The Italian Space Agency (Italian Italian ( italiano , or lingua italiana) is a Romance language spoken by about 60 million people in Italy, and by a total of around 70 million in the world. In Switzerland, Italian is one of four official languages. It is also the official language of San Marino, as well as the primary language of Vatican City. Standard Italian, adopted by the: Agenzia Spaziale Italiana; ASI) was founded in 1988 to promote, coordinate, and conduct space Outer space comprises the relatively empty regions of the universe outside the atmospheres of celestial bodies. Outer space is used to distinguish it from airspace and terrestrial locations activities in Italy Italy /ˈɪtəli/ (Italian: Italia), officially the Italian Republic (Italian: Repubblica Italiana), is a country located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe and on the two largest islands in the Mediterranean Sea, Sicily and Sardinia. Italy shares its northern, Alpine boundary with France, Switzerland, Austria and Slovenia. The. Operating under the Ministry of the Universities and Scientific and Technological Research, the Agency cooperates with numerous international and Italian entities, who are active in space technology, and with the Italian President of the Council of Ministers. Internationally, the ASI provides Italy's delegation to the Council of the European Space Agency The European Space Agency , established in 1975, is an intergovernmental organisation dedicated to the exploration of space, currently with 18 member states. Headquartered in Paris, ESA has a staff of more than 2,000 with an annual budget of about €3.6 billion in 2009 and to its subordinate bodies. ASI's main headquarters are located in Rome Rome is the capital of Italy and the country's largest and most populous city, with over 2.7 million residents in a municipality of some 1,285.3 km2 (496.3 sq mi), while the population of the urban area is estimated by Eurostat to be 3.46 million. The metropolitan area of Rome is estimated by OECD to have a population of 3.7 million. It is located, Italy Italy /ˈɪtəli/ (Italian: Italia), officially the Italian Republic (Italian: Repubblica Italiana), is a country located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe and on the two largest islands in the Mediterranean Sea, Sicily and Sardinia. Italy shares its northern, Alpine boundary with France, Switzerland, Austria and Slovenia. The. The agency also has two operational centers, located in Matera Matera is a town and a province in the region of Basilicata, in southern Italy. It is the capital of the province of Matera and Trapani Trapani is a city on the west coast of Sicily in Italy. It is the capital of the Province of Trapani. Founded by Elymians, the city is still an important fishing port and the main gateway to the nearby Egadi Islands (both in Italy), and a spaceport, the San Marco platform The San Marco Platform is a spaceport platform on an old oil platform near Kenya, developed in the 1960s through a partnership between the Centro Ricerche Aerospaziali at the University of Rome La Sapienza and NASA to serve as a launch pad for Italian spacecraft. While still in existence, it is not currently used as a launch site, on the coastal sublittoral of Kenya. The ASI's annual budget is $978 million.
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The European . Space Agency. (Esa) has asked Moscow if it is possible to increase the production of the craft from four to five a year. Esa could then buy its own vehicle, perhaps with the Canadians who are also looking for more seat opportunities. ... The . Italian. -built MPLMs are the large cylindrical "packing boxes" put in a shuttle's payload bay when the orbiter flies logistics missions to the orbiting platform. They hold about 7-10 tonnes of supplies. ...
