European Space Resources Innovation Centre (ESRIC)

?? Last call to register to the Summer School Alpbach 2025! From July 8th to 17th , 2025, at Alpbach, Tyrol – Austria, learn all about small bodies from our solar system! Work alongside field experts to solve complex mission challenges, broaden your expertise, and fuel your drive for innovation. ?? Luxembourg is offering a financial support to Bachelor's, Master's or PhD students in engineering, physics, space sciences or other related fields. ?? ?? Don't miss this incredible opportunity and apply before the deadline - March 2nd 2025 : https://lnkd.in/gzkDYq4 #summerschool #space #austria #spaceexploration #STEM Université du Luxembourg European Space Resources Innovation Centre (ESRIC) Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology (LIST) ANEIL ACEL - De Studentevertrieder Luxembourg National Research Fund (FNR)

If you want to find out more about lunar #regolith and #ISRU, listen to the latest SciLux episode with Timon Schild, our PhD candidate at the European Space Resources Innovation Centre (ESRIC). Big thanks to SciLux and Research Luxembourg for diving into this topic.

In this video of the Women [& Girls] 2025 produced by Research Luxembourg; Xiaochen Zhang, our PhD candidate at the European Space Resources Innovation Centre (ESRIC) shares her journey in research — setbacks are part of the #academic trajectory. But with curiosity, determination, and good mentoring, research is an exciting adventure. Watch her story and join us and Research Luxembourg in celebrating women in #Space and #STEM! The video series "Women [& Girls] in Science" is a collaboration between the institutions that form Research Luxembourg, the Ministry for Gender Equality and Diversity, Luxembourg and the Ministry of Research and Higher Education (MESR). The series features 6 women in science with different journeys in research, with the goal to inspire girls in[to] science. Follow Research Luxembourg for more detail!

Yesterday, we had the pleasure of welcoming key representatives from the European Space Agency - ESA and the Luxembourg Space Agency to ESRIC, where we engaged in insightful discussions about future collaborations in #space #exploration, technology, and #innovation. Many thanks for your visit Dietmar Pilz, Eike Kircher, Tommaso Ghidini, Ph. D., Roger Walker, PhD FRAeS, Piero Messina, Charles Koener and Mathias Link. We look forward to continue working closely with ESA and LSA to shape the future of #sustainable space exploration.

We’re proud to see our PhD researcher, Xiaochen Zhang, featured in the new “Women [& Girls] in #Science” series by Research Luxembourg, showcasing the career trajectories of six inspiring women in Luxembourg’s research landscape. Xiaochen’s work at the European Space Resources Innovation Centre (ESRIC) highlights the exciting possibilities of #space research. In parallel to the video series, the Women [& Girls] in Science #Mentoring Programme will be launched for the first time, offering aspiring women researchers mentorship and role models in #STEM. Visit Research Luxembourg's page for more detail!

Only two weeks left to apply for the Space Resources Challenge 2025! The European Space Agency - ESA, in partnership with the Luxembourg Space Agency and the European Space Resources Innovation Centre (ESRIC), is calling on teams from academia, industry, and research to develop cutting-edge technologies for lunar regolith excavation and beneficiation. ?? Deadline: 20 February 2025

Today, we had the pleasure of welcoming the Technical University of Munich (TUM) at the European Space Resources Innovation Centre (ESRIC) for an exchange of ideas and innovation. Their team delivered an engaging presentation on Ice2Thrust.Space, a groundbreaking EU-funded project aiming to revolutionise space exploration by harnessing water ice as a sustainable propulsion resource. EnduroSat, University of Luxembourg, SnT, Interdisciplinary Centre for Security, Reliability and Trust, Tech Tour, Philipp Reiss

?? Last chance to submit your abstract! ?? The submission window closes today at 23:30 (GMT +1)

Don’t miss your chance to showcase your work at the 2025 Space Resources Week! The submission for abstracts closes this Wednesday, 15 January, at 23:30 (GMT+1). ??? Conference Dates: 19-21 May 2025 ?? Location: European Convention Center, Luxembourg ?? Submit here: https://lnkd.in/gNW5Tx6 Space Resources Week organised by European Space Resources Innovation Centre (ESRIC), together with the Luxembourg Space Agency, European Space Agency - ESA and the Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology (LIST). If you’re working on breakthrough solutions, technologies or strategies for #space #resources to enable a new era of #sustainable space #exploration, we want to hear from you!

?? ?? Dear Space Resources Community, Welcome to 2025! Following last month’s announcement of the 2 start-ups selected for Phase 2 from cohort 4 of the #ESRIC Start-up Support Programme (ESRIC SSP 4), with the Technoport SA / Olivier ZEPHIR, PhD. , we are happy to share another major step forward in our commercialisation activities for #ISRU, #SpaceTech, and #DeepTech. We have officially kicked-off the 5th cohort of the ESRIC Start-up Support Programme (Phase 1), selecting 7 ventures from 5 countries: - Aphelia (Malaysia) – Wireless power infrastructure for powering lunar ISRU applications, also serving terrestrial defence and commercial markets with RF-based solutions (M. Razlan Dhamir Hamdan / Sebastian Asprella)? - Dhow Energy (Netherlands) – Lunar prospecting technologies and geological risk assets (Peter Driessen) - IMENSUS? UG (Germany) – AI-powered geology platform (Pascal Koch) - Interstellar Mapping (UK) – Providing lunar interactive thermal maps covering the entire lunar surface for long-term mission planning (Nicholas Barnett / Andrew Hazelton, MBA) - MIRORES Mining Data Services (Poland) – Far-Infrared ore spectrometer (Jakub Ci??ela / Sumit Goski)? - Polimak Space (Germany) – Developing a modular regolith handling solution featuring a Modular Drum Conveyor system (Süleyman Salihler / Roderick Rühl ??) - URA Thrusters (UK) – Provider of electrolysers and reversible fuel cells (Alberto Garbayo) We extend our sincere thanks to all partners, experts, alumni, incubated projects, and stakeholders, and congratulate to these seven project owners on the challenges ahead. Read more and stay connected with the existing space resources cluster ?? https://lnkd.in/eSmPJYqy ?? If you are an #expert in the #space or #terrestrial industry, an industry player, a public or private investor, or a financial institution wishing to support the SpaceTech and DeepTech ISRU commercial ecosystem, we encourage you to reach out. European Space Resources Innovation Centre (ESRIC), Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology (LIST), Luxembourg Space Agency, European Space Agency - ESA, ESA Commercialisation Gateway, Colorado School of Mines, Luxembourg Trade and Investment Office Taipei 盧森堡台北辦事處, Luxembourg Trade and Investment Office - Tokyo （ルクセンブルク貿易投資事務所）, Luxinnovation GIE, Diego De Biasio, Kathryn Hadler, Bob Lamboray, Mathias Link, Kevin Cannon, Christopher Dreyer, Satoru Kurosu, TerraEye, Lightigo s.r.o., Spacebackend, Tumi Robotics, Neamine