A huge congratulations to WIA-E Brussels leader, Sweety Pate, for winning the prestigious iWoman Global Award 2021 for Science and Innovation! Sweety Pate is a Satellite Operations Systems Engineer at QinetiQ – Belgium and is involved in satellite missions – ALTIUS. She is the Technical Lead at QinetiQ for the European Space Traffic Management (EUSTM) […]
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Join us in the discussion of the new WIA-E White Paper on how to increase the number of women in C-suite positions. Exponential growth is forecasted for the global space economy over the next 20 years. As a result, there will be a high demand for visionary leaders in the C-Suite. Talented female leaders have
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Join us in the discussion of the new WIA-E White Paper on the skills gap in the aerospace sector. A European company survey in 2013 showed that around 40% of EU-based companies in the aerospace sector are experiencing difficulties in hiring candidates with the right skills. With a high percentage of aerospace experts close to
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Join us in the discussion of the new WIA-E White Paper on STEM Education in Europe. STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) comprises the main areas of study on which scientific and technological industries, including the aerospace sector, lay their foundations. From a very early age, a huge amount of STEM potential is being lost,
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Last 21st of September, WIA-E Barcelona organized the eighth #Women4Space conference with the aim to give visibility to women in the aerospace sector. During this conference Ariadna Farrés, who is an expert on the impact of solar radiation pressure on orbits around Lagrange points, gave a different vision of how the Lagrange equations are used
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WIA-E Rome is pleased to invite you to attend the Third Edition of the Osimo’s World Space Week. The event will be held in the framework of World Space Week (WSW) 2021, between October 4th-10th, and the main theme will be “Women in Space”. The official languages of the event are Italian and English. Many
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On October 5, 2021 at 19:00 CET, you can ask and discuss your doubts and concerns about professional opportunities in the aerospace sector with five professionals from different disciplines in our event “Women in Space (Mujeres en el Espacio)” Don’t miss it! Aerospace is not just astronauts and satellites launch. We will chat with some
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Sick of sexism in the workplace? On July 1st the Toulouse LG held an interactive workshop on how to (re)connect to our female power, empower ourselves and the women around us and get ready to respond to inappropriate remarks, gestures and situations. 12 participants of the network in Toulouse shared their respective experiences with sexism
Solar sails are an alternative propulsion system that takes advantage of the pressure of solar radiation to propel a spacecraft. The impact and reflection of the photons emitted by the Sun on the surface of the sail produce a force in the opposite direction to the Sun that accelerates the spacecraft. While it may seem
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ESA’s Space Science Research Fellowships 2022 The ESA 2022 Space Science Research Fellowships are now open for applications! If you have recently completed or are close to completing a PhD in a technical or scientific discipline, then we invite you to join us at the forefront of unveiling the mysteries of our Solar System and
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