Board of Directors
Welcome to Daniel Neuenschwander
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Daniel Neuenschwander has been appointed member of the Board of Directors of the Swiss Space Center. He will sit together with Marc Gruber, Vice President for Innovation at EPFL and Detlef Günther, Vice President for Research and Corporate Relations at ETH Zürich.
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A licensed airline pilot and holder of a degree in physical geography from the University of Freiburg in Switzerland, Daniel Neuenschwander focused his professional activities up to 2001 on aviation.
In 2002, he joined the Swiss federal administration as a scientific collaborator in the space sector. From mid-2006 to mid-2009, he held the position of permanent delegate to the European Space Agency (ESA), based at the Swiss Embassy in France. He also attended a higher education business programme at the HEC in Paris, during this time.
From mid-2009 to mid-2016, he held the position of Director of the Swiss Space Office and Head of the Swiss delegation to ESA.
In March 2016 Daniel Neuenschwander has been elected unanimously by the 22 ESA Member States as Director for Launchers. He holds this position as well as the membership in ESA’s Executive Board since mid-2016.
The Directorate has been renamed in April 2017 Space Transportation, covering the portfolio of access to space, transport in and from space.
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IGLUNA
Moon Mission reviewd at the Concurrent Design Facility - ESA
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Nine IGLUNA students presented the initial phase of their lunar mission "SCALE" to a team of ESA specialists involved in the preparation and assessment of the agency's future space missions. The mission brings together three experiments developed during the 2020 edition of IGLUNA.
Their goal? To send their experiments by 2028 to the Moon for a 14-day mission.
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Over the past three months, IGLUNA students have been assisted by experts from the Concurrent Design Facility (CDF) at ESA to plan the phase 0 of their lunar mission. The mission, named "SCALE", brings together the projects SAMPLE (Warsaw University of Technology), AMPEX (RWTH Aachen University) and Celestial, (Technical University of Berlin).
The aim of the mission is to operate for 1 lunar day (i.e. 14 terrestrial days) in order to test a module for the automated cultivation of plants, a device to produce fibres from lunar soil and a lunar communication system. SCALE will operate aboard a Lunar Lander and the experiments are planned to be brought back to Earth when the mission is complete.
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Past event
Annual Assembly
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On Tuesday 8 December, we gathered together with our members for our virtual Annual Assembly. It was a pleasure to meet and exchange with them through presentations and workshops. We also presented the outcomes of 2020 and what has been achieved despite the unexpected circumstances.
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Research Fellowship at the ACT
Join the Advanced Concept Team at ESA/ESTEC!
Application deadline: 5 January 2021
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The Swiss Space Office is looking for a new:
Start of the contract: 1 Mai 2021 or upon agreement.
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Announcement of Opportunity
ExoMars 2022
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The European Space Agency ESA has released an Announcement of Opportunity for Interdisciplinary Scientists and Guest Investigators in the ExoMars 2022 mission.
The aim of this AO is to solicit the participation of the scientific community to augment the scientific return of the mission as a whole by appointing up to five Interdisciplinary Scientists (IDS) and up to eight Guest Investigators (GI) for the ExoMars 2022 mission.
The deadline for submitting mandatory Letters of Intent is 12 January 2021 at 12:00 (noon) CET and the deadline for submitting proposals is 15 February 2021 at 12:00 (noon) CET.
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Upcoming event
Sustainable Space Logistics Symposium
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16 - 18 February 2021
Online
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For its first digital symposium, the EPFL Space Center (eSpace) invites you to a 3-days journey featuring space and sustainability experts, as well as observers from outside the space area
In 2019, eSpace started a research initiative on Sustainable Space Logistics (SSL). The thematic of space logistics is still largely untouched and will be the backbone of multiple large-scale applications on new materials & services, data, human spaceflight, etc.
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More information on the complete programme and speakers coming soon.
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Opportunity for students
Space Law Course
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Apply now for the 2021 Online edition of the ESA Academy’s Introduction to Space Law Training Course!
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Following the success of past editions, ESA’s Education Office is organising again, in collaboration with ESA’s Legal Services Department, the five-day Introduction to Space Law Training Course.
The training course is open to university students of all levels with an engineering or scientific background.
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News from our members
CYSEC wins Swiss Space Office contract to develop secure, reliable in-orbit satellite reconfiguration
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CYSEC SA, a cybersecurity company based at the EPFL Innovation Park, with its academic partner HEPIA, the Geneva University of Applied Sciences and Arts, have been awarded a contract by the Swiss Space Office to develop a solution to mitigate the cyber risks related to in-orbit reconfiguration of small satellites.
To combat the cyber risks related to satellite data transmission, CYSEC and HEPIA formed a consortium to submit a project as part of the Swiss Space Office’s 2020 Mesures de Positionnement - an annual program that “fosters and promotes Swiss technological and scientific competences that have a clear potential for space products and services/applications.”
CYSEC and HEPIA’s winning project proposes to develop a new security architecture implemented on a fault-resistant FGPA board that will facilitate secure, reliable in-orbit reconfiguration of small satellites.
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2020 is coming to an end and we are now heading into next year with new and innovative ideas in order to support our members in their activities and strengthen Switzerland’s space capabilities.
Moreover, we would like to thank all our members and partners that have contributed to our actions this year and help us achieve our goals, as well as everyone who is sharing our passion for space.
We hope that the new year will bring you new and exciting opportunities and we are looking forward to the 2021 projects with the space community.
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We wish you a wonderful Holiday Season and a Happy New Year!
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Warm regards,
Swiss Space Center
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