Division of Space technology

We welcome David Haack to Luleå University of Technology. For 24 months David Haack, a recognised Humboldt fellow, will assist us in Kiruna with our atmospheric science. Born in Germany 1982 and hailing from a village in northwestern Brandenburg, Haack is a geologist and did his doctorate at the German Aerospace Center (DLR).

Space technology can give us a snapshot of climate change and the health of the planet. In northern Sweden, you find an infrastructure with research, education and industry in close cooperation, which contributes to the green transition.

Alex Moore, PhD student in Atmospheric science at Luleå University of Technology, successfully conducted an experiment in the sky to validate penetrometry, commonly used for cheese maturation, as a method to analyse the granular surface of asteroids.

With the development of a new ultrafast laser-based instrument, Alexis Bohlin, researcher in Space Systems at Luleå University of Technology among with colleagues in the Netherlands have taken a step closer towards greener space travel. This advance in diagnostics capacity, which will be applied in new experiments, could very well contribute to more environmentally friendly aerospace engines.

The funds will support collaborative innovation through applied research, expanded lab and test facilities and business development for small- and medium enterprises. Led by regional development project RIT2021, the goal is to attract talent, investment and new business ventures to EU’s northernmost space hub.