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EPFL Rocket Team crowned European champion of rocket launching

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 ...
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Expo 2020 Dubai – EPFL hosts the space weeks at the Swiss Pavilion

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 ...
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Official launch of Tranquility Base and VIRUP prototype in Tokyo

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 ...
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EPFL Virtual Space Tour – Tokyo

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 ...
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“A universal definition of space sustainability is hard to find”

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 ...
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eSpace to operate the Sustainable Space Rating by 2022

17.06.21 - The World Economic Forum announces that the EPFL Space Center (eSpace) has been chosen to lead the Sustainable Space Rating (SSR). The SSR has been developed to help ...
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EPFL works to address debris collision risk

19.05.21 - Space debris threatens human safety in space and puts at risk critical space-based infrastructure that supports services such as the internet, global navigation and climate monitoring. A new ...
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EPFL moves boldly into space with its CHESS satellites

05.02.21 - The EPFL Spacecraft Team has set itself the ambitious goal of launching two satellites by 2023. With this bold initiative, this student team hopes to gain further insight ...
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Past Features

Jun 17 2025

A look back at the sustainability series conference with Christophe Bonnal

By Lucie Ryser

On May 27, 2025, the EPFL Rolex Learning Center hosted a thought-provoking event focused on one of the most urgent topics in the space sector today: sustainability. The conference, Towards … READ MORE →

 

Jun 11 2025

Karman Fellow Lucie Poulet Explores Space Sustainability at EPFL Space Center

By Lucie Poulet & Öykü Gürsu

As part of The Karman Project’s ongoing partnership with the EPFL Space Center, one of our Fellows, Lucie Poulet, recently took part in their renowned Space Sustainability course and came … READ MORE →

 

May 16 2025

Busy month of March for space sustainability at EPFL

By EPFL Space Center

During the last two weeks, EPFL space center has hosted and participated in a series of Space Sustainability Events. Space Sustainability Course for professionals Twelve professionals participated in a four-day … READ MORE →

 

Dec 9 2024

IAC 2024: the largest space-related event of the year

By EPFL Space Center

09.12.24 – From 14-18 October, a delegation from EPFL Space Center travelled to Milan to participate in the 75th International Astronautical Congress (IAC) which had the title “Responsible Space for … READ MORE →

 

Dec 9 2024

ESDI event brings together quantum and space at EPFL

By Stephanie Parker

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”. … READ MORE →

Dec 9 2024

Twinkle, Twinkle Little Satellite

By Tanya Petersen

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 … READ MORE →

Nov 13 2024

Clean Space Days 2024: THE place to discuss space sustainability

By eSpace

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 … READ MORE →

 

Sep 23 2024

Swiss Space Science Cubed

By John Maxwell

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 … READ MORE →

SwissCube, photographed by Alain Herzog © EPFL Space Center 2009