Committee on Space Research
The Committee on Space Research (COSPAR) was established by the International Council for Science (ICSU) in 1958.
Abbreviation | COSPAR |
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Formation | 1958 |
Type | INGO |
Location | |
Region served | Worldwide |
Official language | English, French |
President | Prof. Lennard A. Fisk |
Executive Director | Dr. J.C Worms |
Parent organization | International Council for Science |
Website | COSPAR Official website |
Among COSPAR's objectives are the promotion of scientific research in space on an international level, with emphasis on the free exchange of results, information, and opinions, and providing a forum, open to all scientists, for the discussion of problems that may affect space research. These objectives are achieved through the organization of symposia, publication, and other means. COSPAR has created a number of research programmes on different topics, a few in cooperation with other scientific Unions. The long-term project COSPAR international reference atmosphere started in 1960; since then it has produced several editions of the high-atmosphere code CIRA. The code "IRI" of the URSI-COSPAR working group on the International Reference Ionosphere was first edited in 1978 and is yearly updated.
General Assembly
Every second year, COSPAR calls for a General Assembly (also called Scientific Assembly). These are conferences currently gathering more than a thousand participating space researchers. The most recent assemblies are listed in the table below.[1] The 41st General Assembly in Istanbul was cancelled due to the 2016 Turkish coup d'état attempt.[2]
Planetary Protection Policy
See also
- Space research
- Planetary protection, for other bodies and Earth
- International Planetary Data Alliance
- List of government space agencies
References
- "COSPAR Scientific Assemblies". Archived from the original on 2013-05-14. Retrieved 2013-05-16.
- COSPAR 2016 Archived 2016-07-19 at the Wayback Machine