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The Space Group aims at improving and extending communication about space by helping specialized science centres and space professionals to work together with non-specialists and develop collaborative projects and events.
Joining Ecsite’s Space Group means getting closer to space professionals and science centres willing to communicate about space. It also allows to be better informed about space news, programs, and discoveries. The Space Group offers opportunities to share experience, expertise, knowledge, and tools.
For Europe’s main space actors like the European Space Agency (ESA), national space agencies, industries, research institutions, and academia, the Space Group offers the possibility to build close collaborations with science communication professionals. The group benefits from the already established European networks of Ecsite and the European Space network of ESA and its member states.
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Previous issues of the Space Group newsletter are available here.
Hook-up with Rosetta campaign - UPDATED
The Ecsite Space group, with the support of the European Space Agency (ESA), invites you to join a European campaign about the exciting ESA Rosetta mission! The campaign invites all museums and science centres to organize activities and events to share the knowledge and main steps of the mission. This kit is ready to use and available to everyone for free. Learn more about the campaign and available resources.
How it all started…
Communicating space science may not be an easy task for a non-specialist. Before the 2012 Ecsite Conference in Toulouse, France, which topic was “Space and Time, unlimited”, a workshop entitled, “Communicating European achievements in Space” was organized by Ecsite, Cité de l’Espace and ESA. Representatives from science centres, space agencies, and private companies debated on how to communicate space topics to the general public. This group gained momentum during the conference and a task force was created which proposed an Ecsite Space Thematic Group which would include one representative from ESA, one from a science centre specializing in space, and a representative from a non-space oriented science centre (see Co-Chairs). A second meeting was held in October 2012, in Naples, with the participation of representatives from science centres, industries and the Italian Space Agency (ASI), during the International Astronautical Congress. The proposal of the thematic group was formally approved in November 2012, during the Ecsite Board Meeting, in Luleä, Sweden.
Space Group members
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Report
The Ecsite Space Group members met again online on the 18th, 22nd and 23rd June. In the pick moment we were 37 participants around the globe. The participants got the chance to catch up informally, share their projects and hear about the current and upcoming activities of the European Space Agency.
Report
The Space Talks online series took place on the 27th November, 1-2 December 2020 and were attended by 39 participants. It was a great opportunity to reconnect with Ecsite Space Group members and welcome some new participants despite the physical distance imposed by the Covid-19 pandemic. It consisted of informal networking, projects showcase and news sharing session on some very exciting current and upcoming activities from the European Space Agency. It was an inspiring experience providing a good opportunity to reflect and connect.
Material for workshops and exhibitions
Looking ahead to the 50th anniversary of humans landing on the Moon, a handy guide brings you a variety of ESA multimedia content related to Earth's natural satellite and future Space Exploration.
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Education & learning
Material for workshops and exhibitions
The International Space Station is the world’s largest-ever scientific venture, and the European Space Agency is a key member of this international partnership. The Ecsite Space Group has developed a ready-to-print exhibition and several hands-on activities that seek to engage children and adults alike with the daily life and work of ESA astronauts on board the Space Station. Explore this extraordinary living and working environment with our new kit!
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Topics in science
Practical guide or toolkit
The exciting Rosetta mission gave many science centres and museums the opportunity to get involved in synchronized international events, to show live science, and to feel the excitement and tension of live operations!
In 2016 the Ecsite Space Group prepared an update with the latest achievements of the mission and provided ready to use tools such as general scripts for each event with suggestions of activities.
Report
The Space Group Annual Meeting 2015 took place in Milan, Italy on 3-4 November 2015 and was hosted by the National Museum of Science and Technology Leonardo da Vinci. Read the report of the meeting, which summarised discussions during the two days workshop and presents next steps in the collaboration between ESA and Ecsite.
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After a successful cooperation of the Ecsite Space Group and ESA in development of the Rosetta Kit about the Rosetta mission in 2013-2015, the collaboration will continue and new projects will be developed on three themes. Ecsite conducted the feasibility study in August-September 2015 with the goal to assess the relevance of each theme and readiness to implement and use the outcomes of the projects among the Ecsite members.
Material for workshops and exhibitions
What are comets? Where do they come from? Why should we care about them? The exhibition “Comets & ESA’s Rosetta” invites the audience to take part in the incredible journey of Rosetta and to better understand its mission. Through simple and modular displays, visitors discover what we already know about comets and how a deeper knowledge of them could lead to major discoveries about the origins of the solar system and our origins.
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Topics in science
Report
In this report we would like to share the results of the Pre-Conference Workshop "Space for Life", that took place during the Ecsite Annual Conference 2015 hosted in MUSE (Trento, Italy) organised by the Ecsite Space Group and the European Space Agency (ESA).
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Topics in science
News
13 December 2023
Events
30 November 2023 - 1 December 2023
Darmstadt, Germany