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Kunal Masania

Living Composites: A Step Closer to Making Aviation More Sustainable

Living materials such as bone, wood or fungi have the ability to adapt to their...

Planet earth

4.5 Million Awarded to Earth Observation and Planetary Research

The Netherlands Space Office (NSO) and the Dutch Research Council (NWO) awarded 4.5...

Paco López-Dekker

Interview with Dr. ir. Paco López-Dekker on his involvement with the Harmony satellite mission

Last September ESA selected Harmony as the tenth Earth Explorer mission. Two satellites...

South America

MAPHSA Project Launched

The Centre for Global Heritage and Development together with the Universidad Pompeu Fabra...

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Fireball camera network FRIPON officially handed over to TU Delft

The coordination of the Dutch branch of the allsky fireball camera network 'FRIPON' has...

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ESA Academy announces its new PETRI Programme

University students are invited to apply to the new programme called “PETRI” now offered...

Ewine van Dishoeck

Ewine van Dishoeck receives the Niels Bohr International Gold medal

Professor of molecular astrophysics and astrochemistry Ewine van Dishoeck from Leiden...

Herman Russchenberg, professor in Atmospheric Remote Sensing

‘Atmosphere research requires measurements from the ground and from satellites’

Having been trained in electrical engineering, Herman Russchenberg was first exposed to...

Willem Hulsink, associate professor in Strategic Management and Entrepreneurship

‘Space technology’s best use could well be in an entirely different sector’

At the beginning of this century, a former student * introduced Willem Hulsink to the...

Frans Snik, assistant professor at the Leiden Observatory

‘We compress our planet into a single pixel and measure everything possible’

Frans Snik was first exposed to astronomy during an internship at a solar telescope on...