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ESA purchases world-first debris removal mission from start-up

ESA has signed an €86 million contract with an industrial team led by Swiss start-up ClearSpace SA to purchase a unique service: the first removal of an item of space debris from orbit. Research-Development and Industrial entities from Romania will also participate in the mission.

China's Chang'e 5 landed on the moon

China's Chang'e 5 mission, of the Chinese National Space Administration (CNSA), successfully touched down on 1 December 2020 at 15:11GMT (17:11 Romanian time) near Mons Rümker, a mountain in the Oceanus Procellarum.

Call for Media: ESA and ClearSpace SA sign contract for world’s first debris removal mission

Journalists are invited to follow an online round table for media on Tuesday, 1 December, at 13:30 CET (14:30 local time in Romania) on the ClearSpace-1 mission. ESA is signing a contract with an industrial team led by the Swiss start-up ClearSpace SA to purchase a unique service: the first removal of an item of space debris from orbit. Research-Development and Industrial entities from Romania will also participate in the mission.

The way forward to Mars

The path that ExoMars 2022 will follow to reach the Red Planet is set. The trajectory that will take the spacecraft from Earth to Mars in 264 days foresees a touchdown on the martian surface on 10 June 2023, at around 17:30 CEST (18:30 Romanian time).

EVENTS

Invitation to the launching event of ESA_Lab @UPB

The University POLITEHNICA of Bucharest, together with the European Space Agency (ESA) invite you to take part in the launching ceremony of the ESA_Lab@UPB, which will take place on October 27, 2020, at 15:00 (local time), on the Microsoft Teams channel ESA_Lab@UPB (password qb2zjwn). The collaboration between the two entities has the patronage of the Romanian Space Agency (ROSA).

2020 World Space Week starts soon

World Space Week (WSW), an international celebration of science and technology, will start on Sunday in Romania and all over the world. Eleven events dedicated to space will take place between 4 – 10 October 2020, in Romania.

Registration open for NASA Space App Challenge 2020

NASA Space Apps Challenge, one of the largest hackathons held at an international level, will take place on 2-4 October 2020. The event, supported by the Romanian Space Agency (ROSA) will take place online, the participating locations in Romania being Cluj-Napoca (for the fifth time) and Bucharest (the third time).

Romania, represented at the International Symposium of the LISA Mission Collaboration by two ISS researchers

The Institute of Space Sciences is taking part in the International Symposium of the LISA Mission Collaboration, the first space-based gravitational wave observatory, to be built and launched by the European Space Agency (ESA) in collaboration with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). The Romanian Space Agency (ROSA) is directly involved and has been supporting Romanian participation in the LISA Mission Consortium ever since the beginning and the Institute of Space Sciences is a member of the collaboration since 2018.

EDUCATIONAL NEWS

Join ESA’s Teach with Space Online Information Sessions

The Romanian Space Agency (ROSA) invites teachers to join the Teach with Space 2020-2021 Information Sessions, organised by the European Space Agency (ESA). Registrations are open now, until the time of the session!

Climate Detectives 2020-2021 kicks off

The Romanian Space Agency (ROSA) is inviting teams of students aged between 8 and 15 years to participate in the European Space Agency (ESA) 2020-2021 Climate Detectives school project. The challenge is to identify a local climate problem, investigate it by using satellite images, take measurements on the ground, and then propose a way to monitor or mitigate it. The deadline to register is 24 November 2020.

Fly a Rocket! 2021 Open for Proposals

The Romanian Space Agency (ROSA) is inviting bachelor students early in their studies to apply for the 2021 edition of the Fly a Rocket! programme, organised by the ESA Education office, which gives them the opportunity to launch their own student rocket from the Andoya Space Center, in Northern Norway. The deadline for submitting the applications is 26 October 2020.

ESA Competitions for School 2020/2021

The Romanian Space Agency (ROSA) is inviting primary and secondary teachers and students to apply for the various school projects of the European Space Agency for the 2020/21 school year.

ROSA PRESIDENT

President of the Romanian Space Agency (ROSA) since 2004 and, at the same time CEO starting 1995, Marius-Ioan Piso, PhD, coordinates the Agency's activity on three strategic directions.

STAR PROGRAMME

The Programme for Research, Development and Innovation STAR offers national support for implementing the Agreement between Romania and ESA regarding Romania's accession to the ESA Convention.

COMPETENCE CENTRES

The Space Technology Competences Centres aim at increasing the international competitiveness and visibility of Romania's space science and technology.

SPACE INDUSTRY IN ROMANIA

Economic entities in Romania that are active in the space sector..

SPACE RESEARCH IN ROMANIA

Romania's research community leading space research, development and technological projects.

ESERO ROMANIA

The European Space Education Resource Office — ESERO Romania uses the fascination of space to encourage teaching and learning STEM subjects.

ESA

ESA is an international organisation with 22 member states, whose mission is to elaborate and implement the European space programme. Romania is a member state since 2011.

ITT

The list of ESA invitations to tender, which contain the short description of the project, as well as technical, administrative and contractual requirements.

SPACE REPORT

The ROSA annual report presents Romania's activity in the space sector, as well as a list of research, development and technological entities active in this field.