Italy's LAORIE lander clears Phase A as Thales Alenia Space Italia completes initial design work

Thales Alenia Space Italia has completed Phase A development of Italy’s LAORIE lunar lander mission, finishing preliminary conceptual and feasibility studies for the vehicle. The milestone advances Italy’s national lunar program development and positions Thales Alenia as lead industry integrator on the project.

Discovered 2025-09-23T05:40:14.554939-07:00 | 2025-09-23T05:40:14.554939-07:00

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  • Confirms Thales Alenia Space Italia’s expanding role in lunar surface systems; the company also holds a contract to develop preliminary design work for a pressurized lunar habitation module (see related contract).
  • Strengthens European supplier contributions to lunar architectures at a time when prime contractors and suppliers are being publicly acknowledged for Artemis-class mission hardware (see recent supplier acknowledgements).

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