U. de Chile Leads Team Sending Biological and Technological Experiments to the International Space Station
Mar 25, 2026·
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Dr. Carlos Gonzalez-Cortes
A multidisciplinary team coordinated by SPEL at the University of Chile, and including researchers from USACH, PUCV and Fundación Biociencia, is preparing a payload of technological and biological experiments for the International Space Station. The container will expose the experiments to microgravity and radiation to advance both technology development and the understanding of life in space. The announcement was published on 25 March by the Faculty of Physical and Mathematical Sciences of the University of Chile.
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Principal Investigator
Professor in the Computer Engineering Department at the University of Santiago of Chile (USACH).
He holds a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Chile and has extensive experience in embedded systems, nanosatellites, and flight software. Previously, he developed the SUCHAI family and PlantSat nanosatellites at SPEL, and worked at the Flight Software Department of the German Aerospace Center (DLR). Carlos is passionate about pushing the boundaries of distributed space systems and satellite flight software architectures.