COSPAR at the 41st Space Symposium

COSPAR was represented at the 41st Space Symposium in Colorado Springs by Pascale Ehrenfreund, COSPAR President.  Prof. Ehrenfreund co-moderated the Space Leaders Spotlight session alongside Clay Mowry, Chief Executive Officer of AIAA, which brought together international space leaders from Canada, France, India, Germany, Türkiye, and Italy. Pictured: from left to right Pascale Ehrenfreund, COSPAR President […]

STAnD Image Competition

It's the last few days for teachers to enter their students' work in the StAnD image competition. Students As Planetary Defenders (StAnD), an Erasmus+ project supported by COSPAR, launched a competition earlier this year to encourage students to create their own astronomy images...

Advances in Space Research - Special Issues

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New Adhering Member Institution Report to COSPAR Now Available

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 Outstanding Paper Awards for Young Scientists 2025

Congratulations to the recipients of the 2025 COSPAR Outstanding Paper Awards.

• Advances in Space Research (ASR)
• Life Sciences in Space Research (LSSR)

EXPLORE-2 Student Analog Mission, 13-19 April

The EXPLORE project is preparing for its second analog space mission, EXPLORE-2, taking place from 13–19 April 2026 at Monsaraz Analog Research Station (MARS),  at the Observatório do Lago Alqueva (OLA), Monsaraz, Portugal. For the mission, nine students from Austria, Greece and Portugal will gather in this remote location to take part in an immersive […]

COSPAR signs MoU with Open Lunar Foundation

COSPAR signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on 9 March 2026, with the Open Lunar Foundation (OLF), marking an important step toward strengthening collaboration in lunar exploration. This collaboration aims to promote scientific priorities, facilitate data exchange, and support the integration of scientific perspectives into the OLF Lunar Ledger. This collaboration was further highlighted during […]

Kuwait Joins COSPAR

On 14 March Kuwait became a member of COSPAR with the Kuwait National Space Research Center as the national scientific institute. The COSPAR community extends a warm welcome to Kuwait and to the Kuwaiti space science community.

COSPAR Signs the Statement for a Responsible Space Sector

Paris, 11 March 2026 During the Paris Space Week, COSPAR Vice President Dr. Catherine Cesarsky signed the Statement for a Responsible Space Sector on behalf of COSPAR, officially making the organization a signatory to this important initiative. The Statement, driven by the European Space Agency (ESA) and launched in 2022, reflects a shared commitment among […]

EXPLORE Experiment Design Challenge

The EXPLORE (EXpeditionary Program for Learning OppoRtunities in analog space Exploration) project, in which COSPAR is a partner, invites students to propose a scientific experiment to be carried out during the second EXPLORE mission at the Mars Analog Research Station at OLA – Observatório do Lago Alqueva in Monsaraz, Portugal. Proposals must focus on simulated Mars surface activities […]