Jean-Claude Worms
@jcw42.bsky.social
Space & sci-fi buff. Executive Director Committee on Space Research (COSPAR). Posts are my own.
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Hey BlueSky people ! Excellent Holiday Season to all of you.
Science First !
Science First !
December 23, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Hey BlueSky people ! Excellent Holiday Season to all of you.
Science First !
Science First !
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We're happy to join ISC and other fellow affiliated bodies in standing up for global climate-change research.
Space research is key for understanding how our planet is changing, so reductions in funding will have lasting impacts on decision-making, including adaptation and mitigation strategies.
Space research is key for understanding how our planet is changing, so reductions in funding will have lasting impacts on decision-making, including adaptation and mitigation strategies.
🔴 The global scientific community urges continued support for scientific research and collaboration to respond to climate crisis.
Read and share the statement: https://council.science/statements/climate-science/
Read and share the statement: https://council.science/statements/climate-science/
November 4, 2025 at 1:52 PM
We're happy to join ISC and other fellow affiliated bodies in standing up for global climate-change research.
Space research is key for understanding how our planet is changing, so reductions in funding will have lasting impacts on decision-making, including adaptation and mitigation strategies.
Space research is key for understanding how our planet is changing, so reductions in funding will have lasting impacts on decision-making, including adaptation and mitigation strategies.
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Great free Planetary Protection course developed at the Open University. www.open.edu/openlearn/sc... #space #planetary
Introduction to Planetary Protection
As we explore the Solar System, it is important that we do not accidentally contaminate untouched and unspoilt extraterrestrial environments in any way. In this free course you will learn about ‘...
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October 17, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Great free Planetary Protection course developed at the Open University. www.open.edu/openlearn/sc... #space #planetary
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Yesterday the StAnD project celebrated a major milestone: the first meteor tracking camera has been successfully installed on a school in France: Collège Frédéric Mistral today in Nice.
December 18, 2024 at 3:44 PM
Yesterday the StAnD project celebrated a major milestone: the first meteor tracking camera has been successfully installed on a school in France: Collège Frédéric Mistral today in Nice.
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After sharing lunch at the school canteen, we worked together to install the camera on the roof and set up the tracking settings. While it took until sunset, a lot of enthusiasm, team spirit and troubleshooting got us to our goal.
December 18, 2024 at 3:44 PM
After sharing lunch at the school canteen, we worked together to install the camera on the roof and set up the tracking settings. While it took until sunset, a lot of enthusiasm, team spirit and troubleshooting got us to our goal.
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Calibration is underway. Now we wait to see what these budding young scientists and their teachers achieve using it!
Learn more about StAnD and COSPAR’s role in it: projectstand.eu/partners/
Learn more about StAnD and COSPAR’s role in it: projectstand.eu/partners/
Partners
Partners
projectstand.eu
December 18, 2024 at 3:44 PM
Calibration is underway. Now we wait to see what these budding young scientists and their teachers achieve using it!
Learn more about StAnD and COSPAR’s role in it: projectstand.eu/partners/
Learn more about StAnD and COSPAR’s role in it: projectstand.eu/partners/
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📰🚀The December issue of Space Research Today is now out!
As always, it's packed with the latest news from the global space community, including updates on #COSPAR2024, asteroid Apophis, the Einstein probe, two new COSPAR panels, research and industry news and more:
issuu.com/cosparspacer...
As always, it's packed with the latest news from the global space community, including updates on #COSPAR2024, asteroid Apophis, the Einstein probe, two new COSPAR panels, research and industry news and more:
issuu.com/cosparspacer...
December 12, 2024 at 1:14 PM
📰🚀The December issue of Space Research Today is now out!
As always, it's packed with the latest news from the global space community, including updates on #COSPAR2024, asteroid Apophis, the Einstein probe, two new COSPAR panels, research and industry news and more:
issuu.com/cosparspacer...
As always, it's packed with the latest news from the global space community, including updates on #COSPAR2024, asteroid Apophis, the Einstein probe, two new COSPAR panels, research and industry news and more:
issuu.com/cosparspacer...
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Last week we were represented at the World Space Forum by Petra Rettberg, PPP, & Niklas Hedman, General Counsel. The Forum, organized by @UNOOSA, Germany, Peru & the UAE, focused on Sustainable Space for Sustainability on Earth, with 3 pillars: space traffic, debris, & resources.
December 9, 2024 at 1:04 PM
Last week we were represented at the World Space Forum by Petra Rettberg, PPP, & Niklas Hedman, General Counsel. The Forum, organized by @UNOOSA, Germany, Peru & the UAE, focused on Sustainable Space for Sustainability on Earth, with 3 pillars: space traffic, debris, & resources.
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Niklas chaired the session with discussions among Member States and organizations on and the way forward on the Space2030 Agenda, UNISPACE IV and the Outer Space Action 56 of the Pact for the Future adopted at the UN GA Summit of the Future in September 2024.
December 9, 2024 at 1:04 PM
Niklas chaired the session with discussions among Member States and organizations on and the way forward on the Space2030 Agenda, UNISPACE IV and the Outer Space Action 56 of the Pact for the Future adopted at the UN GA Summit of the Future in September 2024.
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We were proud to be represented at the International Academy of Aeronautics Day on 8 December, in Washington, DC, USA.
Photo (left to right): Rosaly Lopes (Vice-Chair of COSPAR Scientific Commission B), Alison Nordt (Lockheed Martin) and Pascale Ehrenfreund (COSPAR President).
Photo (left to right): Rosaly Lopes (Vice-Chair of COSPAR Scientific Commission B), Alison Nordt (Lockheed Martin) and Pascale Ehrenfreund (COSPAR President).
December 9, 2024 at 4:42 PM
We were proud to be represented at the International Academy of Aeronautics Day on 8 December, in Washington, DC, USA.
Photo (left to right): Rosaly Lopes (Vice-Chair of COSPAR Scientific Commission B), Alison Nordt (Lockheed Martin) and Pascale Ehrenfreund (COSPAR President).
Photo (left to right): Rosaly Lopes (Vice-Chair of COSPAR Scientific Commission B), Alison Nordt (Lockheed Martin) and Pascale Ehrenfreund (COSPAR President).