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ESA 2025 Student Internship Programme

ESA 2025 ESA internship opportunities are now live! Positions are open in a wide range of fields, including engineering, science, IT, natural and social sciences, business, economics, and administrative services. This is your chance to launch your career in the extraordinary world of space exploration — don’t miss out on this incredible opportunity to gain […]

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Simonetta Cheli, Recipient of the Women In Aerospace Europe Outstanding Achievement Award 2024 © Guglielmo de' Micheli for ESA

Keys to Success: An Interview with Simonetta Cheli

ESA-ESRIN headquarters: Simonetta Cheli, Frascati (Italy), Nov 2021 © Guglielmo de’ Micheli for ESA   Simonetta Cheli, Director of Earth Observation Programmes at ESA and recipient of the Women In Aerospace (WIA-Europe) Outstanding Achievement Awards 2024, shared her insights on the key actions and decisions that shaped her career, highlighting the importance of continuous learning,

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WIA-E 2021 Outstanding Achievement Award for Anny Cazenave

Anny Cazenave, >>recipient of the WIA-Europe Outstanding Achievement Award 2021 shares her thoughts on her personal pathway into the space sector and how we can increase the number of women in leadership positions. WIA-E: Tell us a bit about why you chose a career in aerospace, and how you got into your field of specialisation?

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WIA-E 2020 Outstanding Achievement Award for Pascale Ehrenfreund

AMSTERDAM, 20 May 2020. – Women in Aerospace Europe (WIA-E) announces Dr. Pascale Ehrenfreund as the winner of the Outstanding Achievement Award 2020. The annual WIA-E Outstanding Achievement Award acknowledges exceptional technical or scientific achievements and dedication to the advancement of women in the aerospace field. This year, WIA-E is honoured to present the Austrian

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WIA-E 2019 Outstanding Achievement Award for Grazia Vittadini

Women in Aerospace Europe (WIA-E) announces Grazia Vittadini as the winner of the Outstanding Achievement Award 2019. The annual WIA Europe Outstanding Achievement Award was introduced to acknowledge women, whose noteworthy technical or scientific achievements and dedication to the advancement of women in the aerospace field contribute positively to the professional growth of women in

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WIA-E 2017 Outstanding Achievement Award for Claudie Haigneré

Claudie Haigneré has been selected for her outstanding contribution in the field of space exploration, in increasing visibility of women in the space sector and in engaging young girls in science and technology. In 2001, Claudie became the first European woman to visit the International Space Station, as part of the ”Andromède” mission. She played

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WIA-E 2016 Outstanding Achievement Award for Candace Johnson

Lifetime Achievement Award of Women in Aerospace (Europe) 2016 for Candace Johnson, co-initiator of SES ASTRA and Architect of SES Global  Press Release Brussels, 30 March 2016  In the presence of the top representatives of European space industry and institutions, among them ESA Director General Jan Wörner, Chairwomen of DLR Pascale Ehrenfreund and President of

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WIA-E 2015 Outstanding Achievement Award for Jocelyne Landeau-Constantin

Space Manager of ESA in Germany Receives most Prestigious Award Jocelyn Landeau, Head of Corporate Communication Office at the European Space Operations Centre (ESOC) in Darmstadt received the Outstanding Achievement Award of the organization “Women in Aerospace (WIA) Europe” today. In her eulogy WIA-Europe’s Chairman of the Board of Directors, Claudia Kessler, emphasized the prominent engagement of the

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WIA-E 2014 Outstanding Achievement Award for Dr. Patrizia Caraveo

Professor Patrizia Caraveo is a astrophysicist , well known and appreciated both in her-own Country and in the rest of the world. She  served as researcher, teacher (as professor of Astronomy at  University of Pavia), leader of relevant projects and is  the Director of the Space Astrophysics and Cosmic Physics Institute (IASF) of the National

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