| Space, the new Sierra Nevada Corporation Dream Chaser® spacecraft test campaign in the CIRA Scirocco PWT | | https://webauthoring.cira.it/en/research-infrastructures/Pages/Plasma-Wind-Tunnel-Scirocco,-completata-campagna-di-prove-per-un'importante-azienda-americanaconto-.aspx | Space, the new Sierra Nevada Corporation Dream Chaser® spacecraft test campaign in the CIRA Scirocco PWT | The first steps of the CIRA Scirocco Plasma Wind Tunnel test for Sierra Nevada Corporation have been successfully completed. The purpose of the tests is to check the resistance of the innovative materials coating the Dream Chaser to both high temperatures and high pressures, to protect it during the critical phase re-entering the Earth's atmosphere | | |
| Aerodays 2019, the contribution made by CIRA | | https://webauthoring.cira.it/en/communication/Pages/Aerodays-2019,-il-contributo-del-CIRA.aspx | Aerodays 2019, the contribution made by CIRA | The objectives of CIRA's participation in the Aerodays held in Bucharest from 27th to 30th May 2019 were to report on the results achieved within the context of EU-funded projects and to take part in the main roundtable discussions in view of forthcoming European programmes. | | |
| Giuseppe Morsillo has been elected as Chairman of CIRA | | https://webauthoring.cira.it/en/communication/Pages/Giuseppe-Morsillo-alla-Presidenza-del-CIRA.aspx | Giuseppe Morsillo has been elected as Chairman of CIRA | Giuseppe Morsillo is the new Chairman of the Board of Directors of CIRA. He was unanimously elected by the Shareholder's Meeting having been designated by the major stakeholder, the Italian Space Agency (ASI). | | |
| Falling stars in GHIBLI! | | https://webauthoring.cira.it/en/research-infrastructures/Pages/Stelle-cadenti-in-GHIBLI!.aspx | Falling stars in GHIBLI! | The Ghibli facility was again used to simulate the entry phase of meteorites into the Earth's atmosphere, in collaboration with the Department of Earth Sciences and the Department of Physics and Astronomy of the University of Florence. The purpose was to study the surface modifications and acquire the emission spectrum of the ablation products. | | |
| CIRA and TsAGI signed an Agreement of Cooperation | | https://webauthoring.cira.it/en/communication/Pages/Siglato-accordo-tra-CIRA-e-TsAGI.aspx | CIRA and TsAGI signed an Agreement of Cooperation | CIRA and TsAGI signed an Agreement of Cooperation on promising areas of research, including airworthiness research, hybrid aircraft designs, flow control technologies, standardization, aeroacoustics, and the creation of electrical / hybrid aircraft. | | |
