ASI and SpaceX reach agreement to transport Italian experiments to Mars

The Italian Space Agency and SpaceX they signed an agreement to transport Italian experiments on the first Starship missions intended to carry payloads (payload) on Mars. Teodoro Valente, president, announced this. of the ASI. Payloads will include, among others, an experiment on plant growth, a monitoring station meteorological and a radiation sensor. The goal is collect scientific data during the interplanetary flight phase of about six months from Earth to Mars and then to the Martian surface.