Starliner’s Unexpected Odyssey: A lesson in spaceflight resilience
What began as a brief demo flight became one of NASA’ s and Boeing’s unexpected story of endurance and resilience. This is the journey of Crew 9, the astronauts of Starliner’s first Crew Flight Test (CFT), who redefined what unwavering commitment, ingenuity, and human determination truly mean. NASA’s Boeing Starliner astronauts Butch Wilmore and Sunita […]
IT’S TIME TO FREEZE: 6S CUBESAT THERMAL TESTING CAMPAIGN
For an engineer, testing is just as crucial as designing. No numerical simulation or projection can ever replace a comprehensive testing campaign. As our 6S CubeSat enters Phase D, the final stage dedicated to testing and production, it is essential to assess its structural integrity and thermal properties. Consequently, from February 24th to 28th, the […]
RoverTech: Exploring Space, One Rover at a Time
A rover is more than just a machine – it’s humanity’s trusted explorer in the vast, unknown reaches of space. Built to bear the extreme environments of distant planets, moons, and asteroids, rovers can make us set our foot on worlds far beyond our reach. Mars exploration rover From Past to Future The journey of […]
General Members Recruitment – February 2025
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 a CubeSat team member of PoliSpace:
As one of the CubeSat team members, you will take care of specific aspects connected with your role to help the associaton in building a real CubeSat.
The San Marco Project: A Journey Back to the Dawn of Italian Space Exploration
Geneva, May 31, 1962. A year has passed since Alan Shepard became the first American in space, thanks to his suborbital flight aboard Freedom 7. Meanwhile, Western nations are opening the doors to the space sector, that until now had been the exclusive domain of the two superpowers of the Cold War. A month earlier, […]
What’s shaking, 6S?
One of our biggest and most successful projects here at PoliSpace is our 6S CubeSat. 6S is the very first satellite entirely designed and built by students at Politecnico di Milano, with the purpose of offering students a unique hands-on opportunity to apply knowledge on missions planning, subsystem design, and project management. The 6S Team […]
What’s next, SpaceTech?
Amongst PoliSpace’s many facets and organizational subdivisions, there exists an ecosystem where highly technical and more self-contained projects take place. This is SpaceTech, the technical department of PoliSpace. Here, engineering projects are proposed, developed and managed for internal use, competitions, or even other entities and external companies! Due to this very nature, active projects have […]
3,2,1… MEEVA engaged, Asclepios IV is a go!
We all know space is not exactly easy to deal with. With phrases like “it’s not rocket science” or “shoot for the stars” it’s even become general culture to hold its challenges in high regard! That said, looking it from a more technical perspective does not soften the blow. Space is harsh. Microgravity affects everything […]
Journey to the stars
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 […]
6S CubeSat defeats ESTEC!
Lately we only hear great news from 6S CubeSat! For the less up to date, 6S CubeSat is one of the two permanent projects of PoliSpace. It’s the oldest one, and our members have been working on it since February 2021. The aim of the project is to develop the first satellite entirely designed and […]