Meeting of the Graduate School of Space Technology at Abisko

Atmospheric Science Group’s PhD students participated in a meeting held in Abisko National Park last August as members of the LTU’s Graduate School of Space Technology. They are included in the so called “third round” of the programme, composed of 20 PhD students from a variety of disciplines whose research is related to space technology. […]

Life on Mars sought in India

Three members of the research group in Atmospheric Science are now leaving for Ladakh, India, to test a prototype of HABIT, the instrument selected as part of the payload on board the ExoMars 2020 mission. – We look forward to seeing how HABIT performs under extreme atmospheric conditions, says PhD student Teresa Mendaza de Cal. […]

“Kiruna – our Space Capital”

 Published in Norrbottens Affärer Link: http://norrbottensaffarer.se/nyheter/fler-nyheter/kronika-kiruna-var-rymdstad Johanna Bergström Roos, project manager of the RIT project, has worked in the aerospace industry for 25 years. She is proud of being part of Space Kiruna and all the possibilities that the space industry offers. Below you will find a chronicle of some questions she is thinking of. Most […]

Research infrastructures that strengthen Sweden as a space nation

On Space Campus in Kiruna, the Academy within Space Kiruna is gathered: the Institute of Space Physics, the research organization EISCAT and Luleå University of technology and the RIT-project. Here world-leading research is carried out within a wide variety of space disciplines and training of tomorrow’s space engineers and scientists. It is often said that […]

Virtual Team Environments

These are the collaborative environments of the RIT-project and soon to be Centre of Excellence. If you have any questions or think that you or your company/programme/department should be invited, contact [email protected] Trello Team Environment (Full access) RIT-partners Members of the different work packages Space companies in collaboration with the PhD’s Innovation projects Financiers Steering groups […]

Interdisciplinary focus lead to innovations in graduate school

Graduate School of Space Technology is a collaboration between Luleå University of Technology and the Institute of Space Physics, IRF, which started in 2002. The third round has started with twenty new doctoral projects in six different research areas. The idea is that the interdisciplinary breadth will lead to new perspectives and innovations in space […]

New forum focused on growth and innovation in the space sector

During two days the Space Forum Innovation has gathered Space Industry, regional SME:s alongside with the Academia in order to discuss how to create a stronger space industry. Discussion focused on new innovative ideas and open collaboration.  The Space Innovation forum, arranged by the RIT-project, had Stefan Sydberg, deputy mayor of Kiruna, as the opening […]

Sounding rocket base seeks summer workers amongst students

SSC Esrange in Kiruna and Luleå University of technology collaborates in a preparatory training to find and train students for a possible summer replacement at Esrange. It was during the Space Innovation Forum where SSC Esrange presented this new joint project with Luleå University of technology. The project has been a collaboration between the RIT-project, […]

India first stop on the way to Mars

A prototype of the instrument HABIT that will be sent to Mars in 2018, will be tested during a NASA expedition to a Martian like environment in northern India. – It is a very prestigious expedition. And to do calibrations in a Mars analogue like this area is important for us, says Javier Martín-Torres, professor […]