Astronaut Selection 2021: Information event and Masterclass | Upcoming events. Subscribe to get our latest news!

ESA Astronaut Selection 2021 – Are you a scientist, engineer or doctor with a passion for space? Prepare your application with the help of Claude Nicollier and apply for the current ESA [...]

In order to demonstrate the interdisciplinarity of the space research and exploration field, a new lecture series will be proposed to ETH Zürich and University of Zürich students, starting in the [...]

MOOC with Claude Nicollier | New Lecture at ETH Zürich | Upcoming events. Subscribe to get our latest news!

17-19 March 2021, online. The first European event around cybersecurity for commercial space, co-organized by CYSEC and AP-Swiss, gathering leading players to discuss challenges and solutions [...]

For the first time in 11 years, the European Space Agency will again recruit astronauts. ESA is seeking candidates with a Master’s degree (or higher) and a minimum of three years’ [...]

Astronaut Selection 2021 | IGLUNA Critical Design Review | Mars 2020 Perseverance Rover Landing. Subscribe to get our latest news!

Our Executive Summary summing up our activities of last year is out!

ESA is looking for its new Young Graduate Trainees! Vacancies are open until 1st March and are available in engineering, science, IT, natural/social science and business services.

Sustainable Space Logistics Symposium | Opportunities for students | CES 2021 | Subscribe to get our latest news!

Press release – 7.01.2021: The space domain is evolving rapidly and the need for disruptive innovation is more important than ever before. To better reflect this new reality, the Swiss [...]

Daniel Neuenschwander joins our Board of Directors | Thank you and happy new year! | Subscribe to get our latest news !

Press release – 16.12.2020: Nine IGLUNA students presented the initial phase of their lunar mission “SCALE” to a team of ESA specialists involved in the preparation and [...]

Latest Press release – 24.11.2020: The IGLUNA platform embarks rovers and space exploration forits third edition. More than 200 university students from nine countries have reachedthe first [...]

Space4Impact Kick-off Event | Job opportunities | IGLUNA Preliminary Design Review and CDF Study at ESA. Subscribe to get our latest news !

25-26 November 2020, online. Space4Impact aims to promote New Space technologies and boost the NewSpace ecosystem for a more sustainable future. The event will gather policy makers, investors, [...]

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Get to know the space actors in Switzerland ! This booklet gathers each of our members’ competences and contributions to the growth & excellence of space activities in Switzerland.

Application closed – We are looking for a motivated & dynamic Young Graduate Trainee to complete the Space4Impact team. Duration : 1 September 2020 – 31 January 2021 (6 months)

We are hiring ! | IGLUNA Closure | Public events | Call for Projects – Asclepios. Subscribe to get our latest news !

10-19 July 2020 : The 15 IGLUNA teams will virtually demonstrate their technologies for a space habitat to sustain life in an extreme environment by remote control, together with public [...]

ESA is now accepting proposals for the next cycle of the REXUS/BEXUS programme (Rocket and Balloon Experiments for University Students). The programme offers flight opportunities on sounding [...]

IGLUNA Virtual Field Campaign | OSIP open campaigns | ESA BIC Info Event. Subscribe to get our latest news !

IGLUNA 2021 Call | NTP Positions open at ESA | IGLUNA Virtual Field Campaign | Swiss Space Days. Subscribe to get our latest news !

Eleven National Trainee Positions at ESA are now open to young Swiss graduates. Application deadline : 10 June 2020.

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Events cancellation | MOOC Start | Space Debris Training course at ESA. Subscribe to get our latest news !

Following the past successful Mesure de Positionnement to promote Swiss competences related to space activities, the Swiss Space Office of the State Secretariat for Education, Research and [...]

Claude Nicollier’s MOOC “Space Mission Design and Operations” has been updated according to the space sector evolution. Next session : 11th March 2020 on EdX.

New MOOC Session | IGLUNA Midterm Event | MdP 2020. Subscribe to get our latest news !

The ESA solar and heliospheric physics mission will be launched on the 8th of February at 5:15 CET. It gathers 10 instruments from all around Europe, to which several of our members such as the [...]

MdP & Call for Ideas Results | Solar Orbiter Launch | Galileo Drawing Competition. Subscribe to get our latest news !

