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„Scoala Altfel” at the Institute of Space Science

3 April 201527 March 2015 by spacescience

14137505944_5451d63599_b — “Şcoala Altfel” 2014 la Institutul de Ştiinţe Spaţiale. Credit imagine: ISS/Octavian Micu

The Institute of Space Science from Magurele opens its doors this year too for the 2015 edition of the “Scoala Altfel” program during the week between 6-10 April, which will be dedicated to educational extracurricular and nonacademic activities. The activities will be held at the Tower building of the Institute of Atomic Physics (IFA), Atomistilor Street 407.

During this period the courses won’t be held according to the usual program of the educational institutions and the event will be held in accordance with a particular schedule.

Researcher of the Institute of Space Science, awarded by the European Geosciences Union

18 December 201428 October 2014 by spacescience

Catalin Negrea, researcher of the Institute of Space Science (ISS) within the Laboratory of Space Plasma and Magnetometry won the award for the best poster presented by a student (Outstanding Student Poster – OSP) following the annual conference of the European Geosciences Union – EGU held in Vienna from 27 April to 2 May 2014.

The program of Institute of Space Science at Researchers’ Night 2014

22 December 201424 September 2014 by spacescience

On 26 September, at 5 p.m. in Bucharest, Tineretului Park, Șincai entry, the Space Science Institute’s researchers await for you at the Researchers’ Night 2014 to start together the adventure in the world of science.

Here are the areas and activities that you can experience at the ISS booth, coordinated by researchers willling to share with the public years of experience:

A new journey into the world of science at the Researchers’ Night 2014

17 October 201410 September 2014 by spacescience

On 26 September, the Researchers’ Night invites all the curious to take part in a trip to the fascinating world of science. Researchers, engineers, explorers and inventors will be meeting with you in the campuses or downtown areas of the following cities: Bucharest, Iasi, Cluj-Napoca, Timisoara, Constanta, Craiova, Galati, Brasov, Suceava, Bacau, Arad, Sibiu, Piatra Neamt, Tulcea, Oradea and Targu Jiu. Together with them you will take part in unique experiments, exciting conferences and contests with attractive prizes. The program for each city can be found on www.noapteacercetatorilor.eu.

33 years since the first flight of a Romanian cosmonaut, Dumitru-Dorin Prunariu

10 September 201419 May 2014 by spacescience

On 14 May 1981, at 17:16:38 UTC, the Soyuz-40 mission was launched, taking on board the first Romanian cosmonaut, Dumitru-Dorin Prunariu. The mission was part of the Intercosmos program and lasted 7 days, 20 hours, 41 minutes, 52 seconds. On 15 May, Soyuz-40 docked on Salyut-6 space station. Altogether, the crew orbited the Earth 124 times, while the Romanian cosmonaut was studying the Earth’s magnetic field. There were also studies on the station’s guidance system and Earth observation studies over the territory of Romania.

(article taken from www.rosa.ro)

Explore the Solar System in front of the computer

17 October 201414 May 2014 by spacescience

The Institute of Space Science (ISS) invites you to explore the solar system from home, using your computer. Using the ExpoSol program (Interactive Exploration of the Solar System) you wll be able to study the eight planets of our solar system, Pluto, the dwarf planet, and the Sun.

Discover the “Scoala Altfel” program at the Magurele Physics Platform

17 October 20147 April 2014 by spacescience

The Magurele Physics Platform is opening today its doors for a “Scoala Altfel” week. Students and their teachers will visit the Platform’s research institutes and the Faculty of Physics to learn science from the researchers using interactive methods, presentations and guided tours.

Romania became a full member of the Pierre Auger international cooperation

17 October 201425 March 2014 by spacescience

În prim plan, tanc de apă situat la aproximativ 1400m altitudine. În fundal, în partea dreaptă, telescop optic. Sursă: Pierre Auger Observatory/Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT). Pentru o rezoluție mai mare vizitați: http://www.ekp.kit.edu/img/AUGER-SurfaceDetector.jpg — In the foreground, a water tank located about 1400m altitude. In the background, at right, an optical telescope. Source: Pierre Auger Observatory/Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT). For a higher resolution visit: http://www.ekp.kit.edu/img/AUGER-SurfaceDetector.jpg

On March 13, 2014, Romania was officially accepted as a full member state in the “Pierre Auger Observatory” international collaboration. Spread over an area of 3000 km2 in Argentina, Auger is the largest cosmic radiation experiment in the world. The collaboration allows the Romanian researchers to contribute to discerning the mysteries of ultra-high energies cosmic rays.

The future of nuclear emulsions discussed in Predeal during a workshop organized by the Institute of Space Sciences

17 October 20145 February 2014 by spacescience

Between 14 and 18 October 2013, the Institute of Space Science (ISS) hosted the “Detection of nuclear emulsions and their future workshop”. The event, held in Predeal, Romania, was organized in collaboration with the Lebedev Physics Institute (Moscow, Russia), Institute for Nuclear Research (Dubna, Russia), Institute Dosimetry (Prague, Czech Republic) and Safarik University (Kosice, Slovakia) .

The Institute of Space Science develops the RoBiSAT space mission – Two nanosatellites launched by the QB50 international collaboration

17 October 201422 January 2014 by spacescience

Model preliminar. Credit: ISS — Preliminary model. Credit: ISS

RoBiSAT is the name of the Institute of Space Science’s mission that aims to develop and verify the critical technologies necessary for the nanosatellites formation flight. A specific characteristic of this initiative is the study of the technological solutions for obtaining radio communications for data exchange and commands between two identical satellites located on low-Earth orbit.