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A grounded look into the skies: The Ground Station Project

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(…) How can we predict the weather? A key part of this, and several other technologies, are ground stations! Surely it can’t be easy to design, manufacture and implement one of these, right? Well, whilst it is indeed not trivial, it is also not something that’s out of our reach! Here at PoliSpace, members of the SpaceTech group have been working on what has been labeled The Ground Station Project.

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New PoliSpace Webinar: “Discovering tardigrades: small yet strong!” with Arianna Ricchiuti

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Arianna Ricchiuti will discuss terrestrial organisms as models of alien life forms by analyzing some bacteria and animals called “tardigrades,” describing their characteristics and their ability to live in extreme environments such as Space.

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CubeSat – STR Members Recruitment

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PoliSpace is the first student space Association of Politecnico di Milano, founded in September 2020 by a group of space enthusiasts. 

If you are a Polimi student and a space enthusiast, don’t miss this opportunity to become an executive member of PoliSpace:

As one of the executive members, you will take care of specific aspects connected with your role to boost the development of the association in all the sectors it is involved in.

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CubeSat – E3 Members Recruitment

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PoliSpace is the first student space Association of Politecnico di Milano, founded in September 2020 by a group of space enthusiasts. 

If you are a Polimi student and a space enthusiast, don’t miss this opportunity to become an executive member of PoliSpace:

As one of the executive members, you will take care of specific aspects connected with your role to boost the development of the association in all the sectors it is involved in.

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Journey to the stars

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Journey to the stars From Milan to Houston: three young students at the International Space University Elisabetta Marrucci, Matteo Rossi and Giorgia Rota, three talented students from Politecnico di Milano and members of PoliSpace, have achieved an incredible milestone by earning a spot in the prestigious Space Studies Program (SSP) at the International Space University

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Dr. Giuseppe Cataldo: The Man Behind the Engineer

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Last year, in mid-December, PoliSpace organized an interesting conference hosting Dr. Giuseppe Cataldo who spoke about the MSR Campaign. He currently works planetary protection in the MSR Program Office.  We are often used to thinking of engineers working at NASA as superhumans of a completely different breed. This may be true, but every great story

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Spark of Innovation: A Brief History of Electric Propulsion

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When we think of rocketry, we commonly think of the impressive images and videos of spacecrafts being launched utilizing huge earth-shaking rockets, propelled through the skies by a scorching trail of exhaust and flames. These are our traditional thermochemical rocket thrusters, and since the advent of rocketry, they have been our most reliable way to get things out of our planet.

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“Per aspera ad astra”: the EPv0 story

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Born out of necessity, grown with strength. This is EPv0, a Polispace story. Have you ever met someone so brilliant that you want to be part of their idea, their goal? This is what brought the EPv0 project to life when Sidereus and Polispace connected during the 2021 IAC conference. Sometimes it’s a spark, sometimes

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Mars Sample Return Campaign: Owner’s Manual

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On Friday 15th of December, PoliSpace held a great event. We had the chance to connect with Dr Giuseppe Cataldo, who spoke about the Mars Sample Return Campaign. After the conference we could reach him and ask some more questions to know more about him and his life. You will know everything about the interview in our next article, but know let’s step back and see what MSR Campaign is.

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