Antonio Rizza is a PhD student at Politecnico di Milano. Since his graduation in Space Engineer in 2020 he is a member of the Deep-space Astrodynamics Research and Technology (DART) Group working on autonomous CubeSats in deep-space. His research interest are focused on CubeSats autonomy, and proximity operations to small Solar System bodies with particular attention on goal-oriented guidance strategies. He has done a visiting research period at Stanford Unviersity within the Space Rendezvous Laboratory (SLAB) where he researched on goal-oriented path planning based on Sequential Convex Programming. He has been GNC Engineer for Milani mission phase A, B and C, and AOCS Engineer for LUMIO mission phase B.