The Department of Space Engineering at the Faculty of Aerospace Engineering will welcome three additional positions in the next couple of months: a Space Systems Engineer, an Assistant Professor and a Research Engineer. While the Space System Engineer will strengthen the focus area of Planetary Exploration by working on the PRIDE-JUICE and SPEX-LOUPE project as … Continued
A new KUKA robot, acquired by the TU Delft Space Institute, recently arrived at Science Centre Delft. It will be used for a project which will research how modified COTS robotic components can be used for low-cost robotic spaceflight applications. Long-term goal of the project is to perform a successful reliability testing of the … Continued
On the 21st and 22nd of April, Delft University of Technology will host the CESUN Europe event 2016, a special European flavored event, focused on the theme Comprehensive Engineering. CESUN, the Council of Engineering Systems Universities, provides a platform for member universities worldwide to work together on developing Engineering Systems as an emerging field of … Continued
March 1st 2016, the study association of the faculty of Aerospace Engineering VSV ‘Leonardo da Vinci’ organizes another edition of its annual aerospace symposium. This year’s theme is ‘New Space: Launching Entrepreneurship’. The symposium will focus on the current shift towards privatization and mass production that takes place throughout the entire space industry. This focus has brought various interesting speakers … Continued
Unfortunately, the weather this year in Antarctica did not facilitate the launch of the NASA balloon borne Stratospheric Terahertz Observatory (STO2). The anti-cyclone pattern around Antarctica has degraded to the point that, if launched, STO2 would only have a ~7 day mission and will not be recoverable. NASA Headquarters decided to let STO2 to be stored … Continued
Launch of the NASA balloon borne Stratospheric Terahertz Observatory (STO2) is expected soon. A giant helium balloon will carry the detectors developed by Delft University of Technology to detect radiation in the terahertz range. This allows scientists to map the composition of dust clouds in our Milky Way, providing them with one of the missing … Continued
On Wednesday January 20th, TU Delft Space Institute hosts a fourth guest lecture in a series of lectures which will be given by Mr. Jan Wörner, Director General of ESA, from 11.00-12.00 hrs in Lecture room A at the Faculty of Aerospace Engineering of the TU Delft. “The valorisation of space on earth and back’ … Continued
To celebrate the appointment of Bart Reijnen as Honorary Member of the Netherlands Space Society (NVR), NVR together with the TU Delft Space Institute (DSI) and SpaceNed, organised an evening lecture with the theme “Robotic Space Exploration” in the TU Delft Science Center on December 14th. During this lecture, guest speakers Bert Vermeersen (Professor Planetary … Continued
On the evening of November 17th, the Netherlands Space Society (NVR), SpaceNed, student society VSV Leonardo da Vinci and the Space Generation Advisory Council (SGAC) together with the TU Delft Space Institute (DSI) will organise a networking event for students at the Faculty of Aeropace Engineering at Delft University of Technology. Goal of this event … Continued
October 16th saw the launch of the Stratos II+ rocket, developed by the team of Delft Aerospace Rocket Engineers (DARE) of Delft University of Technology to reach a new European altitude record for amateur rocketry. The lift-off of the 7 m tall Stratos II+ rocket occurred on Friday, October 16th at 16:33 from its launch … Continued