10th Sustainable Space Hub Coffee

Speaker: Elise Therond, Chloé Carrière Organiser: <a href="https://space.epfl.ch/research/sustainable-space-hub/">Sustainable Space Hub, EPFL Space Center</a> <p>Join us for the 10th edition of the <a href="https://space.epfl.ch/research/sustainable-space-hub/">Sustainable Space Hub</a> (SSH) coffee &amp; cookies, an opportunity to connect with the community and explore the latest developments in space sustainability.<br>  <br> We'll welcome Elise Therond to present Orbit-AL (iGEM EPFL 2026), a project addressing aluminum pollution from satellite re-entry. As satellites burn up, they release metals into the atmosphere, yet no regulations exist due to insufficient data. Orbit-AL tackles this by sampling atmospheric particles, using engineered cells