Event cameras are an emerging sensing modality for space applications due to their ability to detect small changes in brightness. Rather than capturing full image frames, event cameras generate events when the intensity of light at an individual pixel increases or decreases. Despite their promise,… [weiterlesen]

We are pleased to announce that members of our chair contributed to the upcoming 5th Symposium on Space Educational Activities (SSEA 2026), co-organized by ESA and TUM and taking place in Taufkirchen (Munich), April 8–10, 2026. Ramón María García Alarcia, Sydney Dolan, and Vincenzo Messina were… [weiterlesen]

On February 9, 2026, at 16:00, we are hosting a Guest Lecture by Prof. Dr. Daniel Selva (Texas A&M University) entitled "AI Agents in Space: Increasing Space Autonomy". Join us at the Lecture Hall of the TUM Ottobrunn Campus (Lise-Meitner-Str. 9, 85521 Ottobrunn). [weiterlesen]

Postdoctoral Research associate Sydney Dolan served as Crew Engineer on Crew 323 at the Mars Desert Research Station (MDRS), the world’s largest and longest-running Mars surface simulation facility operated by The Mars Society. During the mission, Dolan and their international team lived in and… [weiterlesen]

Members of the Chair of Spacecraft Systems (Prof. Alessandro Golkar, Lara Schuberth, and Minas Cholevas) co-authored a report by the European Space Policy Institute (ESPI) on the economic viability of Space-Based Data Centres (SBDCs). The study presents a cost model benchmarking two 1-Gigawatt SBDC… [weiterlesen]

🚀 The TUM Chair of Spacecraft Systems is proud to encourage and support applications to the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) Postdoctoral Fellowship program. [weiterlesen]

Between the 28th and 30th of April of 2025, our Doctoral Candidate, Vincenzo Messina, had the chance to attend the International Workshop on Planning & Scheduling for Space (IWPSS 2025), in Toulouse, France. He presented his research on decentralized satellite networks, discussing task allocation… [weiterlesen]

The Chair of Spacecraft Systems was present at the Space Day München 2025, celebrated on the 12th of April of 2025 commemorating the first human spaceflight, performed by cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin on the same day of 1961. [weiterlesen]

During the first week of March of 2025, Prof. Alessandro Golkar and our PhD candidate Ramón García Alarcia have had the chance to present the Chair’s research in Boston, Massachusetts, at different events taking place at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). [weiterlesen]

Members of our chair gathered the past week at TUM's historic Akademiezentrum Raitenhaslach for an intensive two-day workshop focused on advancing our EventSat 6U CubeSat project and computer vision research. The retreat took place in the beautifully restored building, which serves as TUM's… [weiterlesen]