Space Diplomacy: Switzerland and ESA Establish Space Deep-Tech Innovation Centre

PeopleOther ♦ Published: May 18, 2022; 15:38 ♦ (Vindobona)

Switzerland and the European Space Agency signed a Memorandum of Cooperation, establishing the center for European Space Deep-Tech Innovation at the Paul Scherrer Institute in Villigen, Switzerland.

The center for European Space Deep-Tech Innovation is located at the Paul Scherrer Institute in Switzerland. / Picture: © Wikimedia Commons / PSI / CC BY-SA 4.0

Martina Hirayama, State Secretary of Switzerland for Education, Research and Innovation, and Josef Aschbacher, Director General of the European Space Agency (ESA), signed a cooperation agreement between the two organizations to establish a joint competence center at the Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI).

This joint competence center at the PSI is the European Space Deep-Tech…