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Université libre de Bruxelles – École Polytechnique
Centre for Research and Engineering in Space Technologies

CREST develops frontier research and advanced technological capabilities in space science, space technologies, and ground-based experimental validation.

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Who We Are

Our Mission

To promote and foster Space Science and Space Technologies for the benefit of humankind.

Our Vision

CREST sees space exploration as a driver for knowledge and solutions that improve healthcare, sustainability, energy efficiency, and human well-being on Earth and beyond.

Featured Research

Research at CREST

PRIMEALERT project

PRIMEALERT

PRIME Alert (Personalised Micro Environmental Change Alert) is an innovative Artificial intelligence approach to improving safety, effectiveness and awareness of first responders/soldiers in high-risk environments such as natural disasters (hurricanes, floods, fires) and combat scenarios (nerve gas, toxins in caves/tunnels).

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KRABS project

GUARDIAN

Guardian (AI-Based Behavioural Risk Analysis for Space Situational Awareness) develops a new generation of SSA decision-support tools based on machine learning and physics-consistent simulation, explicitly designed to operate without reliance on classified or protected data.

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QUASAR project

QUASAR

This project explores a new, visually readable radiation sensing concept based on quantum dots and photonic crystal arrangement.

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KRABS project

KRABS

Kinetics of red cell aggregation and the blood structure–rheology link, with implications for altered blood viscosity and coagulation risks in spaceflight.

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CRESTLAB @ CREST

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