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The TU Delft Space Institute congratulates the Principal Investigator Bernhard Brandl, who is Professor of Infrared Astronomy at Leiden University and part-time Professor Astronomical Instrumentation at Delft University of Technology, to the agreement with the European Southern Observatory (ESO) for the design and construction of the METIS instrument. NOVA, the Netherlands Research School for Astronomy, … Continued

From September 7th to September 11th, Delft was the home of a joint event combining the 5th CEAS (Council of European Aerospace Societies) Air & Space Conference and the 12th European Workshop on Aircraft Design Education (EWADE). CEAS 2015 was hosted by the Netherlands Association of Aerospace engineers NVvL in close cooperation with the Delft University of Technology (TU Delft) … Continued

The students of Delft Aerospace Rocket Engineering (DARE) are preparing the launch of their new Stratos II+ rocket between October 13 and 15. The revised rocket was presented to the public at the Faculty of Aerospace Engineering on September 3rd. After an attempt to launch the Stratos II rocket last year, two major updates to the Stratos II+ have been … Continued

In the third edition of the Netherlands Space Society magazine (NVR), TU Delft Space Institute presents the space-related research areas conducted at five faculties.  Also it is described how it will act as a platform for cooperation in space-related activities and how it will form an inspiring environment for research and (Life Long) education. Cooperation within these faculties and with the outside … Continued

Miniaturisation of spacecraft offers opportunities for universities that want to explore space. During his inaugural speech as a professor, Bert Vermeersen, described a future in which instruments from universities hitch rides to space. Read the full article of TU Delta, the indepent student newspaper of TU Delft,  here.

Sometimes a swarm of small satellites works better than a big one. The future in remote sensing could well be in tiny, affordable cooperating satellites. The TU hosted a conference on formation flying satellites (IWSCFF)  from 8-10 June. Keynote speaker and TU alumnus Dr. RuneFloberghagen spoke about ESA’s swarm mission and other applications of swarm satellites from various … Continued

TU Delta, the independent student newspaper of TU Delft, interviewed professor Pieter Visser. Pieter Visser, aka ‘Satellite Pete’, has been appointed as professor of astrodynamics and space missions (2014). He spent more than twenty years working on the GOCE – the Gravity field and steady-state Ocean Circulation Explorer – mission.  He tells amongst others about … Continued

This afternoon saw the official kick off of the TU Delft Space Institute by the Interact Rover. The Rover, developed jointly by TU Delft and ESA, was located at ESA/ESTEC in Noordwijk and operated remotely from TU Delft during the opening symposium of the TU Delft Space Institute. The new institute is intended to bring … Continued

TU Delta, the independent student newspaper of TU Delft, did an article on one of the researchers of the TU Delft Space Institute. In a recent article in Acta Astronautica, published recently, Angelo Cervone, Barry Zandbergen and their team of researchers at the Faculty of Aerospace Engineering described a simple and reliable propulsion system that uses water ice … Continued

The Faculty Graduate School of AE recently installed a new body called the PhD-Board. The board acts as a sounding board of the Faculty Graduate School AE and organizes social and scientific events. The following PhD students are represented in the PhD Board. They represent the different sections within AE: Emmanuel Sunil – section C&S … Continued