The Space Week – recap day 1 and 2

OPEN DAY SRON AND OLD OBSERVATORY, SEEING STARS LEIDEN Aaand.. #TheSpaceWeekNL took off! Here’s a sneak peek of what day 1 + 2 of #TheSpaceWeekNL looked like! Hundreds of curious people – from children to families to space enthusiasts and beyond – visited the SRON Netherlands Institute for Space Research Open day, the Leiden Observatory […]

Navigate To The Future during The Space Week including video & pictures

The day after! We’re looking back at an incredibly fruitful edition of Navigate To The Future where space and non-space people and businesses connected with each other. We want to thank everyone who joined Navigate To The Future at Space Expo in Noordwijk, as part of The Space Week 2022! From inspiring panel discussions to […]

The Space Week shows the social importance of space for enthusiasts as well as professionals

Author: Bart Brouwers – Innovation Origins Noordwijk and Leiden are gearing up for a week packed with knowledge sharing, business opportunities, and fun: ‘connecting the curious’. Whoever takes in the program of The Space Week can hardly escape the feeling of being overwhelmed. Every day of the 8-day program is bursting with events large and small to make […]

Successful first edition of the LDE NL Space Campus Summer School

-AN EXCITING AND INSPIRATIONAL WEEK WITH AN INTERDISCIPLINARY VIEW ON SPACE ACTIVITIES- This summer 32 students (University, HBO and MBO) participated in the first edition of the LDE NL Space Campus Summer school, organised by NL Space Campus in collaboration with LDE Universities. A six-day programme introducing students to the various disciplines involved in the […]

Deadline Defense Innovation Competition 2022 on September 5

The deadline for handing in your proposal for the Defense Innovation Competition is coming up! The deadline stands on the 5th of September at 12:00 midday. Be sure to take some time to upload your proposal as this may take a while and will no longer be possible after the deadline. So finish your proposals, […]

Highest Dutch medal of honour in space for Nico van Putten

Nico van Putten, deputy director of the NSO until last month, received the Dutch Space Medal of Honour for his contribution to Dutch space exploration. The medal was presented during his festive farewell on NL Space Campus at the Space Expo in Noordwijk. The Dutch Space Medal is awarded by the Netherlands Aerospace Fund (NLF). […]

Defence Innovation Competition 2022: win 200.000 euros with your concept.

The Defence Innovation Competition is an annual competition for innovative ideas with potential added value for the Defence domain. To stimulate the Dutch space ecosystem and to help the Ministry of Defence to increase its capabilities in the space domain, the Ministry of Defence challenges this year Dutch startups and SMEs from the space industry to come […]

Curiosity Series Digital Twinning at the CDF on ESTEC: Don’t limit your ambitions

The June 22 Session of the Curiosity Series research edition was centered around the topic of Digital Twin Earth. This session was conducted as a concurrent design session. Using that methodology, the brainstorming was capable of identifying areas which could potentially, after a next session of the seminar, serve to identify common research questions about […]