The ASI mission known as VITA (Vitality, Innovation, Technology, Ability) was launched from Baikonur on July 27th, 2017, with the “veteran” ESA astronaut Paolo Nespoli and 11 experiments aboard.

Experiments: CORM, NANOROS, MYOGRAVITY, SERISM, IN-SITU, ARAMIS, PERSEO, ORTHOSTATIC TOLERANCE, MULTI-TROP, ARTE, ISSpresso.

Astronauts: Paolo Nespoli

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WEDNESDAY 14 SEPTEMBER 2022

SAMANTHA CRISTOFORETTI WILL BE THE COMMANDER OF THE ISS ‣

AstroSamantha will become the first European astronaut in command of the International Space Station MORE...

WEDNESDAY 25 OCTOBER 2023

ASI and CNR-INO launch the Joint-Lab on Space Oriented Quantum Technologies ‣

The project has a duration of 3 years MORE...

WEDNESDAY 25 OCTOBER 2023

ASI and CNR-INO launch a Joint-Lab on Space Oriented Quantum Technologies ‣

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THURSDAY 21 JULY 2022

ASTROSAMANTHA, THE FIRST EUROPEAN SPACEWALKER ‣

First extravehicular activity for Samantha Cristoforetti MORE...

TUESDAY 19 JULY 2022

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 MORE...