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at MPAe, where he became head of his own department for experimental planetary research in 1991. In 2004 he was awarded emeritus status as director of MPAe.
Awards The following COSPAR medals and awards are the 2016 awards. More details will follow in the next issue of SRT:
As director at MPAe he significantly increased the institute’s participation in international space missions. Under his direction MPAe did not just partake in ESA and NASA missions but was also successfully working with Soviet space researchers in the 1980s. He was the leader of several important research projects, providing major contributions to the space missions Ulysses, Giotto, Phobos, Mars 96 and Rosetta among others.
COSPAR Space Science Award For outstanding contributions to space science in the fields covered by the Committee on Space Research: Charles L. Bennett (USA) Anatoly I. Grigoriev (Russia)
The success of the projects led by Helmut Rosenbauer are largely thanks to his perseverance, his inexhaustible wealth of ideas and his tireless commitment. He boldly tackled the “impossible”. He demanded and expected a lot from his teams, yet always set a good example. He did not hesitate to take the soldering iron himself or sometimes finish the important parts on the lathe there and then. His colleagues, who worked with him through the most difficult situations, held him in high regard and affectionately called him “chief”.
COSPAR International Cooperation Medal For significant contributions to the promotion of international scientific cooperation in the field of space research: Lev Zelenyi (Russia)
COSPAR Distinguished Service Medal
His last big success was the ESA Rosetta mission to the comet 67P/ChuryumovGerasimenko. He was responsible for the conception and the scientific programme of the lander Philae, which landed on the comet’s nucleus under spectacular circumstances in 2014, and for one of the most important instruments on board Philae. Without his commitment and technical ingenuity Philae would never have flown.
For extraordinary services COSPAR over many years:
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David Halpern (USA)
COSPAR William Nordberg Medal For distinguished contributions to the application of space science in a field covered by COSPAR:
On 5 May 2016 Dr. Helmut Rosenbauer died after a long-term illness. We mourn an excellent and imaginative researcher, a judicious institute director, an encouraging boss and a good friend.
Gordon Greely Shepherd (Canada)
COSPAR Massey Award
[By Sami K. Solanki, Max-Planck Institute for Solar System Research, Germany]
For outstanding contributions to the development of space research, in which a leadership role is of particular importance: Fiona A. Harrison (USA)
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Vikram Sarabhai Medal
Research Highlights
For outstanding contributions to space research in developing countries (awarded jointly with the Indian Space Research Organization):
CubeSats and the Future of Space Exploration—A Personal View
Kohei Arai (Japan)
Having your own personal satellite in orbit might sound like an idea straight out of an Isaac Asimov book. This is for a good reason! Satellites have always been very expensive and difficult to build, so they are thought to be the exclusive playthings of rich organizations (both governmental and private). But this has started to change as sophisticated technologies are coming within reach of ordinary people, fundamentally changing the rules of the game—in the same way that, for example, 3Dprinting and drones are doing in other areas of industry and society.
Jeoujang Jaw Award For distinguished pioneering contributions to promoting space research, establishing new space science research branches and founding new exploration programmes (awarded jointly with the Chinese Academy of Sciences): Cheng Fang (China)
Zeldovich Medals For excellence and achievement by young scientists (awarded jointly with the Russian Academy of Sciences):
If you regularly receive the SRT as a COSPAR Associate, it is highly probable that you are familiar with the CubeSat concept. If not, the idea is simple: CubeSats are a type of miniaturized satellite that is made up of one or multiple 10x10x10 cm cubic units which weigh less than about 1.5 kg each. One only needs to google the word CubeSat to find thousands of links which either deal with specific satellites that are (or have been) under development, or discuss the importance and potential of CubeSats.
COSPAR Scientific Commission A Aaron van Donkelaar (Canada) COSPAR Scientific Commission B Alexander G. Hayes (USA) COSPAR Scientific Commission C Erdal Yiğit (USA/Germany)
If you are interested in this subject, the article below is certainly to be recommended. In addition, and as a great example of the plethora of ideas for CubeSat applications, I recommend checking out iCubeSat at https://iCubeSat.org/. Created in 2011, it is a neutral, non-profit, open source and open access forum for anyone with an interest in CubeSats. They organize one meeting every year (the last one was held in Oxford, May 2016), and most if not all the slides (and in the near future, the talks) are available online. I had the opportunity to attend the 2015 meeting in London, and it was an eye-opener. Some of the projects still sound like something that comes out of science fiction books. From “Ballistic Landing opportunities in Binary Asteroids” to “NASA’s Space Launch System:
COSPAR Scientific Commission D Drew L. Turner (USA) COSPAR Scientific Commission E Lan Jian (USA/China) COSPAR Scientific Commission F Satoshi Kodaira (Japan) COSPAR Scientific Commission G Thomas Triller (Germany) COSPAR Scientific Commission H Ewan D. Fitzsimons (United Kingdom)
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Awards The following COSPAR medals and awards are the 2016 awards. More details will follow in the next issue of SRT:
As director at MPAe he significantly increased the institute’s participation in international space missions. Under his direction MPAe did not just partake in ESA and NASA missions but was also successfully working with Soviet space researchers in the 1980s. He was the leader of several important research projects, providing major contributions to the space missions Ulysses, Giotto, Phobos, Mars 96 and Rosetta among others.
