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# ASI contracts Thales Alenia Space to design Italian lunar habitat
- URL: https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/news/2025-07-25-asi-thales-alenia-space-lunar-habitat-contract/
- Published: 2025-07-25T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-19T16:02:04.000Z
- Description: Italy's space agency ASI contracted Thales Alenia Space to design the MPH module, Italy's first human lunar surface habitat, under ASI's bilateral Artemis cooperation with NASA. The preliminary design phase runs about two years ahead of a planned 2033 launch.
- Author: Reidar Balstad
- Tags: Defence and space, #news, #verified, #editor-read

Verified Editor-read [Thales Alenia Space press release, 25 July 2025](https://www.thalesaleniaspace.com/en/press-releases/thales-alenia-space-signs-contract-italian-space-agency-asi-develop-first-human?ref=sovereigntymonitor.eu)

**What it does not test.** Does not establish the contract's monetary value, which neither agency disclosed.

**How this item counts.** This item is dated before the index starts on 1 January 2026, so it does not count in the [European Sovereignty Index](https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/sovereignty-index/).

**How this item was made.** Drafted by an AI system (Claude (Anthropic)) from the source cited above; read and approved by the editor on 2026-10-19\. [How the record is made](https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/method/#how-the-record-is-made)