Team Tumbleweed

Engineering, rain, and lots of fun of course - our #Tumblemeet2024 truly had it all. 🪐 Last weekend, members from our different locations and teams got together in Delft, NL, for a weekend of getting to know each other better in challenges, games, and conversations.❤️ While the weather was not always optimal, this couldn't stop our members from bringing their A-game for launching some bottle rockets - stay tuned to see more of this amazing get-together (and perhaps some water-fuelled launches)! 🚀 #teamtumbleweed #roadtomars #teambuilding

Accelerating content driven innovation; Come and join the Aerospace Innovation Hub @TU Delft DEMOday on October 8th! We are proud to let you know that we have 24!!! exciting start-ups/scale-ups lined up to connect you to during the day! Our team (see picture) is working hard to make this DEMOday a fantastic succes! What started 5 years ago together with Jos van den Boom and Victor Rijkaart has grown to a lively and active community of more than 52 entities... and still growing! It is time to reach out and show industry, government, Delft University of Technology colleagues and students the cool innovations and entrepreneurs of our community! These entrepreneurs work on the future of #aviation, #wind energy, #space and #drones. Working hard to create #impact for a better and safer #society and bringing the innovations of the TU Delft to the market. They create #inspiring environments to #work and #grow for our students and graduates. They work together with numerous #researchers to close the gap between research and society. We are so proud of each of them! Do you want to connect, support, join, or be inspired by one or more of them, come join us on the 8th of October! Thanks to the financial support of InnovationQuarter, Provincie Zuid-Holland, Gemeente Delft, NLR - Netherlands Aerospace Centre and TU Delft | Aerospace Engineering; admissions are free of charge this year making it accessible for all registered in time! Register now: https://lnkd.in/ej2erPZB And meet: 4cues.ai, Eddytec, FluxPose, Lunar Zebro, AeroDelft, Team Tumbleweed, VÆRIDION, Elysian Aircraft, Geronimo.AI, A-SpaX, Revolv Space, Aerohauler, Arceon, ParaPy, Saluqi Motors, AerogridUAV, zepp.solutions, satsearch, Obscape B.V., Ubotica Technologies, MuTech, Fiducial (previously Bladesense), Emergent Swarm Solutions !

Last week, we - much like what seemed like most others in the space industry - attended ESA's #IndustrySpaceDays in Noordwijk, NL. There, we had the opportunity to exchange thoughts and experiences with people all around the community. 💫 For video editor Ainis Alcauskis it was not only the first time representing Team Tumbleweed, but also the first time attending a space industry event! Visiting ESA ESTEC alongside our seasoned space pro Danny Tjokrosetio, he felt immediately welcomed by the community: "What I loved about ISD is the openness to help and the encouragement to learn more about the space community. I really appreciated the welcoming energy. It might not be obvious at first, but once you’re upfront, you really start to notice the positive atmosphere." Here's to many more brilliant space events! ✨ #teamtumbleweed #roadtomars #ISD2024ESA

Testing is a central part of every space mission - especially when taking a brand-new approach to Mars exploration.⚙ With our Tumbleweed rovers, our engineers repeatedly test every aspect of the design when prototyping. Like this, they learn more about the mechanisms and ideal set-up. This summer, they made big progress, including our first drop tests to test the rover's unfolding mechanism. 🔧 On their way to the surface of the Red Planet, the Tumbleweed rovers will also be dropped from a significant height above the Martian poles. Head to our blog to learn more from Sabin Ilegitim, Nils Neumeister, and Ben Placke about how our engineers are improving the Tumbleweed prototype: https://lnkd.in/dBZhzEBj

It's time for the #IndustrySpaceDays at ESA ESTEC! 🌌 At this event in Noordwijk, NL, representatives from all around the space industry - be it established companies or fresh startups - come together. Make sure to say hi to Danny and Ainis and let's talk Team Tumbleweed! #teamtumbleweed #roadtomars #ISD2024ESA

Working together remotely means we can have bright people in many different countries contributing to our mission. This makes meeting up together in person all the more special 🌐 Every few months, Team Tumbleweed’s executive team comes together for their Strategy Days. In May, they met up in Reading, UK 🍵 The team discussed the next steps toward getting the Tumbleweeds spinning over the Martian surface, went through the latest space industry news, and shared their favorite Team Tumbleweed moments. Making use of the unique location, our executives also found time to network with the local space community in a London pub and visit ESA's European Centre for Space Applications and Telecommunications 🚀 Get an impression of the fun, productive weekend in this video and learn more at https://lnkd.in/eQtJC8Mv! Later this month, even more of us will have the opportunity to meet in person - some even for the first time - at the Tumblemeet 2024. Stay tuned to see what we get up to! #teamtumbleweed #aerospaceengineering #marsexploration

The AIH was full of new faces yesterday evening, for our annual Back-to-School Community Drinks!📖 💼 Together with our startups, student teams, partners, and staff, they had the opportunity to network with the members of the AIH community while enjoying some drinks! And, as always, the Community Drinks featured some short presentations for everyone to hear about the news of the community and its members. This time around, we had the opportunity to hear more from ParaPy, AeroDelft's new student members, Team Tumbleweed, and more. And finally, it was also a great opportunity to spread the word about our upcoming Demo Day on the 8th of October! If you haven't registered already, make sure to do so here to see first-hand what innovations are disrupting the aerospace industry today: https://lnkd.in/gw9Bu-SS 😉 Lots of thanks to everyone who attended (including Henri Werij, Jeroen Rotteveel, Arjan Kanters, Stefan van Seters), and we look forward to seeing you at our next Community Drinks! Delft University of Technology | TU Delft Campus | TU Delft | Aerospace Engineering | Gemeente Delft | InnovationQuarter | Provincie Zuid-Holland

What happens when we dream big? Space is notoriously hard to reach, an industry marked by world-changing successes and shattering failures, and filled with big dreamers. ✨ We at Team Tumbleweed want believe deep space should be accessible for everyone - and that together, by collaborating across nations and disciplines, we can get there. Dreaming big is one of the core values on our #RoadToMars, and we want to take you along for the ride - starting with this video! Check out https://lnkd.in/dzwYGQdf to see our open positions and apply today 👩🚀 #teamtumbleweed #aerospaceengineering #marsexploration

Very insightful article by our Head of Software Engineering Tolga Ors 💡

Starting into the space season 🚀 This week, we are at the Europlanet Science Congress (EPSC) 2024 in Berlin! 🌍 Team Tumbleweed Mission Scientist Mário Balsemão kicked the week off with his presentation on "Optimizing the Scientific Payload of the Tumbleweed Swarm", talking about how we can make the most of the data our rovers will collect when traveling across the Martian surface. At the #EPSC2024 and missed it? Not to worry - Team Tumbleweed will be back on Wednesday at 14:40–14:50 (CEST) in Room Saturn (Hörsaal B) with another presentation titled "Scouting Ahead of Human Footsteps: The Role of the Tumbleweed Rover in Providing High-resolution Radiation and Water Mapping on Mars". Make sure to come by to hear more about our science team's great work! #teamtumbleweed #planetaryscience #roadtomars