High radioactivity over Europe? Fault of Ruthenium-106, but where does it come from?
The news appeared early in October, but as usual in Italy it went below the line. It has been since yesterday that it is read in foreign newspapers, Great Britain and Germany in ...
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Italian is the first comic to fly in space
A comic floats inside the international space station. It's "There's Space for All", the fun-looking graphic novel that stars as Rat-Man, the mouse ...
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The launch of the OPTSAT-3000 satellite
"Ten seconds to launch" and ... Optsat 3000, the new jewel of the Italian Ministry of Defense and Industry, rises high among the stars. They are the 3.58 of the 2 August. The base,...
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10 years ago the launch of the first satellite of the constellation symbol of the technological excellence of the Italian space industry
It was exactly 19:35 pm on 7 June 2007 when the first satellite of the Italian COSMO-SkyMed constellation was successfully launched from California. It was the first step ...
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Within 5 years of robotic maintenance for geosynchronous orbit satellites
Hundreds of military, government and commercial satellites are now located in a geostationary orbit (about 36.000 kilometers from Earth), an ideal positioning for ...
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Copernicus Program: Telescope Next to ESA to Launch Satellite Sentinel-2B
At the European Space Operations Center (ESOC) of the European Space Agency in Darmstadt, Germany, the preparatory activities for the launch of the satellite ...
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The Dream ChaserĀ® for European Utilization spatial program is underway with the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding
 The Dream ChaserĀ® for European Utilization program (DC4EU) officially starts with the signing of a memorandum of understanding that sanctions the start of the pilot phase. TO...
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The first scientific data of NASA's JUNO mission provided by JIRAM, the Italian eye that has the task of studying Jupiter closely
With the ignition of JIRAM (Jovian InfraRed Auroral Mapper), the spectrometer made by Leonardo-Finmeccanica, and of the other instruments on board the JUNO probe (JUpiter Near -...
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EXOMARS: the contribution of AOS to the space program
The ExoMars mission left the Russian base of Baikonur, in Kazakhstan this morning. Proton rocket engines ...
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Undersecretary Alfano at CIRA of Capua, appreciation for the "pole of excellence, unique throughout Europe"
Today, the Undersecretary of State for Defense, Hon. Gioacchino Alfano, went to visit CIRA in Capua, in ...
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Successfully launch two new Galileo satellites
The Finmeccanica Group plays a key role in the development of the Galileo program, with its Telespazio, ...
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Samantha Cristoforetti: "With Value to the Stars"
Soyuz's engagement with the ISS took place regularly and even with a slight advance. Our astronaut is ...
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An ancient revolution in satellite propulsion is realized
The 702SP, designed by Boeing Network & Space Systems satellite businesses and Phantom Works, are equipped with a ...
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The CST-100 was chosen as the next American spacecraft
the CST-100 will carry up to seven passengers or a passenger / cargo combination at the Space Station ...
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First order for 502 Phoenix satellite
The US company will supply the system, initially consisting of two satellites, for the 2018, including operations ...
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GPS IIF-7 in orbit
The IIF-7 GPS has been embarked on an Atlas-5 rocket from Cape Canaveral, it is the seventh example of 12 that Boeing has ...
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Space: the training of Captain Cristoforetti continues
The training - conducted in recent days at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, ...
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First image of the interior of the future Nasa commercial vehicle
"We are moving into a space trading market and we must consider our potential customers - beyond ...
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The Matera Space Center receives the first data from the Sentinel-1A
In particular, in the early hours of Sunday morning 6 April (at 5: 53 Italian time) they were received in ...
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New Israeli satellite in low orbit
The Ofek 10 was launched from the Palmahim air base, south of Tel-Aviv. The satellite, as happened for ...
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