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The Romanian Space Agency (ROSA) is inviting applications from Master and PhD students enrolled in engineering or science degrees for an exciting new workshop on Earth Observation Remote Sensing, organised by ESA’s Education Office. The deadline for applications is 23 March 2020.

Dr. Mirel Birlan, researcher at Paris Observatory and the Astronomical Institute of the Romanian Academy is part of a team of researchers that has looked up-close at the Pallas asteroid, the third largest object in the asteroid belt, to better understand its unusual tilted orbit. The team discovered that the surface of the asteroid is so cratered, that researchers dubbed it “the golf ball asteroid”.

On 6 February 2020, the Romanian Space Agency (ROSA), represented by ROSA President, Dr. Phys. Marius-Ioan Piso, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Moon Village Association (MVA), a non-governmental organisation based in Vienna, represented by President Dr. Giuseppe Reibaldi. Having a common purpose of promoting space activities and science public outreach and education, the parties aim to strengthen the space sector's workforce through career development, education and industry outreach, and gender equity.

The President of the Romanian Space Agency (ROSA), Dr. Phys. Marius-Ioan Piso, is leading the Delegation of Romania at the Scientific and Technical Subcommittee of the UN Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space Vienna (COPOUS) which is taking place in Vienna, 03 - 14 February 2020.

ESA’s Solar Orbiter will be launched from the Kennedy Space Center in the USA on a mission to study the Sun up-close.