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Two asteroids received Romanian names: (10466) Marius-Ioan (Piso) and (10707) Prunariu

10.05.2017

ROSA President participates at the Space Agency Leaders Panel, during the 33rd Space Symposium

10.04.2017

The 54th edition of the STSC UN-COPUOS

01.02.2017

ESA Ministerial Council, 1-2 December 2016, Switzerland

23.12.2016

ECSS Training on Quality Standards for SMEs

The Romanian Space Agency (ROSA) invites Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) from Romania to take advantage of the online training sessions and material on ECSS (European Cooperation for Space Standardisation) quality standards.

European Business Aviation Awards 2017

The 2017 European Business Aviation Awards (EBAA) were granted to Marian-Jean Marinescu, Member from Romania of the European Parliament, and Carlo des Dorides, the European Global Navigation Satellite System Agency (GSA) Executive Director, at a ceremony held at this year’s EBA Convention & Exhibition. The prestigious awards were handed out by the EBA Association and the National Business Aviation Association.

Galileo grows: two more satellites join working constellation

Two further satellites have formally become part of Europe’s Galileo satnav system, broadcasting timing and navigation signals worldwide while also picking up distress calls across the planet. The growing number of Galileo users around the world will be able to benefit from the enhanced service availability and accuracy brought by these extra satellites.

Call for papers: HAPS4ESA

16 June 2017 is the last day paper abstracts on Earth Observation, Telecommunication and Navigation subjects can be submitted to the ESA Towards a Stratospheric High Altitude Pseudo-Satellites (HAPS) programme.

The ideas that will be submitted by participants and accepted will be discussed during the workshop to be held on 9 – 10 October 2017 in the Netherlands, at the Space Research and Technology Centre of the European Space Agency (ESA/ESTEC).

EVENTS

THE ROMANIAN DELEGATION AT THE SIXTIETH SESSION OF THE UN COMMITTEE ON THE PEACEFUL USES OF OUTER SPACE, 7 – 16 JUNE 2017, VIENNA

The President of the Romanian Space Agency (ROSA), Dr. Phys. Marius-Ioan Piso, is leading the Romanian delegation at the sixtieth session of the UN Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (COPUOS), held at the United Nations Office from Vienna, Austria, during 7 – 16 June 2017.

Book launch ”Ask the Astronaut” by Tom Jones

The Honorary President of the Romanian Space Agency (ROSA), Dumitru Dorin Prunariu will participate at the launch of the book "Ask the Astronaut" by Tom Jones. The event will take place on 24 May, at 14:00, at Bookfest, Romexpo, Arena Hall, C1 building. Mr. Prunariu signed the preface of the book and is a guest speaker at the event.

The Romanian Space Agency (ROSA) and the State Space Agency of Ukraine signed a Memorandum of Understanding for cooperation in the exploration and peaceful use of outer space

On 27 April 2017, Mr. Marius – Ioan Piso, President of the Romanian Space Agency (ROSA) and Mr. Golub Oleksandr, First Deputy Head of the State Space Agency of Ukraine, signed a Memorandum of Understanding between the two states, committing to cooperate for the exploration and peaceful use of outer space.

The largest international hackaton, NASA Space Apps Challenge 2017, returns to Romania

The largest hackathon held at an international level, NASA Space Apps Challenge, will take place on 29 – 30 April 2017. The event is organised for the first time in Bucharest and Timisoara, while Cluj-Napoca will host its second edition. The Honorary President of the Romanian Space Agency (ROSA), Dumitru Dorin Prunariu, will participate as a special guest at the Bucharest pre-event.

EDUCATIONAL NEWS

A group of Romanian students and teachers visited ESA’s ESRIN center

41 students and 13 teachers from "Grigore Moisil" high school in Timisoara visited the European Space Agency’s ESRIN center, located in Frascati, Italy. The visit was coordinated by Mr. Moise Jurca, Qualtech CEO. Mr. Florin-Corneliu Belea coordinated the school group.

ESRIN was established in 1966 and it is known as the ESA Centre for Earth Observation, one of the five ESA specialised centres in Europe. The world’s largest database of environmental data for both Europe and Africa is managed from ESRIN.

Call for student applications – Concurrent Engineering Challenge

The Romanian Space Agency (ROSA) invites Romanian students to take part in the Concurrent Engineering Challenge organised by ESA Academy from 12 to 15 September 2017 at ESA Academy’s Training and Learning Centre. ESA is looking for 22 university students from an ESA Member or Associate State with an engineering or physics background. The deadline for applications is 24 July 2017.

The winners of the 2017 National CanSat Competition

The finals of the 2017 National CanSat Competition took place on 19 – 23 April. The event was organised by ESERO Romania, a project of the European Space Agency (ESA) in collaboration with the Romanian Space Agency (ROSA).

Open registrations for the 2018 Fly Your Thesis! programme

The Romanian Space Agency (ROSA) invites Romanian Master and PhD students to participate at the 2018 edition of the „Fly Your Thesis!” programme, which gives participants the opportunity to run an experiment during parabolic flights. The deadline to register is 10 September 2017.

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.