italian space agency

Italy Charters SpaceX Precursor Flight To Future Human Landing On Mars

admin5544 months ago019 mins

Early prototypes of the SpaceX Starship super-capsule that Italy is chartering to speed its spaceflight and biotech experiments to Mars (Marie D. De Jesús/Houston Chronicle via Getty Images) Houston Chronicle via Getty Images With its expanding alliance with SpaceX, the Italian Space Agency is set to help chart and safeguard future astronaut flights to Mars…

SpaceX to Fly Italian Science Experiments to Mars on Starship in 2026

admin5545 months ago03 mins

SpaceX has signed a first-of-its-kind deal with the Italian Space Agency (ASI) to fly Italian science experiments to Mars aboard its Starship rocket. ASI President Teodoro Valente announced that ASI will send its experiments on SpaceX’s first commercial Mars flights. The payloads will include a plant-growth module, a meteorology station and a radiation detector, which…