Author name: Gaia Guiso

WIA Europe awarded two grants to attend the 64th International Astronautical Congress (IAC), which will be held in October 2013 in Beijing, China. The winners are two very motivated students pursuing Masters in Space Studies in International Space University (Strasbourg, FRANCE) involved in modern and challenging  space developments. A letter of achievements from WIA Europe, […]

We are happy to release our second quarterly newsletter for 2013: Newsletter_2013-2.pdf Happy reading!

On June 10, our 6thGeneral Assembly was held at Dutch Space in Leiden. The Assembly was attended by around 20 enthousiastic WIA Europe members. During the General Assembly, a new formation of the Board has been made. Angie Bukley (Treasurer), Bérengère Houdou (Director of Membership), Tina Büchner Da Costa (Director of Programmes) and Ariane Cornell

We would like to remind you that our call for 2013 award nominees is still open, so please send you nominations and applications to info@wia-europe.org. The deadlines for awards are 31st October and for grants 2014 31st December. Student & Young Professional Award Guidelines: The WIA-Europe Student & Young Professional Award is €1,000 and is open to

Simona Di Pippo the President of the Women in Aerospace Europe gave an interview to the Raumfahrt Concret about her insights into the general situation of women in space industry and space organisations. She explains some reasons, which triggered the development of the status quo we face today and she is also giving some interesting advice

On Tuesday 18 June 2013 WIA-Europe organised a lunch in ESTEC to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of Valentina Tereshkova first flight in Space! The lunch was well attended and we had to change from lunch corner to foyer to host all the participants. Olga Zhadanovich gave us an insight into Valentina’s journey from the beginning

                  Secure World Foundation together with the Women in Aerospace Europe have organised an informal panel discussion entitled “Cooperation vs. Competition in Space Activities” to examine the present actors – states and the private sector, and their relationship to one another. The event took place in Brussels on