ACTIVITIES

The Romanian Space Agency (ROSA) is inviting Romanian university students to register for the first Space Debris Training Course, organised by the European Space Agency (ESA) at the ESA Academy's Training & Learning Centre in ESEC, Redu, Belgium, from 16 to 20 April 2018. The deadline for applications is 26 February 2018.

The Romanian Space Agency (ROSA) is inviting Romanian BSc and MSc university students studying medicine, allied healthcare subjects, life, biomedical or biological sciences to apply to the 2018 Human Space Physiology training course, organised by ESA’s Education and Space Medicine Offices.

Secondary school teachers of STEM-related subjects (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) are invited to apply to ESA’s teacher training workshops, which will be held in January and February at ESA’s ESEC centre located in Belgium. The deadlines to apply are 2 January and 12 January 2018.

ESERO Romania, a joint project of the European Space Agency (ESA) and the Romanian Space Agency (ROSA), is organising the fourth edition of the National CanSat Competition. Secondary school students and teachers are invited to register for the preselection until 28 Januariy 2018.

The Romanian Space Agency (ROSA) invites Romanian university students with an engineering or physics background to take part in one of the two upcoming Concurrent Engineering Workshops organised by the European Space Agency (ESA), which will take place from 20 to 23 February and from 1 to 4 May 2018. The deadline for applications is 5 January 2018.

The Romanian Space Agency (ROSA) invites Romanian university students to the next edition of the “Ladybird Guide to Spacecraft Communications” organised by ESA’s Education Office between 6 – 9 March 2018 at ESA Academy’s Training and Learning Centre in Redu, Belgium. Students wishing to apply for the training course must submit their applications by 22 January 2018.

The ESA Education Office is launching a new call for proposals called ”Spin your thesis! Human Edition”. The Romanian Space Agency (ROSA) invites university students teams from Romania to submit experiment proposals to be carried out on humans, on the Short Arm Human Centrifuge. The deadline for submissions is 29 December 2017.

The Romanian Space Agency (ROSA) invites Romanian university students to apply for “CubeSats Hands-on Training Week” – a pilot ESA Academy training session that can help them improve their skills in spacecraft hardware and software. The training will be held between 26 February and 2 March 2018 at the Training and Learning Centre in ESEC, Belgium. The deadline for applications is 8 January 2018.

On 24 – 26 November 2017, nine high school teams from Romania compete in the final phase of the Exo-RO National Rover Competition at Targu Ocna, Bacau county. They will present and test the rovers they built between October and November. The competition is organised by the Romanian Space Agency (ROSA), together with the European Space Education Resource Office (ESERO) Romania, in partnership with Bacau County Council, and with the support of Targu Ocna Salt Mine and the City Hall of Targu Ocna.

The Romanian Space Agency (ROSA) invites Romanian university students to participate in ESA Academy’s first Concurrent Engineering Workshop dedicated to CubeSats. The four days-long event will be organised between 16 – 19 January 2018 at the Training and Learning Centre in ESEC, Belgium. The deadline for applications is 4 December 2017.

The selection process for the Exo-RO National Rover Competition finals concluded with nine of the 15 competing teams being selected to take part in the final stage of the competition, which takes place between 24 – 26 November at Targu Ocna, Bacau county.

The partner agencies of the International Space Station (ISS) are currently studying the concept of a human habitable outpost near the Moon. Deep Space Getaway would be the next step of human space exploration beyond the low-Earth orbiting ISS.