Tag: ASI – Italian Space Agency
The image displayed above is an RGB representation of a PRISMA image taken over the area of Pisa on August 1st, 2021. The spectrum of the material being searched for has been extracted from a PRISMA image acquired on...
The LICIACube ASI mission is on its way to witness the first voluntary impact with an asteroid, in order to test the planetary defense deflection technique called “kinetic impactor”. The cubesat was designed and manufactured by the Argotec company...
The images shown here are captured from the hyperspectral satellite PRISMA's L2D data and depict the volcano and oasis of Waw an Namous in the Fezzan region of Libya.The caldera and its surroundings, which have formed relatively recently, appear...
Samantha Cristoforetti and the Minerva mission's experiments were the focus of a press event organized by the ASI and the ESA. The event, held in hybrid mode at the ASI headquarters, included remote participation from Minister Vittorio Colao, ASI...
Solar Orbiter, a spacecraft that recently passed close to the Sun, has captured stunning images of the solar atmosphere with unprecedented detail. The Italian Metis coronagraph, one of the observation tools on board Solar Orbiter, played a crucial role...
New radio surveys, such as the VLA Sky Survey (VLASS) and Rapid ASKAP Continuum Survey (RACS), conducted with advanced radio telescopes, are providing new opportunities for studying the gamma-ray sky. Radio galaxies, known for their impressive relativistic jets visible...
The EnMAP team has received a big and warm congratulations from ASI for their impressive first acquisition over Istanbul. The image, displayed here as a PRISMA L1 product, was captured on April 14, 2022. It showcases a detailed view...
Italian ESA astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti has begun her second mission, named Minerva, by arriving at the International Space Station (ISS) with her companions. The Freedom capsule docked at 1:37 am CEST on April 28, and Cristoforetti was accompanied by...
Italian astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti has embarked on her second journey to the International Space Station (ISS) as part of NASA and SpaceX's CREW-4 mission. The launch took place at 9:52 AM Italian time from Cape Canaveral. This mission, known...
The PRISMA satellite captured an image in December 2020 of the area near Cape Horn, the southernmost tip of South America. Located at the southern end of the Tierra del Fuego Archipelago, Cape Horn is where the Pacific and...
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