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IILA celebrates World Space Week 2025: Italy’s role and Latin America’s opportunities in human space exploration

  • 14 October 2025

The Italo-Latin American Institute (IILA) held the event From the International Space Station to the Lunar Gateway: Italy’s Key Role and Opportunities for Latin America, on 10 October to celebrate World Space Week 2025. The 2025 edition of WSW focused on the theme “Living in Space”, a stimulating topic that invited participants to imagine the future of human life beyond Earth and to explore sustainable lifestyles in space. The theme also offered a valuable opportunity to highlight the contributions of the Italian space sector — including institutions, companies, research centres, and universities — which were instrumental in the construction of a large part of the International Space Station. Italy’s participation in US and European initiatives for lunar and Martian exploration was also underscored, notably through the development of Gateway modules, including the European Space Agency’s (ESA) International Habitation module and NASA’s Habitation and Logistics Outpost (Halo) primary structure, currently under construction at Thales Alenia Space in Turin.

The first session, Panel II was coordinated by Tatiana Viana, PhD in Space Law at Sapienza University and Technical Scientific Secretary at  IILA, and addressed The Artemis Program: International Governance and the Legal Status of Lunar Settlements. It featured presentations by Gabriella Arrigo, Director of International Affairs at the Italian Space Agency (ASI); Sergio Marchisio, Professor of Space Law at Sapienza University of Rome (OSL) and Chairman of the European Centre for Space Law (ECSL) at ESA; and Giuseppe Reibaldi, President of the Moon Village Association and Coordinator of the Lunar Governance Working Group.

The first two contributions focused on the ongoing implementation of the Artemis Accords.

Gabriella Arrigo presented the soft governance framework established by more than 50 participating States. The presentation of Sergio Marchisio examined substantive developments, including studies and proposals for new recommendations on several sections of the Accords, such as non-interference, orbital debris mitigation and disposal management in the lunar region, the release of scientific data, measures to support emerging spacefaring countries in integrating more effectively and bridging gaps in the Artemis framework, and the relationship between the Artemis Accords and COPUOS. He highlighted the extensive preparation that contributed to the success of this year’s Principals Meeting at the 2025 International Astronautical Congress (IAC) in Sydney, which featured the participation of 31 countries in person and 10 online — an outstanding turnout. The Artemis Accords group now has a full slate of recommendations to build upon in 2026. Additionally, he addressed the legal relationship between the Outer Space Treaty (OST) and the Moon Agreement, noting that five Latin American countries — Chile, Mexico, Peru, Uruguay, and Venezuela — are parties to the 1979 Moon Agreement.

Programma Concept note IILA WSW2025 18.09.2025 1 page 0001
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