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13-08-2018
Space Studies Programme visited Dwingeloo
| Submitter: | Local organising committee SSP |
| Description: | Last week, the renowned Space Studies Programme (SSP) from the International Space University visited ASTRON/JIVE/NOVA in Dwingeloo. During the visit, participants learned about the institutes, got tours through the facilities, learned about telescope engineering, the James Webb Telescope, space VLBI and Space Weather, and visited the Low Frequency Array (LOFAR). The SSP is a nine-week graduate top-level professional development program conducted by the International Space University (ISU). The curriculum covers the principal space related fields, both non-technical and technical and ranges from policy and law, business and management and humanities to life sciences, engineering, physical sciences and space applications. SSP participants are high potential scientists and engineers in the field of space in their early career from 35 different countries. This year, the SSP takes place from 25 June to 24 August in the Netherlands, hosted by the Netherlands Space Office (NSO), in close collaboration with Delft University of Technology, Leiden University and the European Space Research and Technology Centre (ESA-ESTEC) in Noordwijk. The program is packed with a wide variety of activities including lectures by renowned experts, hands-on activities and projects, team work assignments, and professional visits to industry and academia. ASTRON, JIVE and NOVA are sponsors of the SSP and collectively organized a visit to Dwingeloo on July 30th and August 5th. Because of the summer holidays it has been quite a challenge for the SSP Local Organising Committee to set up such a program, but when leaving Dwingeloo/Exloo the SSP visitors said that they were very grateful for the interesting program. |
| Copyright: | ASTRON |
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