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The SPACERAISE 2026 International School officially launched today, bringing together a prestigious faculty of 60 instructors, including university professors and aerospace specialists from international agencies such as NASA and ESA. Among the distinguished lecturers is Nobel Laureate Michel Mayor, renowned for the first discovery of an exoplanet. The program welcomes 280 selected participants representing 61 countries across four continents. To support this global cohort, 220 scholarships have been awarded. The intensive three-week course begins today and will conclude on May 22.

Simone D’Agostino and Benedetta De Flaviis are the winners of the first edition of the Master’s Degree Award dedicated to the memory of engineer Ascolino Bernardi, who passed away prematurely in 2024.

SPACERAISE brings together the expertise of the Gran Sasso Science Institute, the Gran Sasso Tech Foundation, and key industrial partners, combining advanced research with concrete applications in the space domain. The program also offers merit-based scholarships aimed at national and international candidates.

An educational program designed to introduce high school students to STEM disciplines (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics), essential foundations for future careers in the technology sector.

The results of the CORE Project – Voice-Enabled Collaborative Robots for Enhanced Industrial Safety and Efficiency – were presented publicly in L’Aquila. CORE simplifies the use and programming of robots and cobots in industrial environments through voice interaction. As a result, industrial robotics is now more accessible and sustainable, even for small and medium-sized enterprises that are the backbone of the Italian economy.

The Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais – UFMG, based in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, and the Gran Sasso Tech Foundation – GST of L’Aquila have signed a cooperation agreement to develop joint research projects, organize and promote courses, conferences and symposia, and exchange information and academic publications.

Gran Sasso Tech participated in the 4th Meeting of the Space Agencies of Latin American and Caribbean Countries members of IILA held at the ASI headquarters in Rome from 3 to 6 June.

On Monday, May 12, SPACERAISE, the software engineering school for space organized by the Gran Sasso Tech Foundation (GST) in collaboration with the Gran Sasso Science Institute (GSSI), was inaugurated in L’Aquila.

he collaboration marks a key step for the scientific mission led by GSSI – in partnership with INFN, ASI, and Thales Alenia Space Italy – to detect high-energy particles from space.

SPACERAISE combines the expertise of Gran Sasso Tech, the Gran Sasso Science Institute and
global industrial partners, combining research with real applications and offering merit-based
scholarships for international students.