Space Innovation

 Exciting News! 🚀 We are thrilled to announce that NASA’s SSERVI has partnered with Switzerland, welcoming EPFL, ETH Zürich | Space, HES-SO Valais-Wallis, Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts, University of Zurich and other Swiss universities as new affiliate members. This groundbreaking collaboration, named #CHEESE, for the Swiss (CH) Exploration, Education, and Science Endeavor, aims to facilitate collaboration between NASA/U.S. and Swiss research institutions focusing on the exploration of the Moon, Mars, and beyond. Learn more about CHEESE here: https://lnkd.in/eyYm2cSn #space #NASA #collaboration #science NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration

🎊🚀Long live Ariane 6! The ESA rocket successfully launched tonight, and we'd like to take this incredible opportunity to congratulate our Swiss members of Space Innovation, who were instrumental in making this launch a success. Congratulations to APCO Technologies SA, who contributed to the manufacture of the launchers and the production of parts of the boosters, as well as the transport of the rocket's components; to Beyond Gravity, who were responsible for the production of the rocket's nose cone; and Parker Meggitt. Wonderful job! Images credits: Ariane 6 before wet dress rehearsal, European Space Agency - ESA, L. Bourgeon / APCO Technologies SA ArianeGroup

Yesterday, we had the pleasure of visiting the unlimitrust Campus alongside the eSpace - EPFL Space Center and Space Innovation. Our head, Grégoire Bourban, presented the space industry in Switzerland, followed by Claude Nicollier’s presentation on European Space Agency - ESA Switzerland and human spaceflight. RUAG gave us an interesting presentation about their current work and their contributions to the space sector. We also had the opportunity to meet with 3 innovative startups on the campus and discover the work they are doing to advance the space industry, such as: - DPhi Space - AICA SA - Inpher Connecting with various actors in the space domain is always enriching and creates connections for a promising future of Swiss-made space projects! 🛰 🇨🇭 A big thank you to SICPA for organizing this wonderful visit!

EPFL scientists, through the VELOCE project, have clocked the speed of Cepheid stars – “standard candles” that help us measure the size of the universe – with unprecedented precision, offering exciting new insights about them. -------------------- Des scientifiques de l’EPFL, à travers le projet VELOCE, ont pu mesurer avec une précision sans précédent la vitesse des céphéides, ces «chandelles standard» qui permettent de mesurer la taille de l’Univers. Article en français: https://go.epfl.ch/d782e9

Space Innovation was delighted to participate to Logitech's event "Reaching for the stars: agents of change in STEM" (science, technology, engineering and mathematics). The EPFL Space Center welcomed Aisha Bowe - Blue Origin astronaut & CEO of Lingo, Grace Lokako - host of the Logitech #womenwhomaster event, Nelly (Kosi) Cheboi 🤗 - Founder & CEO of Techlot Africa and winner of the 2022 CNN hero award, and Leddy - the star of Logitech #womenwhomaster encouraging women to work in STEM. They were accompanied by Martine Harmel - Space Innovation operations coordinator, and the one and only Claude Nicollier. Thank you for these inspiring moments of sharing!

🚀💫JOB ALERT! Our member Beyond Gravity is hiring! Great opportunities in Switzerland for the space sector, we strongly encourage you to apply.

Congratulations, Gruyère Space Program team! 👏 #colibri

How will life be on Lunar I-Hab? In #Turin, European Space Agency - ESA, NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration and Thales Alenia Space program crew have performed the Human in the Loop tests that will help in optimizing the usage of the available space inside the #European house around the #Moon. http://thls.co/bVS650S3LAn #spaceforlife Thales / Leonardo / Altec SPA / Agenzia Spaziale Italiana Luca Parmitano / Stan Love / Dr Rosemary Coogan / Marcus Wandt Massimo C Comparini / Walter Cugno / Franco Fenoglio / Marcella Salussolia

🎉THANK YOU CLAUDE!🌟 On the occasion of Claude Nicollier’s last class, his friends, colleagues and family surprised him by being present. Former students also joined the party, and together we celebrated the kind man, the incredible astronaut and the inspiring teacher who worked for more than 17 magnificent years at EPFL. 📸 © EPFL - Alain Herzog #swissastronaut #spaceteacher Martine Harmel Chloé Carrière SXS- Space Exchange Switzerland Marco Sieber

Congratulations! #EarthCARE