https://spacewatch.global/tag/politecnico-di-torino/ AN INDEPENDENT PERSPECTIVE ON SPACE Tue, 11 Jun 2024 06:00:54 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://spacewatch.global/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/SpaceWatchGlobal-Sign-90x90.png https://spacewatch.global/tag/politecnico-di-torino/ 32 32 https://spacewatch.global/2024/06/deimos-led-consortium-receive-eu-funding-for-icarus/ Tue, 11 Jun 2024 06:00:54 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=55601 A European consortium, led by Spanish mission and system integrator Elecnor Deimos (Deimos), has received €15 million in funding from the European Union to develop an inflatable heat shield to recover rocket stages from space and prepare for Mars missions. Other partners and affiliations include the German Aerospace Center (DLR), the Italian Aerospace Research Center (CIRA), the French Aerospace Research Center (ONERA), Pangaia Grado Zero, Politecnico di Torino, Atmos Space Cargo, HDES Service & Engineering, and Demcon Advanced Mechatronics. ]]> https://spacewatch.global/2023/03/erc-goes-certified-and-opens-its-registration/ Wed, 29 Mar 2023 06:00:23 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=47570 The European Rover challenge (ERC) has announced today that it has opened its registration and introduced a new certification process. Not only will the tasks based on actual missions performed by rovers on Mars and the Moon be analysed, but the competence and skills of future engineers will be validated. Academic teams worldwide can now register for the competition and get a chance to obtain the ERC Space and Robotics Industry Standard Practice Programme certificate. ]]>