21.12.06	The presentations from the workshop "Living on Mars" are now available on-line.
1.12.06	Prof. Georges Meylan has been appointed as new member of the Steering Committee of the Space Center.
17.11.06	The 2005 annual report of the Space Center EPFL is now available on-line.
17.11.06	The European Space Agency has just published opportunities to work as YGT (Young Graduate Trainee). The deadline to apply is set to 15 December.
17.11.06	The Space Center EPFL will organise on Friday 8 December 2006 the 2nd EPFL Space Research Day dedicated to the theme "Living on Mars". The event is open to the whole EPFL community and to the general public.
09.11.06	The presentations from the workshop to promote space careers at ESA are now available on-line.
23.10.06	An information meeting about the Minor took place on Monday 23 October 2006. Copies of the view-graphs are available on-line.
22.10.06	The Space Center EPFL will organise together with ETHZ a workshop to promote space careers at ESA and in Switzerland. The workshop will take place in Zurich on Friday 3 November 2006.
02.10.06	Dedicated only to the students, an overall presentation of the Satellite Tool Kit (STK) software will be organised on Thursday 9 November from 13h30 to 17h00 in room CM4.
18.09.06	The Space Center EPFL together with the EPFL's School of Continuing Education (SCE) will organise on Friday 10 November 2006 a short-course dedicated to the Satellite Tool Kit (STK) software reserved for industrials and managers active in the space business.
01.09.06	The Space Center EPFL is currently looking for a scientific collaborator to setup and maintain the EPFL Concurrent Design Facility (CDF). Deadline to apply is set to 30 September 2006.
30.08.06	Students worldwide are being asked to come up with ideas for a space mission to be launched in 2010. Proposals are now being sought for YES3, the third project in ESA's Young Engineer's Satellite Programme. Deadline set to 20 October 2006.
28.08.06	The International Max-Planck Research School (IMPRS) on "Physical Processes in the Solar System and Beyond" offers a first choice possibility for graduate students to obtain their PhD degree in a major scientific discipline with optimal career opportunities. More information is available by contacting Mr. Philippe Kobel, a former EPFL student.
05.07.06	A minor in space technology will be offered at EPFL starting October 2006. The detailed list of course and addition information have been summarised here.
19.06.06	ESA has just issued a call-for-proposal in the frame of the ARIADNA initiative to foster cooperation between the Agency and European universities. The deadline to submit the proposals has been set to 15 September 2006.
07.06.06	RUAG Aerospace just renewed its cooperation agreement with the Space Center EPFL for a period of three years.
07.06.06	The University of Neuchâtel has become the second academic member of the Space Center EPFL.
05.06.06	A few ESA scholarships are still available for Swiss students or professionals interested to attend the International Space University programs in Strasbourg including the Summer Session Program (from July 3rd to September 1st, 2006) and the Master of Space Studies/Master of Space Management(from September 1st, 2006 to September 1st, 2007). Contact Mr. Nassim Bovet.
01.06.06	The list of student Semester and Master projects offered by the Space Center EPFL is available.
22.05.06	The Space Center EPFL offers interesting summer jobs to motivated students in their 3rd or 4th year.
11.05.06	The Galileo Joint Undertaking (http://www.galileoju.com/) is looking for a young engineer for a 6 month stage (June-December 2006) in the domain of satellite navigation. More information.
10.04.06	Eight PhD positions are available at the Astrobiology graduate school (to understand the origin, evolution and diversity of life on Earth, and investigate possible emergence of life elsewhere in the Universe) at Stockholm University.
06.04.06	The "Haute Ecole d'ingénierie et de gestion du canton de Vaud (HEIG-VD)" has become the first academic member of the Space Center EPFL
29.03.06	Ideas for an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) suitable for exploring Mars? If yes, please submit your ideas to ESA before 21 April 2006 and win a place at the Euroavia Design Workshop to be held at the Erasmus User Centre in Noordwijk, the Netherlands, between 16 July and 5 August 2006.
29.03.06	Ideas for an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) suitable for exploring Mars? If yes, please submit your ideas to ESA before 21 April 2006 and win a place at the Euroavia Design Workshop to be held at the Erasmus User Centre in Noordwijk, the Netherlands, between 16 July and 5 August 2006.
22.03.06	A new team of four EPFL students has been selected in the frame of the ESA Student Parabolic Flight Campaign that will take place during the summer 2006. The objective of the "PURE" team is to study the effect of gravity on crystal purification.
14.03.06	Following the successful first flight of the "Flash&Splash" experiment in the frame of the 2005 ESA student parabolic flight campaigns in July 2005, the whole team made up of four young EPFL engineers has been invited by ESA to fly a second time. Their blog in "Le Temps" describes what they have experienced.
01.03.06	The EPFL Cubesat project has been renamed Swisscube to better represent the participation of several Swiss universities and research centers.
22.02.06	CSEM SA has just become the newest member of the Space Center EPFL.
10.02.06	ESA just published an Announcement of Opportunity for the selection of Interdisciplinary Scientists and Supporting Investigators to work on the Venus Express mission which shall reach Venusian orbit in April 2006.
20.01.06	Prof. Juan Mosig was appointed chairman of the Space Center EPFL Steering Committee on January 1st, 2006.
18.01.06	The list of semester projects offered by the Space Center EPFL to the EPFL students is now available.
10.02.06	ESA just published an Announcement of Opportunity for the selection of Interdisciplinary Scientists and Supporting Investigators to work on the Venus Express mission which shall reach Venusian orbit in April 2006
20.01.06	Prof. Juan Mosig was appointed chairman of the Space Center EPFL Steering Committee on January 1st, 2006
18.01.06	The list of semester projects offered by the Space Center EPFL to the EPFL students is now available
11.01.06	The "Volkshochschule Bern" is organising a series of lectures dealing with space activities during the period 12 January - 16 February 2006
10.01.06	The EPFL Cubesat project will be presented to students on January 18th from 12:00 to 13:00 at the Polydome. Discover how you can participate in building the first student satelllite at EPFL, planned to be launched in 2008. For more information check the Cubesat website