CEF's first contest dedicated to space mission design

The awards ceremony of the first contest organized within the Concurrent Engineering Facility (CEF), dedicated to space mission design, was held at the headquarters of the Italian Space Agency (ASI).

The initiative involved three teams composed of students from the master's degree programs in Aerospace Engineering and Management Engineering at the University of Naples Federico II.

The missions presented were designed as part of the "Space Systems" course taught by professors Michele Grassi and Maria Daniela Graziano and then developed and analyzed with advanced tools in the ASI CEF, where the students worked from July 7 to July 21, 2025, followed by the Agency's engineers and designers.

The experience provided an important opportunity to compare university education and engineering practice in a high-level professional context.