NASA and Italian Space Agency Sign Agreement on Exploration of Mercury

NASA and Italian Space Agency Sign Agreement on Exploration of Mercury

06/20/2013 12:00 AM EDT

At a meeting in Rome Thursday, NASA Administrator Charles Bolden and Italian Space Agency (ASI) President Enrico Saggese signed a Memorandum of Understanding for cooperation on the European Space Agency- (ESA) led BepiColombo mission to Mercury, strengthening mutually beneficial cooperation between NASA and ASI in planetary exploration.