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NASA and Italian Space Agency join hands for satellite mission 

NASA announced on Wednesday that it is partnering with the Italian Space Agency ASI (Agenzia Spaziale Italiana) to build and launch MAIA, or the Multi-Angle Imager for Aerosols missions. According to NASA, MAIA is the first mission by the agency whose primary goal is to benefit societal health. Using this data, the MAIA science team will explore the size, geographic distribution, composition, and abundance of airborne particles.