On Monday 20 January, ESA’s comet-chasing spacecraft Rosetta will wake up from 31 months of deep space slumber. ESA will streaming live from ESOC, Darmstadt, Germany, with full coverage of the day’s historic events as they unfold, starting at 09:15 GMT (10:15 CET)

Rosetta’s computer is programmed to re-establish contact with Earth on 20 January, starting with an ‘alarm clock’ at 10:00 GMT. Immediately afterwards, the spacecraft’s startrackers will begin to warm up, taking around six hours. Rosetta will then send a signal to Earth to announce that it is awake.

The Ecsite Membership Service Group has elaborated a survey that was sent to all Ecsite members. We have received 69 responses so far. Many thanks to all who took the time to share their thoughts, find the outcomes here . These preliminary results were discussed at the Directors Forum 2013.

Your feedback helps Ecsite define future adaptions and improvements for members which is why we are aiming for even more responses – optimally from 200 members.

Save the date! The next Space Group meeting will be in sunny Granada, Spain! Parque de las Ciencias will be hosting us on Monday January 27th 2014.

The greatly-anticipated final outcomes are launched today for VOICES (www.voicesforinnovation.eu), Ecsite’s collaboration with the European Commission which demonstrates science centres and museums’ key role in Responsible Research and Innovation.