ACTIVITIES

Until 15 November, students from ESA Member countries, including Romania, and from Cooperating States are invited to submit their experiment proposals for the seventh Spin Your Thesis! (SYT) campaign, planed for October - November 2016. 

Teachers of Biology, Chemistry or Physics in secondary or high school education in Romania are invited to register until 18 August at the course for introduction to astrobiology and space technology organised by the European Space Education Resource Office - Romania (ESERO Romania).

Between 31 August – 3 September 2015,the European Space Education Resource Office - Romania(ESERO Romania) is organising an introductory course on space activities and technologies dedicated to Mathematics and Physics teachers from the secondary or high school education system in Romania.

Florin-Cristian Lazăr, Romanian student and employee of the Romanian Space Agency (ROSA) proposed and designed the first patch model in the history of the Master of Space Studies (MSU) at the International Space University (ISU). The patch is representative for the ISU Masters Class of 2014-2015 (MSS15) where the Romanian student is enrolled in.

Update 2.09.2015: The deadline for submission of POMP PhD proposals has been extended to 1 October 2015.

Update 23.07.2015: The deadline for submission of POMP PhD proposals has been extended to 15 September 2015.

The Romanian Space Agency (ROSA) invites students enrolled at faculties of Sciences, Engineering and Agronomy (Bioengineering) from Romania to compete at European level for a MELiSSA Ph.D. position.

Update 18 December 2015: ESA has announced here the finalist teams of the REXUS/BEXUS programme.

Students enrolled in universities from ESA member or cooperating states are invited to enter the 2015 edition of the REXUS/BEXUS (Rocket/Balloon Experiments for University Students) programme, organised by the Swedish National Space Board (SNSB) and the German Space Agency (DLR) in collaboration with the European Space Agency (ESA).

The 2015 CanSat European Competition took place last weekend in Santa Cruz Air Field in Portugal. It was an intense and exciting launch campaign for the 16 secondary school student teams.

The European Space Education Resource Office - Romania (ESERO Romania), in collaboration with the Romanian Society for Meteors and Astronomy (SARM), is organising during 14 -17 July 2015 an introductory course in astronomy and space sciences. The course is open to primary school teachers and will take place at the Runcu Stone Tourist Complex in Dambovita County.

The preselection phase of the Exo-RO National Rover Competition ended on 21 June at 23:59, ten of the fifteen registered teams being selected to participate in the final stage of the contest, which will run from June to September 2015.

The Romanian Space Agency (ROSA) in synergy with the European Space Education Resource Office — ESERO Romania launches the Exo-RO National Rover Competition for High School students in order to arouse their interest in space, to increase the quality of education through skills training for young people and, not least, to encourage the promotion of education and future scientists.

Primary school students aged 12 years old or younger are invited to decorate the International Space Station (ISS) by entering ESA's ‘Create your own mosaic’ competition on their own, in a group, or even with their entire class, until 15 may 2015. 

Team Nexus Suceava, from the ‘Petru Rares’ National College and ‘Stefan cel Mare’ National College - Suceava, coordinated by Physics prof. Sutac Victor will represent Romania at the European CanSat competition, as a result of winning the national finals organised in Timisoara by ESERO Romania (The European Space Education Resource Office) during 3-4 April 2015. The European CanSat competition will be organised by the European Space Agency (ESA) near Lisbon, Portugal, from 25 to 28 June 2015.