The Planetary Exploration group at TU Delft’s faculty of Aerospace Engineering is dedicated to the exploration of the solar system and the planets beyond.
Our science and engineering focusses on planetary surface processes and materials; planet and moon interiors; solar system dynamics and planet formation. We design and develop scientific instruments and trajectories for future space missions aimed at exploring the characteristics of other planets and moons in our solar system.
Our latest news.
- Bedrock uplift reduces Antarctic sea-level contribution over next centuries
- New laboratory opens to study enigmatic volcanic processes on other planets
- Small chip, grand mission: searching for signs of extraterrestrial life
- Field campaign tracks down mineral signatures at early-life analogue hydrothermal sites in Iceland
- Veni grant to explore habitability of Uranian moons
- Mudflows on Mars investigated in research aircraft TU Delft
- ERC Advanced Grant for unveiling the hidden oceans of Jupiter and Saturn’s moons
- TU Delft code helps uncover the moon’s hidden inner structure
- TU Delft researchers receive NWO funding to study life on icy moons
- Edgar Steenstra wins the 2025 Vening Meinesz Prize for groundbreaking planetary research
