was selected as an ESA astronaut in 1992 and flew on two Space Shuttle missions in 1996 and 1998. He has logged over 5,000 hours of flight time in more than 50 different aircraft. He has also flown in the F-104, F-16, F-18, Tornado, and the Space Shuttle. Maurizio Cheli is married to his wife, Maria, and they have two children. He is currently the President of the Italian Air Force Academy. He is also a member of the International Academy of Astronautics and the International Association of Astronauts. Maurizio Cheli has an estimated net worth of $2 million.

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Occupation Test pilot
Age 65 years old
Zodiac Sign Taurus
Born 4 May 1959
Birthday 4 May
Birthplace Zocca, Italy
Nationality Ytaly

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Who Is Maurizio Cheli's Wife?

His wife is Marianne Merchez

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Maurizio Cheli Net Worth

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2009

During the 2009 Torino World Air Games, on 12 June 2009 the SkySpark experimental aircraft piloted by Cheli logged the speed world record for its class, powered by an electric engine designed by the DigiSky, an aviation technologies firm founded by Cheli himself in 2005.

1988

A native of Modena, Cheli attended the Italian Air Force Academy and trained as a test pilot in 1988 at the Empire Test Pilots' School, England, being awarded the McKenna Trophy as the best student on his course, the Sir Alan Cobham Award for the highest standard of flying and the Hawker Hunter Thropy for he best Preview Handling report. He studied geophysics at the University of Rome La Sapienza and earned a master's degree in aerospace engineering from the University of Houston. He then trained with the United States Air Force and was selected as an astronaut candidate by the European Space Agency in 1992. He holds the rank of lieutenant colonel in the Italian Air Force. He flew aboard STS-75 in 1996 as a mission specialist.

1959

Lieutenant colonel Maurizio Cheli (Zocca, 4 May 1959) is an Italian air force officer, a European Space Agency astronaut and a veteran of one NASA Space Shuttle mission.