Elon Musk’s SpaceX has agreed to carry Italian experiments on its Starship megarocket during planned future missions to Mars, according to a new deal announced on Thursday. “Italy is going to Mars!” Italian Space Agency president Teodoro Valente said on X, adding that the scientific experiments would fly on the first Starship trips to the red plane...

  July 29: Happy World Lasagna Day! 2025 green spikes awarded to 90 rural Italian towns Italy takes leading role in building first lunar outpost for NASA's Artemis program Urban river tourism gets a green makeover in Italy Self-driving vehicles in Italy: 60 mayors ready to host pilot programs Italy’s vocational education system faces a skills gap,...

A major step toward humanity’s return to the Moon is being led by Italy. The Italian Space Agency (ASI), in partnership with aerospace company Thales Alenia Space, has signed an agreement with NASA to help build the very first permanent outpost on the lunar surface as part of the Artemis program. This new station, called the Lunar Surface Multipurp...

Italy is taking impressive strides toward extracting oxygen from lunar soil, thanks to a pioneering initiative by the Italian Space Agency and the Italian company OHB Italia. On June 28, 2025, they finalized a contract to create "ORACLE" (Oxygen Retrieval Asset for Carbothermal Lunar Extraction): a compact device intended to harvest breathable oxyg...

La Lega Serie A annuncia una partnership con La National Italian American Foundation Bon Jovi e la disputa con il sindaco di Jersey Shore riguardo a un ristorante per i poveri In Scena! Italian Theater Festival NY annuncia le sedi e il programma delle performance per il Festival 2025, dal 5/5 al 19/5 Il Made in Italy nel settore aerospaziale prend...

A sector that is growing in both business volume and its foothold in the U.S. market, with an increasingly significant presence at the major global aerospace events. Italian is widely spoken in Colorado during the days of the Space Symposium, the main meeting point for the global space community. The event brings together over 10,000 professionals,...

Italy’s aerospace leaders are capturing attention in the U.S., driving forward a pivotal quarter of strategic growth in the global space tech arena. Following successful engagements at SpaceCom in Orlando and ASCENDxTexas in League City, the Italian Trade Agency (ITA) and the Italian Space Agency (ASI) are now leading Italy’s national delegation at...

An Italian-made instrument on the Moon has received signals from the Earth for the first time, the Italian Space Agency (ASI) said Monday. For the first time, ASI said, signals from navigation satellites active in Earth's orbit have been received on the Moon. The result, as stated on the ASI website, "is due to the LuGre satellite receiver, the res...

Ciao and Vespa, icons of Italian scooters, return in electric format to keep Italian design alive Italians and smart working: 60% appreciate it Homicides down in last 10 years, Italy is among safest countries in Europe Italy’s cultural tourism continues to thrive with growing global interest Pope Francis signs decree recognizing Salvo D'Acquisto's...

In the future, it will be possible to grow vegetables in space, even in the dark: scientists have identified the molecular mechanism that allows certain plants to grow independently of light, which was previously considered essential for proper development.   The discovery, published in Plant Communications, is the result of work by an intern...