Schedule
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.