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ESA Academy Experiments programme Schedule

08/09/2022

This page was last updated on: 16 October 2025

1.  Listen and Learn

Announcement of opportunity released   

 3 July 2025

Follow the ESA Academy Experiments Programme e-learning module  

 3 July – 16 November 2025

2.  Consult and Confer

Contact ESA Academy for help and questions 

1 September – 16 November 2025

Information Session 1 

17 September 2025

Information Session 2 

8 October 2025

3.  Submit and Succeed

Deadline submission of proposal for Parabolic Flights   

16 November 2025

Deadline submission of proposal for Orbital Robotics Lab 

14 December 2025 

Shortlisting announcement 

NLT end of December 2025

Experiments Selection Workshop 

26 to 30 January 2026

Selection announcement 

NLT February 2026

4.  Perform and Publish

Design Phase

from February until May-June 2026

Assembly and Testing phase

from May-June until July-September 2026

Campaigns 

August-November 2026

During the Experiments Selection Workshop, workshops will be organised to provide students with the fundamentals of industry-standard engineering practices, project management, risk mitigation, effective fundraising, outreach techniques, and more. At the end of that week, there will be selection meetings where the teams will have the opportunity to present their projects to a selection committee.

All dates shown are indications and are subject to change without prior notice or after consultation with selected teams on an ad hoc basis in order to avoid scheduling conflicts with university exams or other commitments/engagements. ESA Academy will attempt to notify participants of any schedule change in due time. Please check this page regularly for updates. NLT=No Later Than.  

For experiments destined for the ICECubes Service on the International Space Station or for Space Rider, the schedule will be drawn specifically to the teams’ capabilities and launch opportunities and development period will average around 12 to 24 months.