Teaching “On-Board Data Management” Concepts in the “Physics and Space Instrumentation” Degree. An Example of a Common use case and Vertical Coordination among Subjects

Research and teaching are the foundations on which the University is based. Therefore, research groups must actively participate in the transmission of their knowledge to society. This paper presents the degree in “Physics and Space Instrumentation” of the University of Alcalá (UAH), which has been promoted by the Space Research Group (SRG-UAH) of the same institution. This new degree, unique in the Spanish educational space, aims to train a new generation of future scientists and technologists in the field of space exploration. Moreover, it combines the elements of Science, Technology, Electronics and Mathematics (STEM) in a way that was not contemplated in classical science and technology degrees. This paper presents the common use case used in the different subjects that make up the study field “On-board Data Management”, the vertical coordination of the contents among them and the laboratory environments used.