the ROME – “Italy is on the podium,” technologies for the space. The astronaut, Luca Parmitano no doubt in reply to the chairman of the Board, Giuseppe Conte , on the role of innovation the Italian is on board the International Space Station (Iss). Speaking from the Columbus module, the european module, built in Italy as well as many other components of the orbital station, the astronaut of the European Space Agency (Esa) has also talked about the shuttle american Cygnus, which recently docked to the Iss to bring supplies in and that was built in Italy.