Tag: ASI

Thales Alenia Space, a consortium of space companies, has been awarded a €235m ($256m) contract by the Italian Space Agency (ASI) for an in-orbit servicing demonstration mission. The Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) mission is set to launch by 2026 and...

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 Italian Trade Agency, the Governmental Agency that supports the business development of Italian companies abroad and promotes the attraction of foreign investment in Italy, is proud to announce its first-ever cohort participation at the upcoming 37th edition of...

The ironic disaster movie, Don’t look up renewed the interest in a possible collision between an asteroid and the Earth. This film isn’t fiction at all, because many space agencies are studying in the last decades how we can...

NASA’s primary science objective in astrophysics is to “discover how the universe works.” The X-Ray Polarimetry Explorer Mission (IXPE) furthers that objective as the first mission dedicated to observing polarized X-rays, revealing previously hidden details of the universe.  IXPE is a Small Explorer mission that is part...

The space telescope provided with three important instruments produced in Italy was launched at dawn. He will accomplish studies based on polarimetry in X-rays. A lot of Italian science is on board the IXPE (Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer) satellite, which...

The deep space journey of the Italian Space Agency’s satellite has started. The satellite was developed and manufactured by Argotec, which will be tasked with acting as a photojournalist for the American probe DART, which will in about a...

NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART), the world’s first full-scale mission to test technology for defending Earth against potential asteroid or comet hazards, launched Wednesday at 1:21 a.m. EST on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Space Launch Complex...

The launch and the technological and business development of new innovative companies in the Space Economy sector is the main purpose of the ESA Business Incubation Centre Turin (ESA BIC Turin). ESA BIC officially inaugurates its activities with an opening...

The new facility is placed inside the Training Polygon of Salto di Quirra, west Sardinia, providing a huge benefits for Sardinian aerospace sector. Avio is still investing in Space Excellence with this new center to be strategic for the...