News Archive
COSMO-SkyMed AO final workshop
30 Mar 2012 The Announcement of Opportunity was launched two years ago and 167 projects have been carried out. »
Italy and South America: a growing collaboration in space
29 Mar 2012At the end of the Italian delegation’s visit to Chile, on the occasion of the 2012 FIDAE exhibition, new perspectives have opened on joint activities, above all in the field of Earth observation»
TELESAL and ASI for healthcare in prisons
21 Mar 2012The Italian Space Agency telemedicine project visited the women’s prison in Pozzuoli on 22 March. »
The Matera laser station sees LARES
08 Mar 2012First measurements have been made by the ASI Centre in Matera. The Italian satellite to study General Relativity was launched on 13 February 2012 from the ESA Spaceport in Kourou by the new European launcher VEGA»
VEGA: mission accomplished!
13 Feb 2012The successful qualification flight of the ESA’s new launcher, designed and carried out with a substantial contribution from Italy. LARES, ALMASat-1 and the seven CubeSats are released as scheduled. Watch the videos»
First meeting "high-level international platform for space exploration"
16 Nov 2011Lucca hosted the third international conference on exploration of space and the congress of CEOS»
VEGA’s departure
VIRTIS reveals the secrets of Lutetia
28 Oct 2011The journal Science has published the data obtained by the ASI-INAF instrument regarding the "dinosaur" of the Solar System»
LARES lands at Kourou
27 Oct 2011After a journey of 13 days, the payload for the first launch of the European Advanced Generation Carrier Rocket (VEGA) arrives at the ESA base »
Luigi Broglio: from Mestre into space
21 Oct 2011A series of appointments from 21 October to 2 December»