This conference aims to bring together scholars and practitioners on the commons in space. The increasing dependence of our societies on space infrastructures (GPS, remote sensing, internet access, etc.) and the potential mining of rare minerals for energy transitions are causing new sustainability challenges due to the lack of governance […]
Join us on November 28 for an Informational Session on our upcoming continuing education course, Space Sustainability: How to design more sustainable missions? This session will provide a high-level overview of what Space Sustainability means: understand how can we secure the long-term usability of space and, how can we design and operate missions and space businesses with a […]
The aerospace industry in Europe is growing to meet a new demand for services in connection to Space, be it analytics rendered from data collected by satellites in orbit, transporting cargo beyond the atmosphere or building the necessary equipment or instruments to carry out experiments or tasks in Space. Switzerland […]
The goal of the 2nd International Orbital Debris Conference (IOC) is to promote orbital debris research activities in the United States and to foster collaborations with the international community. The four-day conference will cover all aspects of meteoroid and orbital debris research, mission support, and other related activities. Topics: Measurements: […]
Registrations are now closed. Join us for a celebration of 20 years of the EPFL Space Center! Since 2003, we have sent a CubeSat into space, hosted and launched startups such as ClearSpace and the Space Sustainability Rating, guided student teams to win international competitions and to send a computer […]
Info session objective: This session will provide a high-level overview of what Space Sustainability means: understand how can we secure the long-term usability of space and, how can we design and operate missions and space businesses with a keen focus on sustainability. Target audience: Space stakeholders (engineers, scientists, non technical managers, policy […]
Captain Jacqueline Smith is a Chief of Staff Captain's Prestigious PhD Fellow at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). She is currently pursuing research in Space Policy and Sustainability in the Aeronautics and Astronautics department at MIT in collaboration withthe Space Enabled division of the MIT Media Lab. Previously, Capt. […]
The X-ray imaging spectrometer STIX onboard ESA's flagship mission Solar Orbiter was designed and build with a Swiss lead at the University of Applied Sciences Northwestern Switzerland (FHNW). STIX is now in its fourth year of operation and has recorded so far over 45'000 solar flares. The STIX detectors designed […]
The application of Life Cycle Engineering (LCE) within the concurrent engineering process presents a viable method for assessing environmental, social and economic impacts of space missions. Despite the importance of this for embedding sustainability principles into spacecraft design, the novelty of the concept within the concurrent engineering process has meant […]
