News

Mar

22

In late March 2019, the Solar wind Magnetosphere Ionosphere Link Explorer, or SMILE, a China-ESA joint mission, was adopted for implementation by the European Space Agency (ESA). The adoption, as a milestone event, signifies the kick-off of the engineering phase of the joint scientific mission, which aims to study the interaction between the solar wind and the Earth magnetosphere. The mission will be launched in 2023 and will be operated in orbit for 3 years.

Jan

29

On 24 Jan, 2019, at the invitation of Prof. WANG Chi, Director General of NSSC, Prof. Stuart Bale from Space Sciences Lab of University of California, Berkeley and Associate Prof. Justin Kasper from University of Michigan visited the NSSC Headquarters in Huairou.

Nov

09

On 6th Nov. 2018, the 14th China-Russia Space Weather Workshop officially kicks off in Haikou, China, lasting for 4 days. With the joint support of the National Space Science Center, Chinese Academy of Sciences (NSSC, CAS) and the Institute of Solar-Terrestrial Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences (ISTP, RAS), the workshop is organized by the Chinese Space Science Society and the State Key Laboratory of Space Weather, attracting more than 70 researchers from the Russian Academy of Sciences and the Chinese Academy of Sciences, as well as Chinese Universities.

Oct

17

The National Space Science Center (NSSC), CAS celebrated the 60th anniversary of its founding with a day-long symposium on Monday, Oct. 15. 2018. “The NSSC: The first 60 years”, gathered together the space science community of present and former researchers, friends, alumni, and supporters – all of whom share a deep interest in the past, present, and future of space science.