The competition is open for primary school pupils living in Switzerland, Norway and Croatia. The winner from each country will have a Galileo satellite named after them. Submission deadline : 31. [...]

ESA has opened more than 100 positions for Young Graduates. Registration deadline : 15th of December.

The Austrian Space Applications Programme ASAP invites Swiss actors to participate in the 16th edition of its Call.

“Mars, Moxie and the Future of Space Exploration”. 23 September at EPFL, Lausanne and 25 September at ETH, Zurich

Register to our new Continuing Education workshop, taking place on the 8-9th of October at EPFL, Switzerland.

Save the date ! From the 17 June until the 3 July, visit the project teams in the village of Zermatt and at the Glacier Palace (Klein Matterhorn). This is the unique opportunity to discover the [...]

The Call for Proposals for IGLUNA 2020 is now open. Pre-selection is open until 31 May. Submit your project and be part of the next edition of the interdisciplinary platform for future Space and [...]

Register to our Continuing Education workshop on the 5th of June in Dübendorf, in collaboration with Empa.

Call for proposals – the Call for Ideas 2019 is open from March 11th until April 8th 2019.

Register now for the MOOC Space Mission Design and Operations with Prof. Claude Nicollier starting on 13 March 2019.

Apply now for the International Summer Camps 2019 in China, Russia or Austria.

Our Annual Report 2018 is now published. Enjoy!

After the review process, 10 activities were selected for funding. They start officially on November 1st 2018 and will be concluded on January 31st 2020.

From 12-14 September 2018, the project teams met in Zurich to start working on IGLUNA. Take a look!

with a message from ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet, the IGLUNA kick-off event has started. The students gathered in Zurich, Switzerland and started to work together on their projects.

learn more about our ESA_Lab@ interuniversity demonstrator project.

take a look at our new trailer video presenting the Swiss Space Center.

A great article of our member Picterra featured in todays EPFL News: “EPFL start-up Picterra has devised a smart system that allows users to analyze drone or satellite images of a given [...]

The objective of this new working group is to connect the Swiss academy and industrial actors and to provide a platform for promoting common projects, enabling the industrial partners to increase [...]

Thursday, 31st May 2018, 5 p.m. ETH Hönggerberg, HIL D 53

Call for application for the National Trainee Programme 2018 is open until 4th of June 2018.

The Swiss Space Center (SSC) and the European Space Agency (ESA) have joined in partnership to prepare ESA_Lab@CH, an initiative meant to give students the opportunity to develop technologies to [...]

Learn the concepts used in the design of space missions, manned or unmanned, and operations, based on the professional experience of the lecturer. This Massive Open Online Course start on March [...]

Following the past four successful editions of the MdP Calls for Proposals (Mesure de Positionnement) launched since 2010 to reinforce the technological and scientific capabilities of Swiss [...]

Apply now until April 23 for the International Graduate Summer School in Aeronautics and Astronautics 2018 (IGSS) from 11 – 17 July 2018 at Beihang University in Beijing, China.    

Nau visited us during our module “space debris” at the Tecday at Kantonsschule Reussbühl in Lucerne and featured an article on their webpage. Check it out!

Les horloges atomiques destinées à l’espace peuvent désormais compter sur l’impression 3D, comme l’atteste une recherche dirigée par le Laboratoire Temps Fréquence (LTF) de l’Université de [...]

16 – 27 July 2018 in Beijing, China.   13 special China-focused tracks to choose from Lectures ¦ Interactive Workshops ¦ Field trips ¦ Cultural Activities    

The Space Debris Training Course  will be hosted at the ESA Academy‘s Training & Learning Centre in ESEC, Redu, Belgium, from 16 to 20 April 2018. University students will be provided [...]

ESA has opened a competition for a design that will ornament the fairing of the Soyuz rocket carrying the satellite CHEOPS. The fairing is the outer housing that protects the satellite against [...]

The RTS programme “Toute une vie” presented Claude Nicollier on January 4th 2018. “Des archives rares, des photos, des documents personnels. Le Suisse de l’Espace, Claude [...]

Swiss TechLadies is a support programme in technics and informatics. The programme consists of a online challenge for all and a mentoring programme for girls. Women working in STEM domaine are [...]