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ESSC Chair Delivers Keynote Speech at EISC in Luxembourg

ESSC Chair Delivers Keynote Speech at EISC in Luxembourg September 26, 2024 This week, at the European Interparliamentary Space Conference (EISC) in Luxembourg (22-23 September), ESSC Chair and climate science professor, Chris Rapley, delivered an inspiring keynote address titled “Universities and Space: Extending Our Knowledge and Improving Our Lives.” Prof. Rapley explored the profound role […]

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Prof Ravit Helled Awarded the 2024 Paolo Farinella Prize

Prof Ravit Helled Awarded the 2024 Paolo Farinella Prize September 10th, 2024 The European Space Sciences Committee (ESSC) is thrilled to congratulate Prof Ravit Helled, a distinguished ESSC panel member for Astronomy and Fundamental Physics, on being awarded the prestigious 2024 Paolo Farinella Prize. The prize was presented to Prof Helled during the Europlanet Science

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ESSC Celebrates 50 years of success

The ESSC Celebrates 50 Years of Success April 18th, 2024 The European Space Sciences Committee (ESSC) commemorated its 50th anniversary with a series of events in Strasbourg, marking five decades of outstanding contributions to space sciences. Highlights of the Celebration: Evening Planetarium Show: A captivating journey through the European space race, curated by the Armagh

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ESSC AT SPACE SUMMIT 2023

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

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ESA’s Science Programme Committee (SPC) has confirmed the continued operations of ten scientific missions in the Agency’s fleet

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

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Michael Perryman receives the 2022 Shaw Award

We are thrilled to announce that ESSC member and University College Dublin Physics Professor, Michael Perryman, has just received the 2022 Shaw Prize in Astronomy in equal shares with Lennart Lindegren, from Lund Observatory, Sweden for their lifetime contributions to space astrometry, and in particular for their role in the conception and design of the European Space Agency’s Hipparcos and Gaia missions.

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