Czech Space Office

The 66th International Astronautical Congress in Jerusalem has just started. Visitors were welcomed in desert climate with temperatures reaching 30 °C and cloudless sky.

Former U.S. astronaut Scott E. Parazynski came to Prague to share his experience of space missions with the public. The Czech Space Office in cooperation with the U.S. Embassy organized two lectures attended by Czech and foreign astronautics enthusiatsts.

Czech students presented the international educational competition Expedition Mars during the Education and Outreach section of Humans in Space Symposium 2015. Their participation was ensured through the finnancial support of the Czech Space Office, the co-organizer of the event.

On 19 June, at the Polytechnic University in Rzeszów, representatives of Polish and foreign institutions arrived to the Forum of space and satellite technologies to discuss the potential of future development of the emerging Polish Space Agency. The discussion participated also Jan Kolář, director of the Czech Space Office.

At the Czech Space Day conference of which the first one was held July 3 2015 at the CTU, there were students and young professionals discussing their activities and experiences in space and also took the chance to explore current opportunities for involvement in this area.

From June 29 to July 3, Prague will host the international Humans in Space Symposium focused on issues of human presence in space and the related research and technology. The Symposium is organized by the International Academy of Astronautics (IAA) and the Czech Space Office (CSO).

In 2-4 March, the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) held Symposium in Prague that was focused on rules for communication of small satellites. The event was organised in collaboration with the Faculty of Electrical Engineering in Prague and the Czech Space Office.

The Czech Space Office (CSO) and the International Academy of Astronautics (IAA) organise Humans in Space Symposium which is going to take place from June 29 to July 3, 2015. Space medicine, ensuring of living conditions, including necessary and analog simulation studies on Earth are going to be the main topics of the conference.

Czech Space Office has successfully completed its participation at the 65th International Astronautical Congress in Toronto. The time at the Cogress the CSO devoted to promoting Czech aerospace. CSO has also been involved in the activities of the International Astronautical Federation (IAF) of which the CSO director serves as vicepresident.

The fourth day of the Congress was very busy due to negotiations with the IAF and affiliates and discussions carried out during the Congress exhibition. As in previous days, the topic of small satellites came up several times, because its realization and launch today provide dozens of private companies and universities.

Our Tuesday's programme consisted of, in addition to traditional presentation at the booth, participation in the plenary session of the commercial human space flight, of which exchange of different points of view of several space industry leaders took place. A great experience was the early evening Highlight Lecture with Professor Bibring presentation of the first scientific results of the ESA Rosetta probe and preparations for the November landing of its module of Philae.

CSO has released the fifth edition of a comprehensive english bochure on space activities in the Czech Republic, which is annually distributed to the visitors at the International Astronautical Congress, IAC and during other occasions with a foreign audience.