February 2020
Presentation date: 13 February 2020
Graduated from the University of Pisa (Italy) with a degree in Aerospace Engineering and from Webster University at Leiden (The Netherlands) with a Master in Business Administration, Mr. Saccoccia has been Head of the Electric Propulsion Section of ESA and subsequently, until now, Head of the Propulsion and Aerothermodynamics Division of ESA. He has been also Acting Head of the Mechanical Engineering Department of ESA in 2016, and he’s an Associate Fellow of the AIAA (American Association for Aeronautics and Astronautics), Full Member of the International Academy of Astronautics (IAA) and Emeritus Member of French Aeronautics and Astronautics Association.