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What Oslo showed
The conference opened with State Secretary Marte Gerhardsen of the Norwegian Ministry of Defence, who was clear on how important space is to the defence and security of Norway and Europe – and that new capabilities are needed to defend ourselves in space.
Politicians, the armed forces and industry made the same point: cooperation across companies, sectors and national borders – and the inclusion of SMEs to build the industrial base.
Greater ambitions and larger investments were a recurring theme through both days.
How Europe can innovate in the instruments that give scale-up companies access to capital – so that they can grow here.
Student organisations from ten Norwegian universities, brought together nationally by Norstec, showed that their ambitions keep growing – with new projects including QuSat, a new satellite from Orbit NTNU. The community grows every year, and the collaboration with Spaceport Norway continues.
A new generation of companies taking on large and complex challenges:
Space Lab and Nåva Space also announced a new collaboration on an IVA suit.
Awards 2026
Photo: Ossi Leander
Spaceport Norway Award 2026
Head, Space Science · Norwegian Space Agency (NOSA) · Wikipedia ↗
For more than thirty years, Pål Brekke has made space relevant to many more people – from solar research to books, lectures and broadcasts that make people go outside and look up. He was ESA’s deputy project scientist for the SOHO solar observatory, based at NASA Goddard. His books on the Sun are published in several languages.
Photo: Fredrik Aarrestad
Spaceport Norway Young Award 2026
Through her work to establish and develop NASA HUNCH Norway, Norwegian high school students are now building real hardware and software for a future Artemis mission. The committee also highlighted her work to reach young people before they choose their path, and to encourage more women to join the space industry.
