Issue 8 – Take Off
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It’s exciting times for Europlanet. The joint meeting of the Europlanet Science Congress (EPSC) with our colleagues at the American Astronomical Society’s Division for Planetary Sciences (DPS) in Helsinki this September promises to be one of the largest meetings on planetary science held to date in Europe.
We are now one year into operations as a fully self-sustaining non-profit association. Following the end of our last grant from European Commission in July 2024, we have been working hard to continue our core services. If you haven’t noticed a change – that’s great news! Our flagship Transnational Access programme for researchers to visit state-of-the-art laboratories in Europe and around the world are ongoing, as is the Planetary Geological Mapping (GMAP) Winter School. The Europlanet Early Career Network (EPEC) is going from strength to strength. You can read all the latest news in the ‘In Focus’ section.
This issue is themed around engagement with industry, a cornerstone of Europlanet’s strategy for delivering sustainable research infrastructure for the planetary community. Articles share perspectives from researchers who have developed successful routes into industry and from companies that have benefited from involvement with planetary science. We hope you find them interesting and inspiring. The Last Word column this edition is by the Europlanet Vice-President, Stavro Ivanovski, who reflects on two decades of Europlanet and looks forward to the road ahead.
Anita Heward, Editor.
Europlanet Magazine
The official magazine of Europlanet, the worldwide community for planetary sciences.
Since 2005, Europlanet has provided Europe’s planetary science community with a platform to exchange ideas and personnel, share research tools, data and facilities, define key science goals for the future, and engage stakeholders, policy makers and European citizens with planetary science. We promote the advancement of planetary science and related fields for the benefit of the community and are open to individual and organisational members.
Production Team
Editors: Anita Heward.
Production and planning: Thibaut Roger and Victoria Southgate.
Contributors:
Elena Benedetto, Blue Skies Space, Prassana Deshapriya, Anita Heward,Jessica Hogan, Hans Huybrighs, Stavro Ivanovski, Jürg Jost, A Kereszturi, James Kingsnorth, Alexandra Lehtmets, Tim Lichtenberg, Nigel Mason, Peter Mc Ardle, Yoga Barrathwaj Raman Mohan, Geraint Morgan, Callum Piper, Prateek Tripathi, Thibaut Roger, Maximilian Rothenberger, Edita Stonkute, Javier Eduardo Suárez Valencia, Mihály Veres and Nimisha Verma
Design and artwork: Pixooma Ltd
Front and back cover image credits: Blue Skies Space/C3S.
Acknowledgements
Europlanet 2024 RI has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 871149. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the authors only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the granting authority. Neither the European Union nor the granting authority can be held responsible for them.
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