Discovery of a Giant Cave on Venus
An RSLab study published in 𝘕𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘊𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 demonstrates— for the first time…
RIME Antenna Field Test
A field test has been recently carried out on the antenna of the Radar for Icy Moon Exploration – RIME (Principal Investigator: Prof. Lorenzo Bruzzone) that will be on board the Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (JUICE). The test was conducted using a helicopter…
17th edition “Eugenio Zilioli” Master Thesis Award
Congratulations to Giulio Weikmann (PhD student at RSLab) who got theMaster Thesis Award at the Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche – Istituto per il Rilevamento Elettromagnetico dell’Ambiente (CNR-IREA) and Associazione Italiana Telerilevamento (AIT)…
Italian Contribution to JUICE
The very important italian contribution to the JUICE mission has been presented to the italian press in Florence on March 10th. RIME (Radar for Icy Moon Exploration) has been presented as a key instrument for revealing the mysteries hidden in the subsurface of…
First Echoes of the Moon for RIME
During the first in history gravity assist flyby of the Earth-Moon system, which took place successfully between August 19 and 20, the Radar for Icy Moon Exploration (RIME) was activated and performed a wide range of tests. During the lunar flyby, RIME was…
Women in Science
FBK celebrates the Women in Science day with Francesca Bovolo. ESA JUICE mission will soon start its journey. Destination? Ganymede! Read more about
2026 RIME Science Team Meeting
On June 22-23, 2026, the RIME (Radar for Icy Moon Exploration) Science Team gathered to review progress and plan next steps for the radar instrument onboard ESA’s JUICE mission. The meeting provided an opportunity to discuss recent scientific and operational…
EnVision aerobreaking around Venus atmosphere
ESA Envision mission (in which RSLab has the leadership of the Subsurface Radar Sounder) is currently in B1 study phase. Among the different activities in progress, specific attention is focused on the aerobreaking phase around Venus, in which the spacecraft will…
JUICE RIME antenna characterisation test
A scaled model of the RIME antenna – Radar for Icy Moons Exploration (Principal Investigator: Prof. Lorenzo Bruzzone) together…
STRATUS mission concept project approved!
RSLab is the Coordinator (Principal Investigator) of STRATUS (SaTellite Radar sounder for eArTh sUb-surface Sensing), which is a new satellite mission concept based on a radar sounder for Earth Observation. STRATUS aims at studying for the first time from satellite…