NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine, right, and Giorgio Saccoccia, head of the Italian Space Agency (ASI), left, signed a joint statement on Oct. 23, 2019, during the 70th International Astronautical Congress in Washington.
NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine, right, and Giorgio Saccoccia, head of the Italian Space Agency (ASI), left, signed a joint statement on Oct. 23, 2019, during the 70th International Astronautical Congress in Washington. The statement acknowledges the strong ongoing cooperation between the agencies and identifies areas of potential future cooperation on and around the Moon as part of NASA’s Artemis program, which will send the first woman and the next man to the surface of the Moon by 2024. NASA and ASI also acknowledged Italy’s industrial aerospace expertise and the potential it provides for U.S.-Italian industry-to-industry cooperation in support of Artemis.
Image Credit: NASA/Joel Kowsky