ESA comes to Switzerland
The European Space Agency ESA is strengthening its cooperation with innovation players in Switzerland. ESA and the Paul Scherrer Institute PSI signed a joint contract at the end of October 2024 that marks the start of the European Space Deep-Tech Innovation Centre ESDI. ESDI is located in the Switzerland Innovation Park Innovaare, which in turn is a close neighbour to PSI. The contract defines a first platform of ESDI: Phi-Lab, which is connected to PSI and creates instruments to promote innovation.