ESA astronaut Luca Parmitano spare nametag and flag set of patches made for his ISS Expedition 36/37 aboard of Soyuz TMA-09M.

It is absolutely beautiful set with golden thread embroidery of the astronaut name. Hook-and-loop fastener attached to the back of each patch.

Ready to display in your collection.

The photo and patches inserted in thick plastic folder, size 5” x 7”.

Colonel Luca Parmitano is ESA Italian astronaut He was selected as an ESA astronaut in May 2009. Parmitano is also a Colonel and test pilot for the Italian Air Force. 

In February 2011, he was assigned as a flight engineer to ISS Expedition 36/37 (a long-duration mission to the International Space Station), which launched aboard Soyuz TMA-09M on 28 May 2013 and arrived at the ISS on 29 May. His mission is called Volare, which means "to fly" in Italian and is reminiscent of a very famous song by the Italian singer Domenico Modugno.

 In May 2013 Parmitano partnered with his 15-year-old mentee Abigail Harrison to have her serve as his Earth liaison during his mission on Expedition 36 and Expedition 37. Harrison shared Parmitano's experience of living in space on the International Space Station with her online community on social media and her blog, where she is known as "Astronaut Abby"

On 9 July 2013, he became the first Italian to take part in a spacewalk as he and Chris Cassidy conducted an EVA out of the ISS' quest airlock to install power cables, retrieve material research samples and accomplish a number of maintenance tasks. During the EVA, Parmitano also got to ride on the ISS' Mobile Servicing System for the installation of a couple of radiator grapple bars previously flown up on SpaceX’ CRS-2 mission. The EVA was part of preparations for the new Russian multipurpose module planned to replace the Pirs docking compartment by the end of 2013. In 2013, AOL's Luca’s selfie taken during this spacewalk as one of the 50 best space photos of the year.

His second EVA on 16 July 2013 was terminated after only 1 hour and 32 minutes, when the helmet of his Extravehicular Mobility Unit suit started filling with water.

 Water in his helmet posed the danger of drowning and made his return to the airlock even more difficult, as orbital sunset had occurred just before he started to return.

Engineers found that contamination had clogged one of the suit's filters, causing water from the suit's cooling system to back up.

 On 15 January 2016, astronaut T. Kopra experienced a water leak in the same spacesuit.

Parmitano returned to Earth on 11 November 2013 aboard Soyuz TMA-09M.