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The International Astronautical Federation has announced a call for your participants to the Next Generation Plenary at the International Astronautical Congress, set to take place 12-16 October, 2020 in Dubai. The deadline for the first round of applications is 24 January 2020.
Ferocious bushfires have been sweeping across Australia since September, fuelled by record-breaking temperatures, drought and wind. The country has always experienced fires, but this season has been horrific. A staggering 10 million hectares of land have been burned, at least 24 people have been killed and it has been reported that almost half a billion animals have perished.
On 3 December 2019, the International Space Station (ISS) captured this picture of Bucharest by night, as it passed over Eastern Europe. A larger version of the image can be found at the end of the article.
The Spacenews Awards for Excellence & Innovation 2019 offered the distinction of Government Leader of the Year (Civil) to the Director General of the European Space Agency (ESA), Mr. Jan Woerner.