An Italian designed lunar module
could be on the moon as soon as 2026 or 2027, Italian Space
Agency (ASI) President Giorgio Saccoccia said on Friday.
Saccoccia was speaking on the fringes of a meeting at the United
States embassy in Rome with NASA Administrator Bill Nelson and
Deputy Administrator Pamela Melroy the day after NASA and ASI
signed an agreement for Italy to design the first living modules
for a possible future base on the moon.
"It will be the first fundament step" for Artemis said
Saccoccia, referring to the programme to take humans back to the
moon and establish a long-term presence on it.
Under the agreement, Italy will prepare a preliminary study for
developing the capacities of the Lunar Surface Multi-Purpose
Habitation Modules.
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