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The European Space Agency - ESA invites you to the 3rd edition of the RAMS conference Are you working in RAMS (Reliability, Availability, Maintainability and Safety) or any RAMS-adjacent domain in the space industry, academia, at an agency or in any other industry? Then this event is for you! 📅 23-25 June 2026 📍 ESA ESTEC, Noordwijk, The Netherlands 🖊️ Register here before 15 June: https://lnkd.in/ePAwzB5m The theme of this edition is ‘Space meets Earth: a global RAMS conference’ and features two inspirational keynote speakers: 🎤 Samantha Cristoforetti, ESA astronaut, whose unique experience in long-duration missions aboard the International Space Station provides a compelling perspective on RAMS. 🕐 Her talk is scheduled for Thursday 25 June, 10:00-11:00 🎤 Nancy Lindsey (Topping), retired NASA RAMS Engineer and Deputy R&M Technical Fellow. Throughout a career of supporting defence, commercial, science and Earth observation missions, she has experience ensuring that RAMS perspectives are heard when they matter most. 🕐 Her talk is scheduled for Wednesday 24 June, 10:00-11:00 For more information about the conference, please visit https://lnkd.in/eJ-pR7BR. We hope to see you there!

How do university laboratories and local aerospace companies get their hardware onto key space science missions?   The answer is ESA's PRODEX programme (PROgramme de Développement d'Expériences scientifiques).   Right now, the European Space Agency - ESA manages over 400 active Prodex contracts. These partnerships bring together academic research and commercial space industry. They directly fund the development of highly advanced scientific instruments and experiments across Earth observation, microgravity, and space science missions, such as:   🛰️ ESA Space Science: #Smile, #Plato, #CometInterceptor, #Envision, #LISAmission, #ExoMars, #NewAthena, and #Arrakihs.   🧑🚀 Orbital Labs: Instrumentation for the International #SpaceStation.   🌍 Global Partnerships on non-ESA missions including NASA's Commercial Lunar Payloads Services #CLPS, JAXA's #Solar_C, and #POLAR2.   By participating in Prodex, 17 European nations boost their national scientific know-how, forge industrial and institutional cooperation, and increase their competitiveness in the space domain.   👇 Read about recent and upcoming successes: https://lnkd.in/eAwvmPVy

Can satellite imagery be used as evidence in a court of law? 🛰️⚖️ A new article on the ESA Discovery website explores the 'Earth Observation for Human Rights and Legal Accountability Mechanisms' project, led by doctoral researcher Seonaid Rapach at the University of Strathclyde. The project examined how Earth observation data can be systematically analysed and presented to meet the evidentiary standards required in legal proceedings – and what still needs to be done before satellite imagery can take its place alongside DNA and digital forensics as a trusted form of evidence in courts around the world. Read the full article here: https://lnkd.in/eGzDNCRP #DiscoveryPreparation

Did you know that ESA Technology, through its General Support Technology Programme (GSTP), has identified cybersecurity products to strengthen the security of future space missions? European Space Agency - ESA has published the “(Cyber)Security Products for Space Systems Protection 2026–2028” document, identifying priority products for accelerated development. These focus on technologies already at or beyond Technology Readiness Level (TRL) 5, mature solutions ready for wider adoption, and essential baseline capabilities needed to strengthen the security posture of future missions. ESA invites European entities to express non-binding interest via esa-star portal, contributing to the aggregation of industry demand, informing national delegations and supporting alignment between ESA planning, national priorities and industrial capabilities. Login and read the document on esa-star: https://lnkd.in/etW4w8bx

The European space sector faces increasing pressure from evolving chemical regulations, supply chain disruptions, and material obsolescence risks. EU regulations such as REACH (Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and restriction of Chemicals) can have a significant impact on the availability and qualification of materials, processes, and products used across space programmes. Register for free for a European Space Agency - ESA workshop that supports the European space community in navigating these challenges. 📆 Tuesday 2 June 2026 at 09:00–17:30 CEST 🖋️ Register at https://lnkd.in/epnu_aKx 📌 Onsite at ESA-ESTEC Netherlands or online Further information in the full article: https://lnkd.in/e_YattuC

𝗗𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗘𝘅𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗱: 𝗠-𝗜𝗡𝗗 𝗥𝗙𝗜 𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗻 𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗹 𝟮𝟳 𝗠𝗮𝘆 The European Space Agency - ESA has extended the Request for Information (RFI) for the Mid size LEO Satellite Industrialisation (M-IND) initiative under the GSTP framework. 🔗 https://lnkd.in/eHXCZZe6 M-IND aims to strengthen Europe’s competitiveness, industrial capacity, and technology sovereignty in the rapidly growing LEO constellation market, in line with ESA’s 2040 Strategy. We are inviting:  • Equipment suppliers  • Platform subsystem providers  • Payload module developers 𝗔𝗰𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗥𝗙𝗜 𝗴𝘂𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀 𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲: https://lnkd.in/e6RPMVpw Let’s accelerate Europe’s LEO capabilities, together.

Vacuum, extreme temperatures and aggressive radiation – materials going to space need to be designed to withstand such harsh conditions ⚠️🌡️ ☢️   In the European Space Agency - ESA’s Materials, Environments and Contamination Control Section, research fellows, ESA Graduate Trainees, National Trainees and visiting researchers all work together on testing such space-proof materials. 💡Sarah Krahl studies laser-induced contamination 💡Alexandre Laroche investigates how water ice impacts spacecraft 💡Corinne Barker analyses effects of lunar dust 💡Léo Fournier identifies new space-proof materials 💡Maciej Skorupski studies effects of atomic oxygen Read more about the talented young minds space-proofing ESA’s missions: https://lnkd.in/d2KZCq8K