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ASR Outstanding Paper Awards for Young Scientists Free to Read
Published Thursday, April 24th, 2025

Complimentary access for three months to the papers selected for the Outstanding Paper Award for Young Scientists published in Advances in Space Research in 2024.

Join the COSPAR Panel on Innovative Solutions (PoIS) Quests to Shape the Future of Space Exploration and Make your Mark on the Cosmos!
Published Tuesday, April 15th, 2025

The Panel on Innovative Solutions (PoIS) has launched exciting public challenges and is calling on the worldwide community of professionals and enthusiasts to help shape the future of space exploration and make their mark on the Cosmos!

COPUOS Brainstorming Call for Sites of Specific Scientific Interest
Published Wednesday, April 9th, 2025

COSPAR, the International Astronomical Union (IAU) and the Moon Village Association-Global Expert Group on Sustainable Lunar Activities (MVA-GEGSLA) are jointly holding a brainstorming call about Sites of Specific Scientific Interest (SSSI).

Call for Abstracts for the 6th COSPAR Symposium Now Available
Published Monday, February 10th, 2025

The Call for Abstracts for the 6th COSPAR Symposium, 3 - 7 November 2025, Nicosia, Cyprus, is now available. The submission deadline is 4 April 2025.

Save the Date: 5 February Apophis 2029 Side Event at STSC
Published Wednesday, January 22nd, 2025

Save the Date: 5th February 2025! COSPAR will be hosting a side event during the 62nd Scientific and Technical Subcommittee (STSC) session of the United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (COPUOS): Apophis 2029: Advancing Science and Planetary Defense in the International Year of Asteroid Awareness

"Titan After Cassini-Huygens" out in January
Published Wednesday, December 18th, 2024

COSPAR is pleased to announce that "Titan after Cassini-Huygens", the first volume in the COSPAR Book Series in collaboration with Elsevier, will be available as of 23 January 2025.

Advances in Space Research - 3 articles OA for 3 months
Published Wednesday, November 13th, 2024

Three recent articles from one of our flagship journals, Advances in Space Research, have been made Open Access (OA) for the next three months, courtesy of Elsevier:

"Plasma Acceleration in Near-Earth Space" Webinar with Vassilis Angelopoulos (24th October 2024)
Published Monday, October 21st, 2024

COSPAR Bureau member Vassilis Angelopoulos is the speaker for the ISSI webinar on "Plasma Acceleration in Near-Earth Space" that will take place on 24 October.  See the announce and join the online seminar.

NASA, ESA, JAXA, ASI, KASA meet during COSPAR 2024 to reinforce cooperation for future missions to Apophis
Published Tuesday, September 3rd, 2024

COSPAR is particularly proud to have initiated a historic gathering of representatives from NASA, ESA, JAXA, ASI and KASA during the 45th COSPAR Scientific Assembly in Busan, Korea to explore coordinating their planning and approach for missions to the asteroid (99942) Apophis. Apophis will make its closest approach to Earth on 13 April 2029 and […]

COSPAR and APSCO to sign MOU
Published Tuesday, August 27th, 2024

COSPAR is pleased to announce that a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) is planned to be signed with the Asia-Pacific Space Cooperation  Organisation (APSCO) this autumn. Read the press release for more details.