The ASI mission named FUTURA, launched on November 23rd, 2004, sees for the first time in space the ESA astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti, with 9 scientific experiments aboard.

Experiments: Blind and Imagined - move Short bLind plus shrINK (SLINK); Bone/Muscle check; Cell Shape and Expression (Cytospace); Drain Brain; Orthostatic Tolerance; POP 3D; Nanoparticles and Osteoporosis (NATO); Wearable monitoring; ISSpresso

Astronauts: Samantha Cristoforetti

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WEDNESDAY 16 NOVEMBER 2022

ARTEMIS 1 LIFTOFF! ‣

A leading role for our country, with the Italian space sector guided by the Italian Space Agency MORE...

SATURDAY 15 OCTOBER 2022

Astrosamantha has returned to Earth ‣

The astronaut concludes the Minerva mission after almost six months aboard the space outpost. Watch the video on ASITV MORE...

WEDNESDAY 28 SEPTEMBER 2022

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 MORE...

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...

THURSDAY 21 JULY 2022

ASTROSAMANTHA, THE FIRST EUROPEAN SPACEWALKER ‣

First extravehicular activity for Samantha Cristoforetti MORE...