LiftOff for space students

The job fair LiftOff is once again arranged at Space Campus in Kiruna. The fair is organized by students, for students. – We want to help students and companies bridge the gap between academia and industry, says Roger M. Pereira, one of the students arranging LiftOff.

Space students in international project

Space students at Luleå University of Technolgy have created a GPS-based system that can track sounding rockets positions. The system – called PASTA – is part of the international project PERSEUS.

Students on study visits at ESA

A group of civil engineering students from Luleå University of Technology has visited ESA ESTEC, the European Space Research and Technology Center. – I think it's important for us to see what opportunities are available to us in the future, says Simon Hedkvist, mechanical engineering student who organized the study visit.

Hannah is doing her master thesis at NASA

Hannah Petersson, a student at the Master Programme in Space Engineering, is doing her master thesis at NASA Ames Research Center in San Francisco. – It's a dream come true, says Hannah Petersson.

Finally balloon flight for Bexus experiments

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Student gained international space experience

Lectures on space, study visits and the opportunity to get to know students from all over the world. Terese Svensson, a student of the Master Programme in Space Engineering, has participated in the Space Studies Program in Ireland.

"Familjekänslan gör det lätt att trivas här"

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The interest in space took Terese up north

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Educational rocket program for space student

Rocket physics, orbital and rigid body mechanics and launching a sounding rocket. – It has been an experience well worth the effort, says Space Engineering student Joakim Rosenqvist, the only Swedish student to participate in ESA's Fly a rocket! program.

Record for student projects in REXUS/BEXUS

Luleå University of Technology has three student projects admitted to the same REXUS/BEXUS campaign – a unique achievement for a university. – The project is by far the coolest thing we've done during our education, says Alexander Korsfeldt Larsén, Space Engineering Student and spokesperson for the project IRIS.

Published:4 December 2013
Updated: 7 October 2019
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