Italy’s aerospace leaders are capturing attention in the U.S., driving forward a pivotal quarter of strategic growth in the global space tech arena. Following successful engagements at SpaceCom in Orlando and ASCENDxTexas in League City, the Italian Trade Agency (ITA) and the Italian Space Agency (ASI) are now leading Italy’s national delegation at...

An Italian-made instrument on the Moon has received signals from the Earth for the first time, the Italian Space Agency (ASI) said Monday. For the first time, ASI said, signals from navigation satellites active in Earth's orbit have been received on the Moon. The result, as stated on the ASI website, "is due to the LuGre satellite receiver, the res...

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In the future, it will be possible to grow vegetables in space, even in the dark: scientists have identified the molecular mechanism that allows certain plants to grow independently of light, which was previously considered essential for proper development.   The discovery, published in Plant Communications, is the result of work by an intern...

The heart of NASA's future space station as a transit post to take astronauts back to the Moon has been made in Italy. The pressurized module HALO (Habitation And Logistics Outpost) was built in the Thales Alenia Space (Thales - Leonardo) factory in Turin. The module is ready to leave for the United States at the end of March where the company Nort...

Italian aerospace industry leaders are engaging with major players from North America and beyond. From Florida to Colorado, passing through Texas and Washington, the recent SpaceCom in Orlando—one of the world's top commercial space trade fairs—marked the beginning of a quarter packed with key events. More than 50 top Italian space tech companies w...

As the Artemis campaign leads humanity to the Moon and eventually Mars, NASA is refining its state-of-the-art navigation and positioning technologies to guide a new era of lunar exploration. A technology demonstration helping pave the way for these developments is the Lunar GNSS Receiver Experiment (LuGRE), a joint effort between NASA and the Itali...

Italy celebrates the successful launch of Sentinel-1C aboard the Vega-C rocket, marking a milestone for the nation’s space industry and European space capabilities. The mission underscores Italy’s leadership in aerospace innovation and its pivotal role in securing Europe’s independent access to space. The Vega-C rocket, built by the Italian aerospa...

Italy's Spacewear is discussing a deal with Virgin Galactic (SPCE.N), opens new tab to design and develop a clothing range for the training of its astronauts and space tourists, the founder of the startup said. "With Virgin Galactic we will make innovative, performing suits to be worn during training by those who will fly with Virgin Galactic," Spa...

The challenge is twofold: on the Moon and around the Earth. This is the prospect of the space market, which by 2030 will be worth a trillion euros. In the coming years, we will see inhabited modules on the lunar soil, where astronauts and scientists will work to develop new technologies and search for resources, useful not only to continue Space ex...