Statement from COSPAR about the Anti-Satellite Test conducted on 15 November 2021

The recent destruction of a satellite in low-Earth orbit is shedding light again on the matter of our stewardship of the space environment, which should be responsible, sustainable and agreed to internationally.  It is a founding and abiding principle of the Committee on Space Research (COSPAR) that space should be a global commons, open without […]

Advances in Space Research - Special Issues

Recently published / free to read:

• International Reference Ionosphere - Progress and New Inputs, Edited by Dieter Bilitza and Bodo W. Reinisch, Volume 68, Issue 5, Pages 2057-2256 , 1 September 2021
• Satellite Constellations and Formation Flying, edited by Massimiliano Vasile, Volume 67, Issue 11, 01 June 2021.
• Solar Sailing: Concepts, Technology, and Missions II, edited by Roman Kezerashvili and Bernd Dachwald, Volume 67, Issue 9, 01 May 2021.  Read the preface here.
• Scientific and Fundamental Aspects of GNSS - Part 1, Edited by Felicitas Arias and Roberto Prieto Cerdeira, Volume 66, Issue 12, 15 December 2020.  Preface free to read through 1 December 2021.

• COSPAR Space Weather Roadmap 2022 Achievements and Goals Announcement:  deadline 30 June 2022
• Recent Advances in Space Research in Monitoring Sustainable Development Goals:  deadline 1 June 2022
• Recent Progress in the Physics of the Sun and Heliosphere:  deadline 1 April 2022
• Space and Geophysical Observations and Recent Results related to the African Continent:  deadline 1 March 2022
• COSPAR Space Weather Roadmap 2022 Research and Applications Announcement:  deadline 31 January 2022
• New Results from DORIS for Science and Society:  deadline 31 January 2022
• Parameter Retrieval and Applications with Imaging Spectroscopy Data from AVIRIS-NG:  deadline 31 December 2021
• Space Environment Management and Space Sustainability:  deadline 31 December 2021
• Application of Artificial Intelligence in Tracking Control and Synchronization of Spacecraft: deadline 31 December 2021
• Astrophysical Spectroscopy and Data in Investigation of the Laboratory and Space Plasmas:  deadline 30 November 2021
• Magnetic Flux Ropes in Solar and Stellar Environments: deadline 31 August 2021, extended to 27 November 2021

LSSR Review and Open Access Articles Free to Read

The following review article which appears in LSSR, Volume 31, is free to read until 01 November 2022:

• Review of research into bioregenerative life support system(s) which can support humans living in space

• Nonhuman primate models in the study of spaceflight stressors: Past contributions and future directions
• What can space radiation protection learn from radiation oncology?

• A proposed change to astronaut exposures limits is a giant leap backwards for radiation protection

COSPAR Panel on Planetary Protection Open Session: 20 October 2021

PPP open session - 20 October 2021:  The COSPAR Panel on Planetary Protection will discuss recent findings concerning planetary protection of missions to Venus and Mars. The first part of the webinar, starting at 1pm CEST will be open to registered participants, who will be able to ask questions through the Q&A functionality. The second part will be reserved to PPP members.  If you would like to participate as a regular, view-only attendee, please use the registration link hereafter. https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_59YY6WQdTUOkVZ82h4DNmg

COSPAR 2022 Call for Papers Now Available

• The Call for Papers for the 44th COSPAR Scientific Assembly, 16 - 24 July 2022, Athens, Greece, is now available.
• Abstract submission is open.
• Website of the COSPAR 2022 Local Organizing Committee.

Advances in Space Research (ASR) Most Cited Articles - Free to Read

Top 5 Most Cited Articles in Advances in Space Research free to read in 2021 | Published 2019-2020

1. A review of the disc instability model for dwarf novae, soft X-ray transients and related objects
2. Flood susceptibility mapping by ensemble evidential belief function and binomial logistic regression model on river basin of eastern India
3. Small satellites for space science: A COSPAR scientific roadmap
4. GipsyX/RTGx, a new tool set for space geodetic operations and research
5. Simulating the impact of climate change on soil erosion in sub-tropical monsoon dominated watershed based on RUSLE, SCS runoff and MIROC5 climatic model

COSPAR updates its Planetary Protection Policy for missions to the Moon’s surface

• Press release
• Updated policy

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.

New COSPAR Panel on Social Sciences and Humanities (PSSH)

Read the press release here.

Advances in Space Research - Editor's Choice Articles Free to Read

Selected articles free to read until 1 June 2022