ACTIVITIES

The Romanian Space Agency (ROSA) invites Romanian students to participate at the 2017 edition of the Concurrent Engineering Challenge, organised by the Education Office of the European Space Agency (ESA). The competition will take place between September – October 2017.

The Romanian Space Agency (ROSA) invites Romanian students to apply for support from the European Space Agency’s (ESA) Education Office in order to attend the International Astronautical Congress (IAC), held between 25-29 September in Adelaide, Australia.

The Romanian Space Agency (ROSA) invites Romanian students enrolled in science and engineering university programmes to participate at the 2017 Alpbach Summer School, organised by the Aeronautics and Space Agency of the Austrian Research Promotion Agency (FFG).

The Romanian Space Agency (ROSA) invites Romanian students who have a CubeSat system designed to apply at the 2017 edition of the Fly Your Satellite programme, organised by the European Space Agency (ESA). The programme gives them the opportunity to launch their cubesats from the International Space Station to accomplish an educational mission.

The European Space Agency (ESA) launched the application period for the Concurrent Engineering workshop, offered through the ESA’s Academy Training and Learning Programme. The workshop is addressed to students who are citizens of the ESA Member States – Romania included, but also to the citizens of the Associate States. The Romanian Space Agency (ROSA) invites Romanian students to participate at this workshop, where they will have the opportunity to learn on the assessment of technical and financial feasibility of a space project.

The Romanian Space Agency (ROSA) invites Romanian students aged between 10 and 18 years old to participate at the 2016/2017 edition of the “Cassini scientist for a day” competition, organised by the European Space Agency (ESA). The competition aims to familiarise participants with the life of a space scientist.

ESERO Romania, a joint project of the European Space Agency (ESA) and the Romanian Space Agency (ROSA), is organising the second edition of the National CanSat Competition: a simulation of a satellite integrated in the volume and the shape of a standard can for soft drinks. The competition is addressed to secondary-school students and teachers and the deadline to register is 22 January 2017.

Primary and secondary-school teachers from Romania are invited to ask questions to European Space Agency’s (ESA) astronaut, Thomas Pesquet, currently on board the International Space Station (ISS). Thomas will answer the best questions during a live inflight call from the ISS. The event is organised by the European Space Education Resource Office (ESERO) Romania and the Romanian Space Agency (ROSA) on 24 January 2017, in Timisoara, with the support of the West University.

Fifteen teams of Romanian students entered into the second phase of the “Astro Pi” space competition, organised by the European Space Agency (ESA). The challenge for all European students aged maximum 16 years old is to design a running science experiment, using the Astro Pi sensors of a computer onboard the International Space Station (ISS), and to write the code designed for Astro Pi, in order to execute the respective experiment.

The Education Office of the European Space Agency (ESA) is searching for 22 engineering students interested in spacecraft communications to take part in the Ladybird Guide to Spacecraft Communications. The Romanian Space Agency (ROSA) invites Romanian students to apply for the training, which will take place between 14-17 February 2017 at the ESA Academy – Training and Learning Centre, in Redu, Belgium.

The Romanian Space Agency (ROSA) invites Romanian Master graduates to apply to the Young Graduate Trainee (YGT) programme, organised by the European Space Agency (ESA).

The Romanian Space Agency (ROSA) invites Romanian students to participate in the Student Aerospace Challenge 2016-2017, organised by the Astronaute Club Europeen together with industrial and institutional partners.