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Professor Roberto Battiston Appointed as Next ESSC Chair 26th February 2025 The European Space Sciences Committee (ESSC) is proud to announce that Professor Roberto Battiston has been appointed as its next Chair, succeeding Professor Chris Rapley. Professor Battiston will officially take up the position at the ESSC Winter Plenary 2025, bringing his extensive experience and […]

ESSC AT SPACE SUMMIT 2023 17 November, 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5kXMenBGiSg&t=4s As the Chair of the European Space Sciences Committee (ESSC), Professor Chris Rapley took a commanding stance at the European Space Agency (ESA) Space Summit 2023. Addressing The Council of Ministers, he emphasised the pivotal role of space in addressing climate change. The Council is ESA’s

Revolution Space: Europe’s Mission for Space Exploration ESSC Chair Chris Rapley contributes to report as part of  the European Space Agency Director General’s High Level Advisory Group on Human and Robotic Exploration for Europe (HLAG). April 24, 2023 On 23rd March 2023, the  European Space Agency Director General’s High Level Advisory Group on Human and

The ESA Science Programme Committee has confirmed on March 7th, the continued operations of Cluster, Gaia, INTEGRAL, Mars Express and XMM-Newton as well as continued contributions to the extended operations of CHEOPS, Hinode, Hubble, IRIS, and SOHO. This was possible thanks to thanks to some significant programmatic risks (related to JUICE and Euclid) having recently

The European Space Agency has just announced the formation of the DG’s High Level Advisory Group on Human and Robotic Space Exploration for Europe.

We congratulate ESSC Chair, Chris Rapley, for being appointed as a member.

We are delighted to announce that Anny Cazenave, ESSC Earth Sciences Panel Chair & Deputy director of the Laboratoire d’Etudes en Geophysique et Oceanographie Spatiale (LEGOS) has received the 2022 Women in Aerospace Europe award.