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Call for Papers to Frontiers in Space Technologies
November 20, 2020
ESSC have been contacted by Dr Granata in order to share the following call for papers. "As a guest editor for a special issue of Frontiers in Space Technologies, I am soliciting a call for papers. The focus of the issue is on technologies required to acquire, manipulate, handle, and analyze liquid samples in space -with less emphasis on the performed… Read more
Launch of ESRIC
November 18, 2020
The European Space Sciences Committee - ESSC and his new Chair, Chris Rapley, congratulates Luxembourg for the launch of the European Space Resources Innovation Center - ESRIC Read more
The European Space Sciences Committee selects Professor Chris Rapley CBE as its new appointed Chair
May 26, 2020
The European Space Sciences Committee (ESSC), the Expert Committee on Space Sciences of the European Science Foundation (ESF), is pleased to announce the selection of Professor Chris Rapley as its new incoming Chair. Professor Chris Rapley CBE is Professor of Climate Science at the University College London (UCL). With experience in Astronomy, Solar… Read more
ESSC participation in EC Workshop on Education and Skills in the field of Space and EU -funded research
April 22, 2020
The ESSC committee was represented on the 21st of April, by Professor Hermann Opgenoorth, in an EC organised “Workshop on Education and Skills in the field of Space and EU -funded research”, in preparation for the upcoming Horizon Europe framework programme. Due to the current crisis, this consultation workshop was done remotely, but this did not prevent the… Read more
ESSC Meeting with representatives from the European Commission, 30 January 2020 in Brussels
March 12, 2020
The ESSC met with representatives from the European Commission in Brussels on 30 January 2020. The interaction was very positive. Several items were discussed during that meeting, based on the Document ESSC produced for the Horizon Europe Consultation (“ESSC Contribution for the Horizon Europe Consultation”, October 2019) The discussions notably focused on:… Read more
ESSC attends the ESA Advisory Committee on Earth Observations (ACEO) Meeting (29-30 October 2019) at ESRIN
March 04, 2020
ESSC is very actively represented in the ESA Advisory Committee on Earth Observations (ACEO). In that respect, the ESSC Chair, A. Coustenis, who is also the former President of the IUGG/IAMAS Association, has attended all meetings and voiced the European scientific community’s ideas and opinion on the various subjects related to Earth space sciences. The… Read more
Towards a European calibration and validation service for earth observation
March 02, 2020
A special report from international experts, led by the European Science Foundation’s European Space Science Committee, calls for the creation of a European coordinating entity for satellite product calibration and validation. The study was coordinated by Sindy Sterckx and involved several members of the ESSC Earth Sciences Panel and international… Read more
European Space Science Committee endorses €14.4 billion Space19+ programmes for Europe
December 03, 2019
The European Space Sciences Committee (ESSC) welcomes the outcome of European Space Agency’s (ESA) Council Meeting, held on November, 27-28 in Seville, Spain, and strongly supports the subscription of the science programmes by the Member States. The European Science Foundation’s (ESF) Expert Committee on space sciences and Europe’s advisor on space… Read more
ESSC Contribution to EC Consultation on Horizon Europe
October 18, 2019
In frame of the consultation process launched by the European Commission on Horizon Europe, the European Space Sciences Committe (ESSC) submitted its recommendations on space sciences in the post-2020 research and innovation programme. Access the Document Read more
How can Europe explore further, understand more and prepare better for adverse Space Weather effects?
October 10, 2019
A special report from international experts, spearheaded by the European Science Foundation’s European Space Science Committee, explains the challenges and provides a set of recommendations Based on two years’ continuing assessment of European activities in the realm of Space Weather, the European Space Science Committee (ESSC), an Expert Board on… Read more