On December 15, 1964, the first Italian satellite San Marco 1 was launched. For this reason, every December 16th, starting from 2021, the Italian National Space Day is celebrated. The Italian Space Agency would be established later, but in the 1950s, the Italian space industry was taking its first steps, primarily thanks to the efforts of engineer...

The Embassy of Italy in Washington, in collaboration with the Italian Trade Agency (ICE), the Italian Space Agency (ASI), NASA, the Italian National Institute for Astrophysics (INAF), and the U.S. Space Foundation, hosted a new edition of Italy’s National Space Day. “This event demonstrates how Italy continues to play a leading role in the space se...

The Artemis program is also enriched in its lunar architecture thanks to Italy's contribution. The design proposed to build the first habitation module proposed by the Italian Space Agency (ASI) for the surface of our satellite - MPH (Multi Purpose Habitation module) - has passed another evaluation test in Washington by the NASA Board. For MPH, whi...

Italy’s Ambassador to the US, Mariangela Zappia, visited “Satellite 2024” yesterday, the main private sector event in the space industry in the US. Italy is participating in the event this year with an entire pavilion of 12 Italian companies, organized by the ICE agency in collaboration with the Italian Space Agency and the Embassy in Washington, i...

To promote the growth of contacts between American and Italian space industries, as well as to reinforce the long-standing relationships between the Italian Space Agency and NASA. This was the goal of a large number of large companies, SMEs, and start-ups visiting the US, accompanied by a delegation led by ASI President Teodoro Valente and Internat...

To make possible a long-term human presence on the Moon, the Italian Space Agency (Asi) and the Milan Polytechnic University have signed an agreement on an ambitious project to be developed and validated: it is Oracle, (Oxygen Retrieval Asset by Carbothermal-reduction in Lunar Environment), a plant that allows the extraction of oxygen from lunar re...