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The battle for a place in space

TU Delft has provided two of the three proposals that are competing for the tenth Earth Explorer mission by ESA, which is planned for 2027-2028.

Landing amidst slopes and stones

The landing of Apollo 11’s Lunar Module on the moon was done partly by hand. In the future, spacecraft will have to be able to land autonomously on uncharted territory on a moon or planet. Dr Svenja Woicke developed the software.

Ockels’ legacy

The famous astronaut and Delft professor Wubbo Ockels passed away five years ago. After his 1985 space mission, which made him realise how vulnerable Earth is, he launched many sustainable projects. What’s left of that legacy today?

‘Our students are going to be alright’

Arnold de Jager still feels close to the current generation of students, but he is also an experienced businessman and entrepreneur. In other words, he is the ideal alumnus to participate in the mentor programme of the faculty of Aerospace Engineering (AE). “I would have liked to have had a mentor myself when I was studying,” he says.

Experiments in the J lab

Fuel cell innovations, energy storage and conversion, and the production and use of biofuels are key to a successful energy transition. The J lab, the experimentation hall at Process & Energy, has everything researchers need to scale up from a good idea to a full-sized process technology installation.

Two winners for Marina van Damme Grant

Not one, but two female TU Delft alumni won this year’s Marina van Damme Grant. Andrea Mangel Raventos and Hanneke Stenfert were both awarded EUR 9,000.

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