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ESDI event brings together quantum and space at EPFL

On November 12, 2024, Johann Richard and Jennifer Wadsworth from the European Space Deep-Tech Innovation Centre (ESDI) came to EPFL to present their new funding program "quantum technology for space". ...
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Twinkle, Twinkle Little Satellite

For millennia humans have been inspired by the stars but this may soon be a thing of the past due to a significant increase in the numbers of satellites, potentially ...
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Clean Space Days 2024: THE place to discuss space sustainability

This year's Clean Space Days had the largest attendance yet and featured very interesting presentations about Life Cycle Assessment and Ecodesign for space, zero debris, and In-Orbit Servicing. Hosted at ...
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SwissCube, photographed by Alain Herzog © EPFL Space Center 2009

Swiss Space Science Cubed

After 15 years of flight, SwissCube is now the third-longest serving CubeSat On the 26th September, 2009 a rocket from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre, India released its payload into ...
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Release of a White Paper to give feedback to ESA

23.04.24 - The White Paper "Recommendations for the development of space systems life cycle assessment methodology for space transportation systems" has been published. As the EU parliament is about to ...
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Twenty years of outer space at EPFL

11.12.23 - The EPFL Space Center was created to bring together space-related research and education across campus. In the last twenty years, the Center has grown, encompassing many research projects, ...
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“A reminder of the omnipresence of Murphy’s Law in aerospace”

20.11.23 - In October 2023, the EPFL Rocket Team participated in the European Rocketry Challenge - EuRoC 23 - in Portugal. The team, which won in 2021 and came in ...
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EPFL Space Center appoints new Advisory Board and Steering Committee

06.11.23 - The EPFL Space Center has appointed an Advisory Board, composed of seven external experts, and a Steering Committee, composed of three members of EPFL with connections to space. ...
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