RomeItaly sketches an orbital platform with Moon and Mars gravity.
The Italian Space Agency says Moon and Mars missions need data on how biology and materials behave in partial gravity.
Its preliminary concept would host modular experiments of a few CubeSat units each, at gravity from microgravity to lunar and Martian levels.
The German Aerospace Center flew a spinning artificial-gravity satellite in 2018, but a software fault stopped its greenhouses.
The agency expects to open its consultation with scientists and industry later this month.
How each outlet framed it
- European Spaceflight
- reports ASI's plan for an orbital artificial-gravity platform, offering small CubeSat-scale experiment slots and a consultation with researchers
Sources: European Spaceflight