Links below are to articles or information submitted to COSPAR News by or about the Committee’s member national scientific institutes, international scientific unions and associated supporters: the COSPAR World.
- ZARM – A new research group at ZARM, at the University of Bremen, “Photoelectrocatalysis for Terrestrial and Space Applications”, is now led by Dr. Katharina Brinkert to investigate how oxygen and hydrogen can be produced in microgravity, as well as fuels and other chemicals. Dr. Brinkert is the 2020 recipient of the COSPAR/Russian Academy of Sciences Zeldovich Medal for Scientific Commission G.
- Airbus – Selected for ESA’s Ariel Mission
- ISSI – Former COSPAR President, Roger-Maurice Bonnet, has been appointed Honorary Director of the International Space Science Institute in recognition of his longstanding support of and essential role in the Institute.
- Addressing the Climate Crisis – The climate of Earth is changing, imperiled by the relentless emission of greenhouse gases from our advancing civilization. The Arctic sea ice cover is disappearing, creating land and sea conditions never experienced in human history. Sea levels are rising, imperiling coastal communities where much of humanity resides. Precipitation patterns are changing, resulting in long periods of drought, imperiling our sources of food and reducing habitable locations. In an essay, The Climate Crisis. A Time of Peril. A Time to Act., COSPAR President Len Fisk calls upon all nations to address the climate crisis, with urgency, deliberately, and with guidance provided by science, for our sake and that of all future generations. The essay is published here, in the August issue of Space Research Today (SRT), A Forum for Discussion, and in the latest COSPAR News, Issue 9, with the expectation that it will result in discussion and comments.
- Turkey – National Space Program, Turkish Space Agency (TUA)
- Romania – ROSA Turns 25
- ZARM – Bremen Drop Tower Turns 30!
- Turkey – COSPAR welcomes new national scientific institution member Turkish Space Agency (TUA) and thanks TÜBİTAK, the national scientific institution member from Turkey’s adherence, for past and continuing cooperation. 14 September 2020
- Thailand – Thailand’s AstroLab, an Important New Player in SE Asia
- Greece – Save the date, COSPAR 2022
- ISPRS – The International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing
- New Zealand – Royal Society Te Apārangi
- Netherlands – Netherlands Institute for Space Research (SRON)
- Ukraine – The Institute of Botany, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
- UAE – The National Space Science and Technology Center (NSSTC)