President's Message

New Year's Greetings from the Committee on Space Research COSPAR

5th COSPAR Symposium

COSPAR will hold its fifth Symposium in Singapore, 16 - 21 April 2023, with a focus on Space Science with Small Satellites.  Information on the scientific program is available at https://www.cospar-assembly.org/symposia.  The Local Organizing Committee (LOC) website, for information on registration, accommodation and other matters, is open at http://www.cosparsg.org.  Download the poster for display.  Further to numerous requests to move the Singapore Symposium abstract deadline out of the holiday period, please now submit your contributions by 13 January 2023 at the latest. 

Planning on going to the 45th COSPAR Scientific Assembly in Busan, 13 - 21 July 2024.  You will want to read a recent announcement from the South Korean President concerning Korea’s ambitions for the Moon and Mars.

Free to Read Open Access Papers - Advances in Space Research

Recent free-to-read open access papers published in Advances in Space Research (ASR) are available through Elsevier's ScienceDirect site.

Advances in Space Research - Special Issues

Click on the title above or the image to the left to see recently published / free to read ASR issues or articles and new / open calls for special issues.

COP27

...With its Scientific Commission engaging in studies of the Earth from space, its Task Group on Global Climate Change, and its thousands of scientists convening regularly in assemblies and symposia, COSPAR helps develop the contributions and solutions that space research brings to fight climate change.... Click to read more.

COSPAR 2024 Posters

Please click for COSPAR 2024 posters for download and display.

Congratulations!

COSPAR congratulates NASA, ESA, DLR, ISA, and all their international partners for the successful launch of the Artemis1 Mission.  Forward to the Moon!

LSSR Review and Open Access Articles/Issues Free to Read

A new link has been posted to a Life Sciences in Space Research (LSSR) free-to-read review or open access paper/issue.

New COSPAR President Elected

At the recent Scientific Assembly in Athens Professor Pascale Ehrenfreund was elected COSPAR President for the 2022 - 2026 term of office.  Congratulations to Professor Ehrenfreund!