Italian Space Agency
Overview
 
The Italian Space Agency (ISA) is a government agency established in 1988 to fund, regulate and coordinate space exploration
Space exploration
Space exploration is the use of space technology to explore outer space. Physical exploration of space is conducted both by human spaceflights and by robotic spacecraft....

 activities in Italy
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...

. Operating under the Ministry of Education, Universities and Research (MIUR), the agency cooperates with numerous national and international entities who are active in aerospace research and technology, and with the Italian President of the Council of Ministers
Council of Ministers of Italy
The Cabinet of Italy is a principal organ of the Government of Italy...

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Nationally, ASI is responsible for both drafting the National Aerospace Plan and ensuring it is carried out.
 
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