This #WorldSpaceWeek we’re celebrating New Zealand’s dynamic space sector. Did you know that New Zealand is now the fourth busiest launch country in the world? Since 2017, there have been over 45 orbital launches from New Zealand and the Space Agency has issued more than 120 payload permits, encompassing over 170 satellites. https://lnkd.in/gFSCsBNq 📷 Rocket Lab
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This #WorldSpaceWeek is focusing on the connection between space and climate change. Space can play an important role in helping us to tackle some of our planet's big challenges here on Earth. New Zealand is proud to partner in the MethaneSAT mission, which is using a state of art satellite to monitor and track global methane emissions. As well as hosting the mission’s operations control centre, we’re also supporting an agricultural science programme, looking at how we can track agricultural emissions from space. Te Pūnaha Ātea - Space Institute Rocket Lab NIWA MethaneSAT space mission | Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment (mbie.govt.nz)
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Applications for the Endeavour Fund 2025 are now open. This Fund has supported space-related research projects such as Paihau-Robinson Research Institute's Hēki mission or Dr Sarah Kessans' work at the University of Canterbury developing platforms for biological research in microgravity. Find out more about the Endeavour Fund and the opportunities available: https://lnkd.in/gbRr3WuZ
📢 Applications for the Endeavour Fund 2025 are now open. The Endeavour Fund supports excellent research that pushes boundaries and delivers results to transform New Zealand’s economy, environment, and society. The Fund uses an open, contestable mechanism to select excellent research proposals that will support groundbreaking research and provide the highest potential impacts to drive positive change across New Zealand. Two funding mechanisms are available: Smart Ideas and Research Programmes. Smart Ideas are short-term projects to rapidly test promising, higher-risk, innovative research ideas. Applicants can request between $400,000 - $1 million, for a term of 2 or 3 years. Registrations for Smart Ideas close at 12 noon, 30 October 2024. The proposal submission period closes at 12 noon, 11 December 2024. Research Programmes supports ambitious, excellent, and well-defined research ideas which, collectively, have credible and high potential to positively transform New Zealand’s future in areas of future value, growth, or critical need. Applicants can request $500,000 or more per year, for a term of 3, 4 or 5 years. Registrations for Research Programmes close at 12 noon on 4 December 2024. The proposal submission period closes at 12 noon, 5 March 2025. Visit the MBIE website for more information, including the Call for Proposals, and links to the Investment Plan and Gazette Notice: https://lnkd.in/gbRr3WuZ
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If you're in Wellington tomorrow, head along to Te Papa to see Good Night Oppy and hear from betina pavri from Paihau-Robinson Research Institute
Start #worldspaceweek off right with a FREE public screening of Good Night Oppy at Te Papa on Friday 4th October! After the screening, WISANZ member betina pavri, Senior principal engineer at Paihau-Robinson Research Institute, Victoria University of Wellington, will be giving a talk! #womeninspace #OppyinNZ #usnzscience150 #worldspaceweek #womeninSTEM #womeninengineering #nasa #marsrover #mars
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Congratulations Jorja, Honor, Sophie and Emily 👏 It's great to see students getting creative about the future for space. Thanks Women in Space Aotearoa New Zealand for the work you do inspiring and encouraging the next generation of women in space 🚀
🏆 Space Up! Competition Winners! 🏆 Congratulations to the winners: Y11, 12 & 13: Jorja Millward Y9 & 10: Honor Whitaker Congratulations to the runners - up: Y11, 12 & 13: Sophie Ineson Y9 & 10 Emily Thurston! For our 2024 Competition we asked our Space Up! members to imagine life on Mars in 2054. Alongside essays, we received entries in the form of videos, maps, spacesuit designs, and journals. The scientific knowledge and creativity on display was truly impressive. There were so many incredible entires from students across the country - keep an eye on our website for some of the most creative. Congratulations to all of the entrants; you gave our judges a really tough job! #womeninspace #womeninSTEM #womeninengineering #marscompetition #spacecompetition
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Through MethaneSAT New Zealand scientists are researching how we can detect and measure agricultural emissions from space.
