The Discovery Shuttle was launched on March 8th, 2001, and its task was hosting the second resident crew on the International Space Station and carrying to the ISS Leonardo, the first of the three MPLM logistic modules designed by the ASI for the NASA. 

Hardware: MPLM

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TUESDAY 12 NOVEMBER 2024

Listening to cochlear sounds to estimate intracranial pressure changes on the ISS ‣

New results from the ASI experiment Acoustic Diagnostics 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...

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...