NASA and Italian Space Agency, ASI, signed a joint declaration of intent to cooperate on Artemis Sept. 25. “With a long history of successful collaboration in human spaceflight, as well as in Earth and space science, the Italian government’s strong support for Artemis assures this partnership will extend to cooperation in the next phase of exploration on the lunar surface,” NASA Administrator James Bridenstine said in a statement.
Neither NASA nor ASI announced any specific projects. In a statement, ASI President Giorgio Saccoccia said subsequent “implementation agreements” would specify details of that cooperation. “That statement noted ASI’s interest in supply crew habitats, lunar surface scientific investigations and telecommunications services,” SpaceNews reported yesterday.
