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Press Release 01.04.2026

Discover Kris Capelle, a Belgian and Head of Training for European astronauts. He leads the team that prepares astronauts for the ISS, coordinates their training, and develops their mission programmes. . 🛰️
An inspiring career, spanning the military, space operations, and a passion for exploration 🚀.
🔗 To view his full profile, click here
If you’d like to pursue a career in the space sector yourself, keep an eye out for the “ESA Graduate Trainee” programmes. 👀

Research Programmes and projects: Aeronautics • BRAIN-be • DIGIT • Drugs • FED-tWIN • Impulse Actions • P4Science-S4Policy • POST-COVID
Research infrastructures: BCCM • RV Belgica • Biodiversity • Prinsess Elisabeth Station
National and international co-operation: Scientific diving • DEFRA • ERA-NETs • ESFRI-FED • JPI and Partnerships

Space in Belgium • Belspo programmes and initiatives • European Space Agency (ESA) • Space in the European Union • Other international partners • Education & public

Institute for Cultural Heritage • Museum for Natural Sciences • Royal Belgian Institute for Space Aeronomy • KBR • Museums for Art and History • AfricaMuseum • Museums of Fine Arts • RMI • Royal Observatory • State Archives

Concertation with the authorities • European co-operation • Bilateral co-operation • Other multilateral international cooperation • Federal Council for Science Policy • Research and Development

MERI is recognised by Eurostat as a statistical entity and as a research entity.
MERI creates official statistics on research and innovation, and analyses trends and shifts in the data.

Notification withholding tax R&D • Tax deduction for innovation income relating to computer software • Tax shelter performing arts

Belnet: connectivity dedicated to its target audience.
Belnet is the privileged partner of higher education, research and administration for connectivity.

Cultural organisations and activities • Residual Federal Education Policy • Linguistic control in schools • Federal partner institutions and other subsidized organisations • Other federal scientific institutes not dependent from the Belgian Science Policy

Belnet - Belgian network
Belspo-EUprojects - BELSPO participation in European projects
BCCM - Belgian Co-ordinated Collections of Micro-organisms
BEO-Platform - Belgian Earth Observation Platform
Biodiversity.be - Belgian Biodiversity Platform
BRAIN-be | BRAIN-be 2.0 - Belgian Research Action through Interdisciplinary Networks
Citizen Science (CS) - CS-initiatives of the Federal Scientific Institutes (FSI)
COST Belgium
Council - Federal Council for Science Policy
COVID-19 - Research and infrastructures supported by BELSPO in Dutch or French
DEFRA - DEFRA research programme (Defence-related Research Action)
DIGIT - Digitization Programme of the Belgian Science Policy
Drugs - Research programme in support of the federal drugs policy document
ESFRI-FED - Structural programme in support of federal components of ESFRI research infrastructures
EUBelgium24 - Belgian presidency of the Council of the European Union
EUREKA Belgium
FED-tWIN
Impuls - Impulse Actions
NCP Federal BE - Horizon Europe
Open Science - Open Science at BELSPO
P4Science-S4Policy - The research programmes "Policy for Science” (P4Science) & “Science for Policy” (S4Policy).
POST-COVID - Building an evidence base and lessons learned for future preparedness
ResearchSecurity - Secure international collaboration - Research Security (BELSPO)
RV Belgica - The federal research vessel "Belgica"
SpaceTalks - BELSPO Space Talks’
Visa - Scientific visa