Bianco, GiuseppeGiuseppeBiancoUrsin, RupertRupertUrsinJennewein, ThomasThomasJenneweinKofler, JohannesJohannesKofler2020-09-172020-09-172008-01-01https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.13025/2737The European Space Agency (ESA) has supported a range of studies in the field of quantum physics and quantum information science in space for several years, and consequently we have submitted the mission proposal Space-QUEST (Quantum Entanglement for Space Experiments) to the European Life and Physical Sciences in Space Program. We propose to perform space-to-ground quantum communication tests from the International Space Station (ISS). We present the proposed experiments in space as well as the design of a space based quantum communication payload.conference paper54dcce0a8580fe1368eeb32b