From November 6 to 8, the Kennedy Space Center in Florida hosted MAX POWER, a new airshow organized by NASA, where the latest aircraft, technologies, and space innovations shaping the future of the sector, were presented to an audience of curious visitors, enthusiasts, and aerospace experts.  

On this occasion, the Italian Space Agency (ASI), together with Thales Alenia Space Italia (TASI), presented the model of the MPH, Multi-Purpose Habitation, a multi-purpose habitation module and a focal element of the Moon Base architecture.  

In July 2025, Thales Alenia Space signed a contract with ASI to carry out, together with other Italian industrial partners, the preliminary design phase, including the development of critical enabling technologies for MPH.  

The module will be the first true habitation asset dedicated to the lunar surface under the Artemis agreements between NASA and ASI, for bilateral cooperation toward the Moon. The infrastructure will safely host astronauts during their missions, support the crew's extravehicular activities (EVAs), enable scientific research experiments with and without a crew onboard, and move across the Moon. Designed for an operational lifespan of ten years, MPH will serve as a permanent habitat capable of operating in synergy with other elements of the Artemis architecture. Ground management and control of MPH will be shared with NASA depending on the different mission phases. For Italy, this function will be carried out by ALTEC's emerging Lunar Mission Control Center.  

Raffaele Mugnuolo, Head of ASI's Human Exploration and Orbital Infrastructures Office, and Marilena Amoroso, ASI's MPH Program Manager, together with the TASI team, presented the MPH model to the general audience, showcasing the full potential of the module, which will provide humanity with the fundamental technological infrastructure to live, work and, finally, settle permanently on the Moon.  

The first edition of MAX POWER was enriched by a series of events and experiences both inside and around the expo, including  lunar rovers and spacecraft.  

The Moon itself was at the center of many initiatives. These included, on Saturday, the public's meeting with the Artemis 3 crew: Randy Bresnik, commander; Luca Parmitano, ESA astronaut and pilot; Frank Rubio, mission specialist; and Bob Hines, backup crew member.  

NASA also held a press conference with an update on the Moon Base, the first human outpost that will be located at the lunar South Pole.