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Brunei Darussalam and The Philippines Join COSPAR

Published Saturday, December 21st, 2024

On 14 and 21 December Brunei Darussalam and The Philippines became members of COSPAR with the Universiti Brunei Darussalam and the Philippine Space Agency as the national scientific institutes. The COSPAR community extends a warm welcome to both new members.

"Titan After Cassini-Huygens" out in January

Published Wednesday, December 18th, 2024

COSPAR is pleased to announce that "Titan after Cassini-Huygens", the first volume in the COSPAR Book Series in collaboration with Elsevier, will be available as of 23 January 2025.

Advances in Space Research - Special Issues

Published Tuesday, December 10th, 2024

Click to see recently or soon to be published / free to read ASR special issues and open calls for special issues.

Advances in Space Research - 3 articles OA for 3 months

Published Wednesday, November 13th, 2024

Three recent articles from one of our flagship journals, Advances in Space Research, have been made Open Access (OA) for the next three months, courtesy of Elsevier:

"Plasma Acceleration in Near-Earth Space" Webinar with Vassilis Angelopoulos (24th October 2024)

Published Monday, October 21st, 2024

COSPAR Bureau member Vassilis Angelopoulos is the speaker for the ISSI webinar on "Plasma Acceleration in Near-Earth Space" that will take place on 24 October. See the announce and join the online seminar.

NASA, ESA, JAXA, ASI, KASA meet during COSPAR 2024 to reinforce cooperation for future missions to Apophis

Published Tuesday, September 3rd, 2024

COSPAR is particularly proud to have initiated a historic gathering of representatives from NASA, ESA, JAXA, ASI and KASA during the 45th COSPAR Scientific Assembly in Busan, Korea to explore coordinating their planning and approach for missions to the asteroid (99942) Apophis. Apophis will make its closest approach to Earth on 13 April 2029 and […]

COSPAR and APSCO to sign MOU

Published Tuesday, August 27th, 2024

COSPAR is pleased to announce that a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) is planned to be signed with the Asia-Pacific Space Cooperation Organisation (APSCO) this autumn. Read the press release for more details.

KAI Joins COSPAR as an Industrial Associated Supporter

Published Monday, August 26th, 2024

Korea Aerospace Industries, Ltd (KAI) has become an Industrial Associated Supporter member of COSPAR. The entire COSPAR community extends a warm welcome.

New Adhering Member Institution Report to COSPAR Now Available

Published Friday, August 2nd, 2024

COSPAR adhering institutions may use the opportunity of the forthcoming Scientific Assembly to demonstrate the capabilities and successes of space research and technology in their countries to the wide and attentive community of scientists, engineers, representatives of agencies and governments, and the general public which is present at these events. Submitted reports will be made available through this News item as they become available and will also be included in the Assembly app.

COSPAR 2024 Awards Announced

Published Monday, July 15th, 2024

See the press release for recipients of COSPAR 2022 awards and medals. COSPAR congratulates all recipients.

Season's Greetings from COSPAR

Celebrating a year of cosmic achievements and looking forward to new horizons in space exploration.

6th COSPAR Symposium

3 - 7 November 2025, Nicosia, Cyprus

Congratulations!

Congratulations to Dubai! Host of the 47th COSPAR Scientific Assembly, 8 - 16 July 2028.

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