Two Luxembourg-related start-ups were among the winners of Space Exploration Masters, an international competition aiming to identify and reward technology-transfer business successes and business innovation ideas for space exploration.

Luxembourg’s Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of the Economy Etienne Schneider declared: “After the agreements signed with Portugal and the United Arab Emirates, this is another important step forward in enhancing international cooperation."

For the first time, the Luxembourg National Research Fund (FNR) has committed funding to two space related projects contributing to the development of the SpaceResources.lu initiative.

An article was published by Forbes, dedicated to NewSpace Europe, the first space conference in Europe to focus solely on the newspace industry and the economic opportunity of space.

Through the opening of a European HQ in Luxembourg, Spire will develop several key activities in the Grand Duchy focused on space platform engineering, data analytics, infrastructure engineering and business development.

Gary Martin, former Director of Partnerships at NASA Ames, recently joined the Luxembourg Ministry of the Economy, to implement the strategy relating to the SpaceResources.lu initiative in close collaboration with national partners from research and academia.

"We have grown from nothing to the most dynamic in Europe," Schneider told an audience Saturday, in a speech at the New Worlds conference in Austin, Texas. He added that the country's space program was first launched just over 30 years ago.

Space Angels: Modern legislation and new data solutions would be step towards legitimizing economics of in-space resource extraction

Reactions to Luxembourg’s space ambitions have moved from incredulity a couple of years ago to guarded admiration.

Luxembourg and the United Arab Emirates to cooperate on space activities with particular focus on the exploration and utilization of space resources

The Ministry of the Economy and Sweden-based GomSpace Group AB signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for their cooperation.

NewSpace Europe is the first space conference in Europe to focus solely on the NewSpace industry and the economic opportunity of space | November 16-17 | Luxembourg City

Europe’s first innovation competition on space exploration is open for submission until 8 September 2017. Use these last few weeks to join the Space Exploration Masters.

Wired.com writes about Luxembourg's new space law that gives mining companies the rights to whatever they pull from asteroids.

Luxembourg Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of the Economy, Etienne Schneider discussing space resources at the Big Picture Science Radio Show of the SETI Institute

The Luxembourg Government and Luxembourg-based Kleos Space S.à r.l. signed a MoU providing the framework for their cooperation within the SpaceResources.lu initiative with focus on space technology development.

The Luxembourg Parliament adopted the draft law on the exploration and use of space resources.

Its main objectives will to be to bring together interested individual investors into the space industry and stimulate & support Luxembourg´s position as a space nation.

The new space economy of 2030 will provide huge benefits, from pushing technologies as we find ways to live sustainably beyond our planet, to improved Earth observations to help protect and preserve life back home, to creating new jobs, companies and opportunities.

Leading the way in supporting space exploration, Luxembourg is the first European state with a legal framework on the use of space resources.