Altius Space Machines Altius Space Machines Altius Space Machines is a seed-stage startup company that is developing a novel rendezvous and capture technology for uncooperative satellites. The company's products both enable, and are enabled by, the more recent lower-cost access to space epitomized by NewSpace launch companies such as SpaceX, Virgin Galactic and XCOR Aerospace. In July 2011, Altius Space Machines won first place in the "2011 NewSpace Business Plan Competition" in Silicon Valley, sponsored by the Space Frontier Foundation. Altius won a contract with DARPA in July 2012 to build a composite extensible robotic boom arm for the DARPA Phoenix project. They
Sanctuary of the Virgin of Taburnus tourism draw of Bucciano, attracting Marian devotees from the surroundings. The main pilgrimage to the sanctuary is held on Divine Mercy Sunday. Due to the popularity of the sanctuary Pope Sixtus V allowed women to enter the sanctuary four times a year. To the sanctuary, and to the Virgin Mary effigies it holds, several prodigies are attributed. A group of deaf people from the region visits the sanctuary annually. Sanctuary of the Virgin of Taburnus The Sanctuary of the Virgin of Taburnus ("Italian": Santuario della Madonna del Taburno), also known as Sanctuary of Saint Mary of Mount Taburno ("Italian": Santuario