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.
On 16 April 2019, and in frame of the International Planetary Probe Workshop (IPPW), ESSC Chair Athena Coustenis received the 2019 IPPW Al Seiff Award.
ESSC Chair Athena Coustenis receives the 2019 IPPW Al Seiff Award Read More »
Several members of the ESSC attended the NAS/SSB Space Science Week on 26-28 March 2019.
ESSC attends the NAS/SSB Space Science Week (26-28 March 2019) in Washington DC Read More »
On 17-19 April 2019, the ESSC Chair attended the 2019 International Symposium on Lunar and Deep Space Exploration and gave a presentation on the “Perspectives of the Scientific Community on the European Space Program” where she described the European opportunities for scientific research and investigations in space in many different fields.
The European Space Sciences Committee members and secretariat are deeply saddened by the passing away of one of its past members, Jordi Torra.
ESSC mourns the loss of past member Jordi Torra Read More »
The ESSC Chair was invited through ESA to attend the Women’s Forum Global Meeting 2018, Paris, France 14-16 November 2018, where Diversity but also Climate Change, STEM, clean energy, health and other important matters, very much relevant also to space, were addressed and discussed.
Women’s Forum Global Meeting 2018 Read More »
Prof. Hermann J Opgenoorth was awarded the Baron Marcel Nicolet medal for his efforts in the international coordination of Space Weather.
ESSC Chair, Dr. Athena Coustenis has been invited to give a talk at the United Nations High Level Forum which is taking place between 13-16 November in Bonn, Germany.
ESSC Chair attends the United Nations High Level Forum Read More »
The European Space Sciences Committee (ESSC) – the independent expert committee on space sciences of the European Science Foundation (ESF) – welcomes the outcome from the recent ESA Inter-Ministerial Council meeting that took place in Madrid, Spain on 25 October 2018, under the chairmanship of Mr Pedro Duque, Spanish Minister responsible for space.
The ESSC Chair, Dr. Athena Coustenis and the ESSC member, Dr. Alexandr Chouker met the president of the Central American Association for Aeronautics and Space (ACAE), Mr Carlos Enrique Alvarado, to discuss a potential collaboration between ESSC and ACAE.
ESSC Chair meets the ACAE President in Bremen Read More »
