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Italy builds the Moon’s first home for astronauts— Europe rises as NASA’s most vital ally

Italy is taking a major step in space exploration by joining NASA’s Artemis program to build the first human habitat on the Moon. The Italian Space Agency (ASI) has selected Thales Alenia Space Italy ...
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SpaceX kicks off 2026 with successful launch of Italian Cosmo-SkyMed military-civil satellite

SpaceX began the new year with the successful launch of Italy’s latest Earth observation satellite, part of the COSMO-SkyMed Second Generation constellation, aboard a Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg ...
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Italy’s crossroads: build its own satellites or lean on Starlink while waiting for IRIS²

The European Commission signed a contract in December 2024 for the Infrastructure for Resilience, Interconnectivity and Security by Satellite (IRIS²), a multi-orbital constellation of 290 satellite, ...
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European officials stress space autonomy despite lingering dependencies

Italy’s Cosmo-Skymed Second Generation radar-imaging satellites were designed to launch on Vega C but so far have launched on Soyuz and Falcon 9. Credit: Italian Ministry of Defense BREMEN, Germany — ...
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e-GEOS and Italian Space Agency welcome Japanese Ambassador Suzuki Satoshi to the Matera Space Centre

It was with great honour that the Matera Space Centre welcomed the Japanese Ambassador to Italy, H.E. Suzuki Satoshi, together with a delegation from the Embassy composed of Masahiro Oyama and ...