Space Resources Week 2026

Since its inauguration in 2018, Space Resources Week has become the event of reference for the space resources community. 

Hosted annually in Luxembourg, Space Resources Week is organised by the European Space Resources Innovation Centre (ESRIC), in collaboration with the European Space Agency (ESA), the Luxembourg Space Agency (LSA) and the Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology (LIST).

The event brings together space agencies, industry leaders, researchers and early-stage ventures. It is, by design, multidisciplinary, addressing the scientific, technological, economic, legal and regulatory dimensions of space resources. 

We share a common ambition: to advance the sustainable and responsible use of space resources for our future in space and on Earth. 

In this fifth-anniversary edition, celebrating five years of ESRIC, we take the opportunity to reflect on what has been achieved so far, how far the community has come, and what we aim to accomplish in the years ahead. 

Looking forward, we need to map resources, plan future architectures for and with space resources, and develop roadmaps for translating ground-based research into space-ready technologies.

• Finding resources on the Moon, Mars and Asteroids (e.g. missions, measurements, mapping, prospecting)
• Extraction and use of resources on the Moon, Mars and Asteroids (e.g. excavation, beneficiation, oxygen and metals from regolith, water ice, purification, use)
  Architectures for and with space resources (e.g. in-space refuelling using space resource-derived propellant)
• Supporting technology (e.g. power, construction, automation and operation)
• Legal, regulatory and policy studies
• Economic studies related to space resources

This 2-day intensive course aims to provide a broad overview of the space resources field, including the current knowledge of available resources in the Solar System; resource identification, collection, extraction, and processing systems under development; economic and technical feasibility studies; legal, policy, and socio-economic issues; as well as space exploration architectures and commercial ventures that may be enabled by utilising extraterrestrial resources.

The course culminates with teams of participants developing a space resource utilization plan to identify, extract, and use resources from space

Number of participants limited to 40

• Identify types, technologies, and potential customers of space resources
• Explain the state of space resources exploration, availability, and technologies associated with their identification, recovery, extraction, processing, and utilization
• Analyse technological solutions, business models, and policy positions in space resources
• Compare and contrast methods of space resource utilization
• Assess current technological, economic, social, and legal challenges in space resources
• Apply the material learned in the course in a team project to create a utilization plan that incorporates the knowledge of resources found at various destinations, the technologies needed to extract and process them into useful products, and their potential customers.