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Romanian delegation at the fifty-second session of the Scientific and Technical Subcommittee of UN-COPUOS
09.02.2015
ROSETTA SPACE MISSION PROVIDES NEW DETAILS ABOUT COMET 67P/CIURIUMOV-GHERASIMENKO
29.01.2015
ROSA PRESIDENT PARTICIPATES AT THE 31ST SPACE SYMPOSIUM
06.01.2015
ROSA CELEBRATES THREE YEARS SINCE ROMANIA JOINED THE EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY
22.12.2014

NEWS

Application for tracking ESA’s missions

The European Space Agency (ESA) has recently released an application dedicated to anyone interested to keep up with the latest orbital tracks for ESA missions, or missions with significant ESA participation. The widget is available here and the switch between displays can be made by clicking on the blue name icon.

Missions that Romania is involved in, such as Sentinel-1A, CLUSTER,SWARM, Cryosat and the International Space Station (ISS) - which is also the default track - are available as well.

The European Space Agency will launch tomorrow the Intermediate eXperimental Vehicle (IXV)

Update 11.02.2015: IXV completed its research flight. The vehicle separated from Vega at an altitude of 348 km and continued up to 413 km, then it recorded a vast amount of data from more than 300 advanced and conventional sensors while reentering from this suborbital path. IXV flew a flawless reentry and splashed down in the Pacific Ocean just west of the Galapagos islands. Flotation balloons are now keeping IXV afloat while the recovery vessel hurries to pick it up. It will be returned to Europe for detailed analysis in ESA's technical centre, ESTEC, in the Netherlands.

Romanian delegation at the fifty-second session of the Scientific and Technical Subcommittee of UN-COPUOS

The Romanian delegation led by Dr. Marius-Ioan Piso, President of the Romanian Space Agency (ROSA) and Dr. Dumitru Prunariu (ROSA), and composed of Dr. Alexandru Badea (ROSA), Dr. Dumitru Hasegan (Institute of Space Science), Dr. Mirel Birlan (Astronomical Institute of the Romanian Academy) and Ms. Oana Neagu (ROSA), is taking part at the fifty-second session of the Scientific and Technical Subcommittee of the Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (COPUOS), held at the United Nations Office at Vienna, Austria, during 2-13 February 2015.

Rosetta space mission provides new details about Comet 67P/Ciuriumov-Gherasimenko

The initial results from seven of Rosetta’s 11 science instruments based on measurements made during the approach to and soon after arriving at Comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko in August 2014 reveal a remarkable array of comet’s surface features, therefore painting a complex picture of its evolution. Many of the vital statistics of the dual-lobed comet were measured: the small lobe measures 2.6 × 2.3 × 1.8 km and the large lobe 4.1 × 3.3 × 1.8 km.

EVENTS

ROSA President is taking part at the International Conference on Climate Change & Disaster Management, 26-28 February 2015, India

The President of the Romanian Space Agency (ROSA), Marius-Ioan Piso, is participating at the International Conference on Climate Change & Disaster Management, which is taking place in Kovalam, Thiruvananthapuram, India, from 26 to 28 February 2015. The event brings together scientists and policy makers from all over the globe and synthesizes opinions in preparation of an IAA Heads of Space Agencies Summit on September 14-15, 2015 in Mexico.

The Romanian Space Agency organised the ‘ESA ECSS Training’ workshop, 17-20 February 2015

During 17-20 February 2015, the Romanian Space Agency (ROSA) organised in collaboration with the European Space Agency (ESA) the ‘ESA ECSS Training’ workshop, coordinated by ESA specialists. The event took place at the University of Agronomic Sciences and Veterinary Medicine, in Bucharest, and consisted of a series of modules covering the ECSS currently valid standards (European Cooperation for Space Standardization).

Finalists announced for the first national CanSat competition - Romania 2015

The preselection for the CanSat national competition - Romania 2015 has ended, eight of the 21 registered teams being selected to participate in the national phase, scheduled at Timisoara for the first week of April. The event is organised for the first time in Romania, and it is coordinated by ESERO Romania - the European Space Education Resource Office.

Romania hosts the 2015 edition of ESA’s Advanced Land Training Course, 14-18 September

Background

As part of the Scientific Exploitation of Operational Missions (SEOM) programme element, the European Space Agency (ESA) organises each year an advanced Land Training Course devoted to train the next generation of Earth Observation (EO) scientists to exploit data from ESA and operational EO Missions (e.g. Sentinels) for science and applications development.

EDUCATIONAL NEWS

The Romanian Space Agency, partner of the ‘Nicolaus Copernicus’ national contest, 19 February - 24 September 2015

The Romanian Space Agency is the partner of ASUR (The Romanian Secular-Humanist Association) in organising the ‘Nicolaus Copernicus’ national contest, which runs from 19 February to 24 September 2015. The competition aims to encourage secondary education students' interest in astronomy and science, to consolidate their existing knowledges and to form new ones and to enhance their creativity.

The first meeting of the Space Ambassadors took place in Timisoara

On Friday, 6 February 2015, Timisoara hosted the first meeting of the “Space Ambassadors”, event attended by Mr. Virgil Pop, ESERO Romania manager from the Romanian Space Agency, Mrs. Clara Cruz Niggebrugge, coordinator of the ESERO project at the European Space Agency level and the eight Space Ambassadors.

Romanian students, selected for the annual ESA App Camp, 25 February - 3 March 2015, Barcelona

Three Romanian students are members of the teams selected for the annual ESA App Camp, following an intense Appathon weekend held simultaneously at six ESA Business Incubation Centres and partner locations across Europe on 24–25 January. More than 170 participants from about 30 nations have competed to win a ticked for the ESA App Camp, which will take place in Barcelona from 25 February to 3 March.

ROSA invites Romanian students to enter ESA’s second space robotics competition

The Romanian Space Agency (ROSA) invites school students aged between 11 and 19 to apply to the second space robotics competition organised by the European Space Agency (ESA). The participants are challenged to design a robot that can move cargo from one end of an International Space Station (ISS) mock-up to another.

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 20 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.