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27.10.21 - The EPFL Rocket Team was crowned champion at this year's European Rocketry Challenge (EuRoC) in Ponte de Sor, Portugal. Now in its second year, this competition held by ...

13.10.21 - On October 17th - 30th 2021, the exhibition “Switzerland, a space nation” will showcase our country’s over half-century of active international participation in the space field, EPFL expertise ...

Figure 1. LEAPS lander in deployed configuration [8] LEAPS is a case study of a potential mission toward the Philolaus Crater and its prospective lava tubes. Outcomes of such a ...

13.09.21 - As part of the EPFL Virtual Space Tour Tokyo, the virtual escape game and virtual map of the Universe will be presented in a two-days public event in ...

The Moon is again a target in the ambitions of many space actors. Some look at it with a sense of national prowess, some as an everlasting individual aspiration, some ...

16.08.21 - EPFL Space Center (eSpace), Laboratory of Astrophysics and Space@yourService are presenting two amazing experiences in Tokyo, starting on August 11th at the Science Museum. VIRUP is a virtual ...

Article based on original text published in the author’s doctoral dissertation on July 10, 2020.  The number of literary works published to this day about the Moon and its environment ...

25.06.21 - Under a new rating system, it will soon be possible to assess the social, economic and environmental impact of space missions. The consortium behind the initiative, which includes ...