Aerospace is a field in which CERN is playing a critical and increasingly recognised role from both the scientific and the technological point of view. This domain is considered as highly strategic by many of CERN's institutional and industrial partners in the Member States and beyond.
Both space missions and underground accelerator and detector infrastructures have to deal with extremely harsh environments, posing stringent technological requirements that often overlap. In addition, the exploration of the smallest and largest structures of the Universe requires instruments and data exploitation systems capable of the highest achievable performances.
CERN's technologies, facilities and know-how have concrete applications in space, and the KT Group is committed to exploring synergies and establishing partnerships with institutional, research and commercial organisations active in the aerospace sector.
CERN operates unique technical facilities for testing equipment in space-like environments. Irradiation facilities are of particular interest to the aerospace community.
On Tuesday, 25 April 2017, CERN and the French space agency, CNES ( Centre National d’Etudes Spatiales ), signed a cooperation agreement to encourage collaboration on innovations in the aerospace field.
This formalises a long-term partnership in shared areas of interest, such as...Read more ›
CERN attended the European Science Open Forum (ESOF) in Manchester this July, as part of EIROforum, a network of eight European Intergovernmental Research Organisations (EIROs) set up to support European science in reaching its full potential. EIROforum works closely with...Read more ›
CERN signed an agreement with the Swiss Space Center (SSC) on 3 rd June 2016, during the CERN/SSC Technology Transfer event , entitled “From High Energy Physics to Aerospace – Collaboration...Read more ›
VESPER stands for Very energetic Electron facility for Space Planetary Exploration missions in harsh Radiative environments. It is a high-energy electron beamline for radiation testing, part of the CTF3 (Compact Linear Collider Test Facility) experimental linear electron accelerator at CERN.
