ALTEC and ispace-EUROPE sign lunar rover testing agreement

ALTEC and ispace-EUROPE have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to explore joint work on lunar rover testing, simulation of mission operations and training of operators. The signing took place at the 77th International Astronautical Congress in Antalya, Turkey.

ALTEC is partly owned by the Italian Space Agency (ASI) and Thales Alenia Space. ispace-EUROPE is the European company of the Japanese ispace group. Vincenzo Giorgio, ALTEC's chief executive, and Julien-Alexandre Lamamy, chief executive of ispace-EUROPE, signed the memorandum.

The collaboration may involve the Lunar Simulation Centre in Turin, which ALTEC developed with funding from ASI.

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