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Center for Near Space

About us
The Cis-Lunar City

Our Vision

“Near Space” characterizes the outpost of the so-called Fourth Environment, the region that goes from the Earth’s surface to Low Earth Orbit (LEO), where for over 50 years mankind operated the most and where the new civil aerospace industry will focus. But “Near Space” also means a space closer to human beings, a new future environmental component of human life. It is on these principles that our vision for a Cislunar City, a design platform for the space habitat of the future, is based.

VISION

LATEST NEWS

CNS Thesis Award “The Cislunar City”

 CNS Thesis Award “The Cislunar City” 1024 589 Roberto Paura

The Center for Near Space of the Italian Institute for the Future has established in 2019 an annual award dedicated to university students to stimulate them to their reflections on the expansion of humanity in space that has already begun and that will see in the very near future the development of ordinary life in…

Scarica il volume gratuito “Scienza e società verso il 2030”

 Scarica il volume gratuito “Scienza e società verso il 2030” 1024 794 Roberto Paura

L’Agenda 2030 per lo Sviluppo Sostenibile è un programma d’azione sottoscritto nel settembre 2015 dai 193 Paesi membri dell’ONU. L’Agenda ingloba 17 Obiettivi per lo Sviluppo Sostenibile (Sustainable Development Goals, SDGs) che i governi si sono impegnati a raggiungere nell’arco temporale di 15 anni e un totale di 169 “target” o traguardi. La conferenza Between…

Center for Near Space and the Moon Village Association signed Memorandum of Understanding

 Center for Near Space and the Moon Village Association signed Memorandum of Understanding 892 542 Roberto Paura

On Saturday, May 23, 2020 leaders of the Italian Institute for the Future (IIF)/Center for Near Space (CNS) and the Moon Village Association (MVA) finalized an historic Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to further their shared goals concerning the exploration, development and eventual settlement of Earth’s Moon and cis-Lunar space. Mr. Gennaro (Rino) Russo, Vice President…

3-D printing

3-D Printing: a forefront technology for Space

 3-D Printing: a forefront technology for Space 640 353 Center for Near Space

  designnews.com Additive manufacturing technology, also called additive layer manufacturing or 3-D Printing, is a forefront technology enabling manufacturing of tools as well minor items on Earth by adding material layer after layer, giving the desired shape to fulfill the intended scope. Applications of 3-D printing technology  is also beneficial to producing, assembling and aggregating…

Origins and aims of the Center for Near Space

 Origins and aims of the Center for Near Space 782 441 Gennaro Russo

Presentation held at the opening event of the Center for Near Space – Reggia di Caserta, July 14, 2015. Download

CNS: Organization and Strategic Lines

 CNS: Organization and Strategic Lines 776 457 Vincenzo Torre

Presentation held at the opening event of the Center for Near Space – Reggia di Caserta, July 14, 2015. Scarica la presentazione English version

Hyplane: Challenges for Space Tourism and Business Transportation

 Hyplane: Challenges for Space Tourism and Business Transportation 713 288 Center for Near Space

A preliminary study on a small hypersonic airplane for a long duration space tourism mission is presented: Hyplane. It is also consistent with a point-to-point medium range (6000 km) hypersonic trip, in the frame of the “urgent business travel” market segment. Main idea is to transfer technological solutions developed for aeronautical and space atmospheric re-entry systems to the…

Status and Perspectives of Hypersonic Systems and Technologies with Emphasis on the Role of Sub-Orbital Flight

 Status and Perspectives of Hypersonic Systems and Technologies with Emphasis on the Role of Sub-Orbital Flight 931 463 Center for Near Space

The relevance and the main features of Hypersonic Flight are shortly presented and discussed. A synthetic overview of the few realizations and of many studies, projects and technological demonstrators offers opportunity of point out many interesting aspects. Then the more actual realizations and studies are considered, with particular attention to the new sector of small…

OUR TEAM

General Director

Rino Russo

Co-founder of the Center for Near Space

Member

Vincenzo Torre

Co-founder of the Center for Near Space

Member

Anselmo Cecere

University of Naples Federico II

President of the Scientific Council

Pietro Ferraro

Italian Space Agency

Scientific Advisor

John Robert Brucato

INAF – Arcetri Astrophysical Observatory

Scientific Advisor

Fabrizia Caiazzo

University of Salerno

Scientific Advisor

Giuseppe Cornacchia

Center for Aeronautical Military Studies “Giulio Douhet”

Scientific Advisor

Massimo Della Valle

National Institute for Astrophysics

Scientific Advisor

Francesca Esposito

INAF – Capodimonte Astronomical Observatory

Scientific Advisor

Giancarlo Genta

Turin Polytecnic

Scientific Advisor

Paola Marangelo

University of Naples Federico II

Scientific Advisor

Piero Messidoro

Turin Polytechnic

Scientific Advisor

Veronica Moronese

Space Generation Advisory Council

Scientific Advisor

Massimo Pica Ciamarra

Pica Ciamarra Associati

Scientific Advisor

Raffaele Savino

University of Naples Federico II

Scientific Advisor

Claudio Voto

Campania Aerospace District

PROGRAMS

NearSpaceExplo

Aim of the project is to stimulate institutions, research centers, industries and individuals to invest in design and technological development for both scientific and business purposes.

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OrbiTecture

Aim of the project is to study spatial infrastructural architectures in terms of feasibility, conceptual design, problems related to construction (assembly) and operational scenarios.

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JumpinFuture

The project promotes the commercialization of the use of general aviation aircraft for flying campaigns with maneuvers similar to small parabolic flights to familiarize the public with space tourism.

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CelestiaSydera

The project deals with the organization of dissemination initiatives, training, fundraising and partnerships with other communities active or interested in the space sector.

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EduSpace

The project deals with training activities aimed primarily at school students to promote a spatial culture and encourage young people’s access to space sector.

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