The paper documents the activity of the EMAP (Experimental Modeling of Alumina Particulate) project, a joint effort financed by the European Space Agency and invonving the Space Propulsion Laboratory of Politecnico di Milano (SPLab-POLIMI), the German Aerospace Center (DLR) and the Swedish Defence Research Laboratory (FOI).

Stefania Carlotti and the POLIMI team coordinated by prof. Filippo Maggi are developing a new experimental diagnostics to evaluate the environmental impact of rocket motors used for space missions and to supply information for the assessment of their future sustainability.