About
One of the few places of its kind, this space research center sits deep in the countryside of Matera.
A few miles east of Matera, in Southern Italy, a research center belonging to the Italian Space Agency (ASI) sits far away from towns and busy roads. The Centro di Geodesia Spaziale (Center for Space Geodesy), established in 1983 as a collaboration between the National Research Council (CNR), NASA, and the Region of Basilicata, is managed by Italian spaceflight company Telespazio. It now hosts more than 100 employees, working for ASI, Telespazio, and other private companies.
