Advanced composites are gaining ground in many areas, also in aerospace and in the wind energy sector, as they are lightweight and help to save energy. What is…
Living materials such as bone, wood or fungi have the ability to adapt to their environment. They can renew, strengthen and even heal themselves when conditions…
The Netherlands Space Office (NSO) and the Dutch Research Council (NWO) awarded 4.5 million to Earth observation and planetary research. Funding within the 'Use…
Last September ESA selected Harmony as the tenth Earth Explorer mission. Two satellites orbiting Earth in convoy with a Copernicus Sentinel-1 satellite…
The Centre for Global Heritage and Development together with the Universidad Pompeu Fabra (Barcelona) and the Instituto Colombiano de Antropologia e Historia…
The coordination of the Dutch branch of the allsky fireball camera network 'FRIPON' has been handed over from ESA-ESTEC to the TU Delft. In a formal event ESA…
University students are invited to apply to the new programme called “PETRI” now offered by ESA Academy. The acronym reflects the nature of the programme as it…
Professor of molecular astrophysics and astrochemistry Ewine van Dishoeck from Leiden University was presented with the Niels Bohr International Gold Medal on…
Having been trained in electrical engineering, Herman Russchenberg was first exposed to space when investigating how rain impacts the quality of satellite…
At the beginning of this century, a former student * introduced Willem Hulsink to the incubation programme of the European Space Agency (ESA). Together, they…
