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Fabrizio Tuzi the new Director General of the ASI
21 May 2013 Officialised with the establishment the appointment approved by the Board of Directors on May 10. Arriving from the CNR and the IMAST, Tuzi succeeds Antonio Mene' »
VEGA, the second successful launch
07 May 2013A perfect Lift Off at Kourou for the first operational flight of the ESA 'made in Italy' launcher, carrying three satellites. The ESA program VERTA is underway»
The end of the Herschel mission
30 Apr 2013The ESA space observatory at the end of its duty after more than three years of intensive work. It will be placed at rest on a solar orbit»
Cassini reveals ancient objects between the rings and moons of Saturn
28 Mar 2013The deposits have an age dating back to more than 4 billion years ago. The contribution made by the entirely made in Italy VIMS spectrometer has been fundamental»
"ASI Stop Motion" makes en encore
28 Mar 2013Online, a new chapter in the history of the Italian Space Agency. Leo Gali, the Plasticine mascot, plays the part of "valet" to recount the Italian role in the International Space Station»
Herschel's view on W3
27 Mar 2013New Image from the ESA space observatory. Protagonist, the star-forming region W3.»
Planck "snaps" the photo of the Big Bang
21 Mar 2013The ESA Space Telescope has released the most accurate map ever made of the cosmic microwave background»
Space Collaboration between USA and Italy
19 Mar 2013Signed a new bilateral agreement: the Year of Italian Culture in the United States provides the occasion to recall and renew fifty years of fruitful cooperation in space»
Top marks for Parmitano and the crew of "Volare"
08 Mar 2013The mission is about to take off. The launch from Baikonur on May 28. For the first time an Italian astronaut will take a spacewalk»
Luca will fly outside the ISS
08 Mar 2013It's official: an Italian astronaut will perform a spacewalk for the first time ever. The honour goes to Parmitano, who this year will take part to one of the two spacewalks planned for the Expedition 36»