Previous Initiatives


Learn more about other past initiatives related to the Space Resources Challenge!

Call for Partners for the Challenge 2024-2025

In June 2024, ESA launched a call for Partners for the 2nd edition of the Space Resources Challenge.

ESA was looking for Challenge and Team Partners, with the aim of awarding a prize in one of the prize categories selected by ESA on the one hand, and supporting participating teams in the form of support of their choice on the other hand.

Learn more about the call here

Call for Ideas 2023

In April 2023, ESA & ESRIC launched a Call for Ideas to collect inputs from the community to Identify Themes for Futures Challenges Along the ISRU value chain.

Using the selected ideas, a strategic roadmap for the Space Resources Challenge was developed with the aim of launching a challenge every three years.

Learn more about the call and its outcomes here