Press releases
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Italian Space Agency and NASA sign agreement on use of COSMO-SkyMed
09 Sep 2015 The agreement envisions cooperation in the field of Earth Observation through theItalian “COSMO-SkyMed” radar satellite constellation.Post-doctoral scholarships for Italian researchers will also be available in the United States »
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Italian Space Agency's Paolo Nespoli to be the next Italian astronaut on the ISS
30 Jul 2015 The ESA astronaut will be leaving with Expedition 52/53, the third space mission after Esperia in 2007 and MagISStra in 2010 »
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Welcome home AstroSamantha: the Italian Space Agency's FUTURA mission is successfully completed
11 Jun 2015 The European Space Agency astronaut and Italian Air Force captain landed at 3.44 pm (Italian time) on board the Soyuz capsule, in the steppes of Kazakhstan. Samantha Cristoforetti will be speaking to ASI headquarters from Houston on Monday 15 June at 2 pm, in her first interview with the press after returning to Earth »
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ASI and CNES confirm Italian-French space cooperation agreement
24 Feb 2015 At an Italian-French inter-governmental summit meeting in Paris today, the presidents of the two space agencies signed an agreement to step up cooperation in key space sector areas: Satellite Telecommunications, Earth Observation, Science, Launchers, Horizon 2020, Innovation and Space Technology Transfer, and Stratospheric balloons »
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ESA Ministerial Council: a historic leap forwards for space activities
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ASI FUTURA mission launched as Samantha Cristoforetti leaves for the International Space Station
23 Nov 2014 The mission was successfully launched at 10.01 pm from the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Samantha will be travelling with Russian commander Anton Shkaplerov and American Terry Virts on board the Russian Soyuz TMA-15M shuttle »
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Italian Space Agency President, Roberto Battiston, meets NASA Administrator, Charles Bolden
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Professor Roberto Battiston appointed as new ASI President
16 May 2014 Press release by the Ministry of Education, Universities and Research »
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Italian Space Agency represented at the UN space summit meeting by Simonetta Di Pippo
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Athena-Fidus successfully launched by the Italian Space Agency
06 Feb 2014 The dual French-Italian telecommunications satellite is in orbit, opening a new era for satellite communications in Italy »