ARTEMIS 1 LIFTOFF! ‣
A leading role for our country, with the Italian space sector guided by the Italian Space Agency
Astrosamantha has returned to Earth ‣
The astronaut concludes the Minerva mission after almost six months aboard the space outpost. Watch the video on ASITV
Samantha Cristoforetti in charge of the ISS ‣
Samantha has become the first European woman to take the lead of the space outpost. The video is available on ASITV
SAMANTHA CRISTOFORETTI WILL BE THE COMMANDER OF THE ISS ‣
AstroSamantha will become the first European astronaut in command of the International Space Station
ASTROSAMANTHA, THE FIRST EUROPEAN SPACEWALKER ‣
First extravehicular activity for Samantha Cristoforetti
AGILE, published the first article about the "New Year's Burst" ‣
On Friday 15 July, the first detailed study on this “New Year’s Burst” was published in the Astrophysical Journal, using data acquired by the AGILE satellite
Fermi-LAT collaboration has released the updated list of cosmic gamma-ray sources to date ‣
The third release of the Fermi Point Source Catalog (4FGL-DR3) covers 12 years of data taken by the Large Area Telescope (LAT) on board of the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope
SECOND MEETING IN SPACE WITH ASTROSAMANTHA ‣
The Italian experiments of the Minerva mission were presented
Samantha Cristoforetti has arrived on the Space Station ‣
The hatch is opened: the Minerva mission kicks off. During her mission, the ESA astronaut will conduct several scientific experiments for the ASI
Samantha Cristoforetti flies towards the ISS ‣
The ESA astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti departed towards the ISS. During her Minerva mission, she will conduct several scientific experiments for the ASI
‣ News
THURSDAY 25 MAY 2023
Italy, France and Germany signed a Memorandum of Understanding on the ‘SPACEFOUNDERS’ European program ‣
The Italian Space Agency (ASI), the French Space Agency (CNES) and the University of the Bundeswehr in Munich (UniBW) are committed to cooperating for ”SpaceFounders”, the European New Space accelerator launched in 2021 by CNES with UniBw MORE...
FRIDAY 12 MAY 2023
The fjords of Greenland observed by PRISMA ‣
The images shown on this page are elaborations of the visible and infrared bands of an acquisition over Greenland in May 2021 MORE...
SATURDAY 22 APRIL 2023
The desertification of the Aral Sea ‣
This composition is obtained by processing a PRISMA image acquired in January 2021 on the Aral Sea area MORE...
FRIDAY 14 APRIL 2023
JUICE is en route to unveil Jupiter’s secrets and Italy is onboard ‣
The European space science mission JUICE successfully launched into space. State-of-the-art instruments developed and funded by the Italian Space Agency are featured aboard the probe. The Italian Agency has coordinated the participation in Juice of several entities, enterprises, and other national space agencies MORE...
FRIDAY 14 APRIL 2023
Rivers in the tropical forest observed by PRISMA ‣
Iguazu Falls area observed by the Italian satellite MORE...