Since launching earlier this year, MethaneSAT has started taking measurements of atmospheric methane as it scans the skies. Among the first focuses on its list was the agriculture-heavy Waikato region. 🛰️ NIWA staff from Wellington and Lauder recently headed to Waikato to carry out their own methane measurements to help validate the satellite’s observations and quantify sources of methane across the region. 🌏 The successful campaign saw four EM27/SUN spectrometers measuring methane from the ground and a newly developed in situ system taking readings in the air during eight flights. 🛩️ Thanks to the University of Wollongong and Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) for the loan of spectrometers and support from a Wollongong PhD student to enable the work. 👏 Our next campaign is planned in Canterbury during summer – watch this space. 👀 New Zealand Space Agency
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The Hēki research programme is the next innovative New Zealand payload destined for the International Space Station. The mission will test a powerful superconducting magnet in space, a critical component for a revolutionary electric propulsion system. 🎧 Listen to Nicholas Long, from Paihau-Robinson Research Institute talk to RNZ about Hēki, how his interest in superconducting magnets began and where this could all end up (spoiler alert, it’s Mars). Hēki received support from the government’s Endeavour Fund. MBIE Science and Innovation https://lnkd.in/gVVP4FJM
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You don't have to look hard to see many examples of Australia and New Zealand collaborating in the space industry. In January 2024, the New Zealand Space Agency signed a partnership agreement, Australia-New Zealand Collaborative Space Programme, with Australia's leading space research organisation SmartSat CRC to advance space science while addressing critical environmental, economic, and social challenges for both countries. SIAA member companies like Rocket Lab, SIAA Foundation Member GPC Electronics, and Circuitwise Electronics Manufacturing are leading the way in enhancing production capabilities, sharing expertise, and fostering innovation. Both governments are working towards regulatory alignment, which is critical for facilitating seamless cross-border operations and making it easier for companies to test and develop new technologies. SIAA Interim CEO Lisa Vitaris, MBA GAICD CompIEAust EngExec shared these examples and more at New Zealand Aerospace Summit 2024, Christchurch, New Zealand. #NZAS #spaceindustry #siaa
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As a small nation, partnership is a crucial foundation to our space work and we value our ongoing partnership with NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration. It’s brought us innovative research collaborations with New Zealand scientists and exciting internship opportunities for young New Zealanders (gentle reminder that applications are now open for the next round of NZ Space Scholarships 😉). Last week we welcomed some of our NASA friends & colleagues to NZ, where they met with space-related firms and researchers from one end of the country to the other. It was a great opportunity to share what the New Zealand aerospace community is achieving and to discuss our science and tech collaborations with NASA. It started with the fantastic Aerospace Summit in Christchurch, a great evening at Parliament with the replica ‘Opportunity’ rover, followed by a visit to Victoria University of Wellington’s Paihau-Robinson Research Institute to hear first-hand from the team about their space research. There is some great stuff underway, including the Hēki project, which is on track to head to the International Space Station next year. Afterwards Robinson staff arranged for an inspiring talk by Charity Weeden with local school students. On Friday we were in Auckland, visiting Rocket Lab and The University of Auckland's Te Pūnaha Ātea - Space Institute followed by a round-table with local aerospace businesses and then a Women in Space Aotearoa New Zealand meet up. Thanks to everyone involved in a packed and interesting week. Aerospace New Zealand Astrix RAM3D Zenno Astronautics Callaghan Innovation
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It was great fun to see the working replica of the Mars ‘Opportunity’ rover that has been touring the country. Built by The University of Auckland students with support from the US Embassy, it was in Wellington earlier this week as part of an event at Parliament, hosted by Space Minister Judith Collins, celebrating New Zealand’s relationship with NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration. We also got to see hardware developed by Victoria University of Wellington’s Paihau-Robinson Research Institute, which is on track to travel to the International Space Station next year.🚀 Our own Andrew Johnson moderated an interesting panel discussion with NASA’s Associate Administrator Charity Weeden, Associate Administrator Robert (Bob) Gibbs, and NASA Ames Research Center Director Eugene Tu. Then we got to watch the ‘Good Night Oppy’ documentary about the rover and its incredible history.🎬 Thanks to our friends and colleagues from NASA, the US Embassy, University of Auckland, University of Victoria and the Space Students Association for such a great evening. 📷 US Embassy