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New Adhering Member Institution Report to COSPAR Now Available

Published Tuesday, July 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.

Advances in Space Research - Special Issues

Published Tuesday, June 25th, 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 (ASR): Impact Factor

Published Saturday, June 22nd, 2024

Advances in Space Research (ASR), one of COSPAR's flagship scientific journals, has been awarded a 2023 Impact Factor of 2.8, improving in all categories.

COSPAR International Space Innovation Centre to be Launched

Published Friday, June 21st, 2024

COSPAR is proud to announce the creation of the COSPAR International Space Innovation Centre, in partnership with the Cyprus Space Exploration Organization. The Center will be inaugurated during the C-SpaRC (Cyprus Space Research and Innovation Centre) Summit in Nicosia, Cyprus, 21-26 June 2024.

Space Research and its Transformative Role in the Space Sector

Published Tuesday, June 18th, 2024

Read this significant article by COSPAR President, Prof. Pascale Ehrenfreund, published by SpaceWatchGlobal.

COSPAR-LASP partnership for 1st COSPAR Center of Excellence

Published Thursday, May 16th, 2024

The Committee on Space Research (COSPAR) is proud to announce its partnership with the Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics (LASP) at the University of Colorado, Boulder, USA, designating the LASP Small/CubeSat group as a “COSPAR Center of Excellence for Capacity Building in CubeSat Technologies”. Read the press release.

COSPAR appoints Niklas Hedman as General Counsel

Published Wednesday, April 10th, 2024

Please welcome Niklas Hedman, COSPAR’s new General Counsel. He brings invaluable knowledge and experience from his time at the United Nations, where he most recently held the position of Acting Director of the Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA). Read more in this press release.

Inaugural COSPAR International Planetary Protection Week

Published Tuesday, March 12th, 2024

COSPAR’s Inaugural International Planetary Protection Week will be held at the Royal Society, London, UK, 22-25 April 2024. Hosted by AstrobiologyOU and funded by the UK Space Agency as part of the International Bilateral Fund, it will include sessions ranging from the Planetary Protection Landscape to Icy Worlds, and the Implementation of Planetary Protection. Register […]

COSPAR Outstanding Paper Awards for Young Scientists 2023 - LSSR

Published Friday, March 8th, 2024

Congratulations to the recipients of the COSPAR Outstanding Paper Award for Young Scientists published in Life Sciences in Space Research (LSSR) in 2023.

LSSR Outstanding Paper Awards for Young Scientists Free to Read

Published Wednesday, February 21st, 2024

Complimentary access for three months to the papers selected for the Outstanding Paper Award for Young Scientists (published in Life Sciences in Space Research in 2022).

Busan!

Looking forward to seeing you soon. Thank you for the large number of abstract submissions for COSPAR 2024, Busan, South Korea, 13 - 21 July 2024.

COSPAR Resources and Activities Related to the United Nations

COSPAR 2026

The 46th COSPAR Scientific Assembly will be held in Florence, Italy, 1 - 9 August

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