Italian Space Agency (ASI)
Italy’s national space agency (Agenzia Spaziale Italiana). Partner on multiple nasa and esa missions. Notable astrobiology-relevant contribution: built the high-gain antenna for the Cassini orbiter, which (alongside esa’s huygens-probe) made the program a treaty-level commitment that survived four U.S. administrations of budget pressure. (src-cassini-huygens-ocean-worlds-2026-04)