Tag: ASI – Italian Space Agency
The kinetic impact of NASA’s DART spacecraft with the Dimorphos asteroid around its larger Didymos parent body has succeeded in shifting its orbit, meaning humankind’s first planetary defence test has been successful.
Original article from ESA
Observations are continuing of the...
The second Italian Space Agency (ASI) and Ministry of Defence’s COSMO-SkyMed Second Generation is accessible to users.
Therefore, the program reaches the important goal of having a fully operational CSG constellation, in line with the targets set by the Italian...
NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) is set to make history next Monday as the world’s first planetary defense test, and the spacecraft’s own “mini-photographer” LICIACube (short for Light Italian CubeSat for Imaging Asteroids) is warming up to capture...
The International Astronautical Congress (IAC) is currently taking place in Paris, and the Italian Space Agency (ASI) is actively participating in the event. ASI's president, Giorgio Saccoccia, will be involved in various bilateral meetings with other space agencies, including...
Samantha Cristoforetti, the ESA astronaut, has been appointed as the new commander of the International Space Station, replacing Oleg Artemyev from the Expedition 67 crew. This announcement by the ASI makes Samantha Cristoforetti the first Italian and European female...
The Castelporziano Nature Reserve, located in the southern part of the coast of Latium near Rome, is a significant protected area spanning 5,892 hectares.Utilizing a Machine Learning model, researchers analyzed the PRISMA image from June 27, 2021. By leveraging...
The Executive Summary of the International Mars Ice Mapper (I-MIM) Measurement Definition Team (MDT) Final Report has been released by the Italian Space Agency (ASI), the Canadian Space Agency (CSA), the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), and the National...
The ASI-funded project "Sviluppo di Prodotti Iperspettrali Prototipali Evoluti" has developed the prototype processor "Fire Severity Map." The main objective of the project was to prototype various L3/L4 value-added products using PRISMA hyperspectral data.The image displayed is an RGB...
Teams have the opportunity to conduct their experiments at the Large Diameter Centrifuge Facility at ESTEC through the Access to Space for All-HyperGES programme, which is a collaboration between the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs and the...
AstroSamantha, along with Russian cosmonaut Oleg Artemyev, participated in an extravehicular activity (EVA) on July 21st. The EVA took place during Expedition 67 on the International Space Station. The event was closely followed and commented on in real time...
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