News
1. April 2008
Answering challenges of life in extreme environments research – The CAREX Project kicked-off
42 European Experts in the field of life in extreme environments research met on March 18, in the British Antarctic Survey offices in Cambridge (UK) to officially kick off the CAREX project (Coordination Action for Research Activities on life in Extreme Environments). Life in Extreme Environments... Category: Space, Media Centre, Homepage, Press Releases 2008
5. November 2007
Columbus launch puts space law to the test
Whose law will apply when Europe’s Columbus space laboratory joins the US-led International Space Station in December? And what happens if astronauts from different countries get into a fight? Those were two of the questions posed at a meeting in Vienna last month to examine the contributions made... Category: Hum, Space, Media Centre, Homepage, Press Releases 2007
2. November 2007
Space Exploration 3.0 about to begin
Space exploration is about to enter a third age where nations will cooperate to explore the solar system.Nicolas Peter, a research fellow at the European Space Policy Institute (ESPI), told the meeting in Vienna that the era of launching space missions to bolster national prestige was long past and... Category: Hum, Space, Media Centre, Homepage, Press Releases 2007
19. October 2007
Make space for the humanities, says the ‘Vienna Vision’
Representatives from both the sciences and the humanities will present a joint vision on the future of humans in space at an international conference in Italy later this month. The ‘Vienna Vision on Humans in Outer Space’, to be launched at the International Lunar Exploration Working Group... Category: Hum, Space, Media Centre, Homepage, Press Releases 2007
13. September 2007
Space scientists, humanist scholars to explore outer space from new perspective
Space agencies and scientists are tirelessly working to make manned missions back to the Moon and then onwards to Mars a reality. The technologies involved are awe-inspiring, but what challenges do historians, philosophers or sociologists expect us to face in an era of interplanetary exploration... Category: Space, Hum, Media Centre, Homepage, Press Releases 2007
31. May 2007
European meeting in Athens fuels future space exploration missions to Mars, Moon
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23. April 2007
New Chair of ESSC
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3. April 2007
Aurora Space Exploration Programme’s proposal mulls take off in May
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4 July 2008
In memoriam Roberto Marco Cuéllar
We have just learned with great sadness that our colleague Roberto Marco Cuéllar passed away last week after several months of illness.
Roberto had started to be involved with ESF-ESSC activities in 2007 when he very actively participated to the Ad Hoc Group that supervised the evaluation of Europe's exploration programme that the European Space Agency had asked ESSC to conduct. In 2008 Roberto also accepted to contribute to the 3rd evaluation by ESF of ESA's ELIPS programme, covering all physical and life sciences research with space relevance.
The biomedical and the space sciences communities are losing one very enthusiastic member and a strong personality.