Italian Space Agency
Italian government agency
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| 2024 | Second PLATiNO mission planned, set to include a Thermal Infrared Imager. |
| 2023 | First PLATiNO mission launched, featuring a SAR (Synthetic Aperture Radar) instrument. |
| 2022 | ASI launched LARES 2, a satellite continuing the precise Earth observation studies initiated with the original LARES mission. |
| September 28 2022 | Samantha Cristoforetti takes command of ISS Expedition 68. |
| April 27 2022 | Samantha Cristoforetti joins ISS Expedition 67 as part of SpaceX Crew-4 mission. |
| 2020 | ASI's annual revenues budget reached approximately €2.0 billion, with direct employment of around 200 workers. |
| 2019 | ASI launched the PLATiNO (High-Technology Mini-Satellite Platform) multimission program to develop industrial capability in small satellite technology. |
| July 20 2019 | Luca Parmitano returns to the International Space Station aboard Soyuz MS-13, serving as Flight Engineer on Expedition 60 and later Commander on Expedition 61. |
| November 23 2014 | Samantha Cristoforetti flies to the International Space Station aboard Soyuz TMA-15M. |
| May 28 2013 | Luca Parmitano flies aboard Soyuz TMA-09M, arriving at the International Space Station on 29 May 2013. |
| 2012 | ASI launched its own satellite LARES (LARES 1) using the Vega rocket, conducting precise studies similar to LAGEOS 2. |
| 2010 | Permanent closure of the balloon launch base located in Trapani. |
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