COSPAR Space Science Award For outstanding contributions to space science in the fields covered by the Committee on Space Research: Charles L. Bennett (USA) Anatoly I. Grigoriev (Russia)
The success of the projects led by Helmut Rosenbauer are largely thanks to his perseverance, his inexhaustible wealth of ideas and his tireless commitment. He boldly tackled the “impossible”. He demanded and expected a lot from his teams, yet always set a good example. He did not hesitate to take the soldering iron himself or sometimes finish the important parts on the lathe there and then. His colleagues, who worked with him through the most difficult situations, held him in high regard and affectionately called him “chief”.
COSPAR International Cooperation Medal For significant contributions to the promotion of international scientific cooperation in the field of space research: Lev Zelenyi (Russia)
COSPAR Distinguished Service Medal
His last big success was the ESA Rosetta mission to the comet 67P/ChuryumovGerasimenko. He was responsible for the conception and the scientific programme of the lander Philae, which landed on the comet’s nucleus under spectacular circumstances in 2014, and for one of the most important instruments on board Philae. Without his commitment and technical ingenuity Philae would never have flown.
For extraordinary services COSPAR over many years:
rendered
to
David Halpern (USA)
COSPAR William Nordberg Medal For distinguished contributions to the application of space science in a field covered by COSPAR:
On 5 May 2016 Dr. Helmut Rosenbauer died after a long-term illness. We mourn an excellent and imaginative researcher, a judicious institute director, an encouraging boss and a good friend.
Gordon Greely Shepherd (Canada)
COSPAR Massey Award
[By Sami K. Solanki, Max-Planck Institute for Solar System Research, Germany]
For outstanding contributions to the development of space research, in which a leadership role is of particular importance: Fiona A. Harrison (USA)
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Vikram Sarabhai Medal
Research Highlights
For outstanding contributions to space research in developing countries (awarded jointly with the Indian Space Research Organization):
CubeSats and the Future of Space Exploration—A Personal View
Kohei Arai (Japan)
Having your own personal satellite in orbit might sound like an idea straight out of an Isaac Asimov book. This is for a good reason! Satellites have always been very expensive and difficult to build, so they are thought to be the exclusive playthings of rich organizations (both governmental and private). But this has started to change as sophisticated technologies are coming within reach of ordinary people, fundamentally changing the rules of the game—in the same way that, for example, 3Dprinting and drones are doing in other areas of industry and society.
Jeoujang Jaw Award For distinguished pioneering contributions to promoting space research, establishing new space science research branches and founding new exploration programmes (awarded jointly with the Chinese Academy of Sciences): Cheng Fang (China)
Zeldovich Medals For excellence and achievement by young scientists (awarded jointly with the Russian Academy of Sciences):
If you regularly receive the SRT as a COSPAR Associate, it is highly probable that you are familiar with the CubeSat concept. If not, the idea is simple: CubeSats are a type of miniaturized satellite that is made up of one or multiple 10x10x10 cm cubic units which weigh less than about 1.5 kg each. One only needs to google the word CubeSat to find thousands of links which either deal with specific satellites that are (or have been) under development, or discuss the importance and potential of CubeSats.
COSPAR Scientific Commission A Aaron van Donkelaar (Canada) COSPAR Scientific Commission B Alexander G. Hayes (USA) COSPAR Scientific Commission C Erdal Yiğit (USA/Germany)
If you are interested in this subject, the article below is certainly to be recommended. In addition, and as a great example of the plethora of ideas for CubeSat applications, I recommend checking out iCubeSat at https://iCubeSat.org/. Created in 2011, it is a neutral, non-profit, open source and open access forum for anyone with an interest in CubeSats. They organize one meeting every year (the last one was held in Oxford, May 2016), and most if not all the slides (and in the near future, the talks) are available online. I had the opportunity to attend the 2015 meeting in London, and it was an eye-opener. Some of the projects still sound like something that comes out of science fiction books. From “Ballistic Landing opportunities in Binary Asteroids” to “NASA’s Space Launch System:
COSPAR Scientific Commission D Drew L. Turner (USA) COSPAR Scientific Commission E Lan Jian (USA/China) COSPAR Scientific Commission F Satoshi Kodaira (Japan) COSPAR Scientific Commission G Thomas Triller (Germany) COSPAR Scientific Commission H Ewan D. Fitzsimons (United Kingdom)
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