The James Webb Space Telescope—the most powerful and complex cosmic observatory ever built—is now fully deployed. After an incredible amount of meticulous planning and almost half a year of deployment and commissioning, in addition to slowly unfolding over two weeks, it is now on a mission to study the earliest stars and explore every phase of cosmic history.
The James Webb Space Telescope – An Unfolding Story Read More »
On behalf of the ESSC, season’s greetings & happy new year to you! We thank you for your contribution to our team in 2021, and we look forward to more endeavours in 2022.
Recently published Nature papers report on lunar samples returned by China’s Chang’e-5 mission.
Findings from the lunar samples returned by China’s Chang’e-5 mission Read More »
ESSC member and space professor at the University of Kiel Robert F. Wimmer-Schweingruber has received the International Cooperation Zhongguancun Award 2020 from the city of Beijing for his research on lunar radiation.
ESSC Chair and Professor of Climate Science Chris Rapley has resigned from the Science Museum’s Advisory Board over the issue of fossil fuel sponsorship. Rapley, who is currently Professor of Climate Science at UCL, has long-standing ties with the Science Museum, serving as its Director from 2007 to 2010.
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In a recent podcast with Energy Live News, Chris Rapley discusses the implications of the new Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report for governments around the world.
‘Fires, floods and the IPCC report ring the death of fossil fuels’ Read More »
Chris Rapley is participating in the upcoming Space Studies Board and Aeronautics and Space Engineering Board Joint Meeting May 24-27.
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.
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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.
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.
