CHEESE - Swiss (CH) Exploration, Education & Science Endeavor

Point of contact: valentin.bickel@unibe.ch

CHEESE is a distributed network of Swiss researchers and science institutions interested in human and robotic science and exploration of the Moon and the inner solar system, including Near Earth Asteroids (NEAs). We call this network CHEESE – the Swiss (CH) Exploration, Education, and Science Endeavor. CHEESE is affiliated with NASA SSERVI (Solar System Exploration Research Virtual Institute, https://sservi.nasa.gov/) and seeks to optimize national and international communication, collaboration, and education, building on existing national and international research projects. CHEESE topics of interest are well aligned with NASA SSERVI interests and include 1) Science and sensing instruments and experiments, 2) Sample science and handling, 3) Mobility and robotic systems, 4) Applications of machine learning, 5) Planetary science, comparative planetology, and habitability, 6) Missions and operations, and 7) In-situ resource utilization.

Current CHEESE partners are:

• University of Bern (Academic Host)

  • Center for Space and Habitability

  • Space Research & Planetary Sciences

• ETH Zurich

  • RobotX Center

  • Space Science and Technology

  • AI Center

  • Institute of Geophysics

  • Engineering Geology

• EPFL Lausanne

  • Institute of Electrical & Micro Engineering

  • Space Innovation

• University of Zurich

  • Space Hub

• University of Basel

  • Department of Environmental Sciences

• Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts

  • Competence Center Bioscience and Medical Engineering

  • Competence Center Autonomous Systems and Robotics

• Space Exploration Institute Neuchatel
   

• University of Applied Sciences and Arts Western Switzerland

  • Institute of Systems Engineering

• Paul Scherrer Institute

  • European Space Deep-Tech Innovation Centre

• Eastern Switzerland University of Applied Sciences

  • Space@OST

CHEESE seeks to welcome more partners in the future.