June 2017
Bepi-Colombo will unveil Mercury’s secrets
... The mission will be completed by a consortium of industries, and is led by Airbus Deutschland, with the Italian branch of Thales Alenia Space in charge of the crucial thermal control subsystem. The harsh thermal environment that BepiColombo is going...
13 March 2015
ESA re-entry vehicle could pave way for reusable launcher
... perfectly, and our spacecraft is also ready. We do not expect any delay, apart from meteorological issues.” Built by Thales Alenia Space of Italy, the European mini-shuttle weighs nearly 2 metric tons — about 4,000 pounds — and measures 5 meters...
January 2021
Asgardia’s project for a new module to expand Space Station
... industrial partners and support relations with ESA and other stakeholders for the advancement of the project. Thales Alenia Space (TAS-Italia) is the lead industrial partner, responsible for system engineering and the habitat module; OHB...
19 June 2018
Harwell Space Cluster turbocharges growth in UK’s ‘New Space’ sector
... sugar cane and wheat yield through the analysis of satellite data; supported UK Space Agency’s International Partnership Programme (IPP). Thales Alenia Space: Introduces Skimsat, the new breakthrough concept for reducing the cost of Earth observing...
July 2021
Designing for life in outer space - The importance of design for long-term space missions
...to New Orbital InfrastructureRecreational/Habitable Configuration designed by Annalisa Dominoni and Benedetto Quaquaro for Thales Alenia Space. About the author Annalisa Dominoni is an architect, designer and professor at Politecnico di Milano, Italy...
October 2023
The multidisciplinary world of space habitation design
... the sustainability of a future lunar settlement Maria Antonietta Perino, has been working for many years at Thales Alenia Space on the design of different building blocks for Moon and Mars in-orbit and surface infrastructures, with particular...
