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Welcome the national page for SGAC Switzerland! This page lists space-related activities and projects currently taking place in Switzerland. If you are looking for more information, want to get involved with the local Space Generation community or if you have ideas for new projects and would like to help out, please contact Switzerland's National Point of Contact and join SGAC!

Young Space Activities Overview in Switzerland

There are various space related events in Switzerland with one of the most important being the annual Space Days event which is organised by the Swiss Space Association. The “Space Days” event aims to bring together experts, leaders and specialists from academia, various engineering sectors, the space industry, official representatives of the national space office as well as enthusiasts from various space advocacy groups, students and the general public. Many activities are held during Space Days such as, visits, lectures, amateur-radio contacts with the ISS, just to name a few. SGAC Switzerland also participates in the Space Days event.

For more information make sure to check out our interesting link section below, and the national report of Switzerland in SGAC's annual report 2009!

Country-Specific Events in 2010

• Swiss Space Days (Autumn 2010): The next Space Days will take place during autumn 2010. Check the event site for updates on location and date.
• The Mars Dreamers (movie, debuted February 2010): This is a documentary by the Swiss Filmmaker Richard Dindo about scientists, authors, architects, students, engineers, men and women who are convinced that the colonisation of Mars would ensure humanity's survival and could contribute to better understand the origins of life on Earth. For these men and women, the creation of a new civilisation and of a "new man" on Mars is a necessity and, despite the harsh conditions, a possibility.
• Space Tourists (movie): This documentary by the Swiss filmmaker Christian Frei, in which he turns to an age-old dream of man: to leave our planet as a «normal person» and travel into outer space. For 20 million dollars, the American Anousheh Ansari was able to fulfil this childhood dream. This documentary follows her journey into space and shows everyday life, as it is on the International Space Station. You will find a trailer ">here.

Interesting Web Links for the Young Generation in Switzerland

National Agencies

Swiss Space Office (SSO): http://www.sbf.admin.ch/htm/themen/weltraum_de.html

International Organisations

Centre Européen pour la Recherche Nucléaire (CERN), Geneva: http://www.cern.ch/

UN Operational Satellite Applications Programme (UNOSAT), Geneva: http://unosat.web.cern.ch/unosat/

Group on Earth Observations (GEO), Geneva: http://www.earthobservations.org/

United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR), Geneva: www.unidir.org

Research Institutions

Observatoire de Genève: http://www.unige.ch/sciences/astro/

Observatoire de Neuchâtel: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lido_6006/473696851

INTEGRAL Science Data Center (ISDC), Geneva: http://www.isdc.unige.ch/

International Space Science Institute (ISSI), Bern: http://www.issibern.ch/

Paul Scherrer Institute: http://www.psi.ch/

Academia

Space Center, EPFL, Lausanne: http://space.epfl.ch/

Space Biology Group, ETHZ, Zurich: http://www.spacebiol.ethz.ch/

Groups/Associations

Swiss Propulsion Laboratory (SPL): http://www.spl.ch/

Swiss Astronautics Association (SRV): http://www.srv-ch.org/

Swiss Academy of Engineering Sciences (SATW): http://www.satw.ch/

Association Planète Mars Suisse (Mars Society's Swiss Branch): http://www.planete-mars-suisse.com/

Advanced Rocketry Group of Switzerland (ARGOS): http://www.argoshpr.ch/

Swiss Space Philatelist Group: http://www.g-w-p.ch/

Planetarium Zurich: http://www.plani.ch/index.php

Documents

National report of Switzerland in SGAC's annual report 2009