Asia-Pacific

International Year of Astronomy 2009 Activities in Sri Lanka

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Contact Person: Yohan Ferreira

Shenzhou VII to blast off Thursday evening

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Shenzhou VII, the country's third manned space mission, will blast off between 9:07 pm and 10:27 pm Thursday from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center (JSLC) in northwestern Gansu province More...

Sunita Williams receives Padma Bhushan

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Sunita Williams receives Padma Bhushan More...

Training course on Remote Sensing Applications using Coarse Resolution Data

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Contact Person: mshafiq

India

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News and events in India, as well as a directory of educational and other organisations.

Training Workshop on Satellite Technology Applications in Communication and Remote Sensing

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Contact Person: mshafiq

Pakistan Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Commission - SUPARCO

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The Pakistan Space Agency or Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Commission (SUPARCO) is the Pakistani government space agency responsible for Pakistan's space program. It was formed in September 1961 by the order of President Ayub Khan. SUPARCO is an autonomous research and development organization under the Government of Pakistan. The headquarters of SUPARCO is located in Islamabad, however with the development of Sonmiani it is expected that the new headquarters will be moved in the near future. The agency also has offices in Lahore and at Karachi (an engineering installation).

Asia Pacific youth advocates share their activities via GAGAN- SGAC Asia Pacific's Newsletter

Read about the space events of interest that are captivating youth in the Asia Pacific region along with updates on international events and a focus story on one space enthusiast from the region involved in a very interesting project in this bi-monthly publication! Help us distribute it on your campuses, local and regional groups and other interested people... More...

Manned space mission set for October

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China's first spacewalk is scheduled to take place in October More...

2nd National Astronomy and Astrophysics Olympiad Contest in Sri Lanka

Applications are being called from Sri Lankan students (under 20 years of age as of 1st August 2008) for the 2nd National Astronomy and Astrophysics Olympiad contest to be held on 29th March 2008. Closing date for entries is 15th March 2008. Full details at: http://www.ip-sl.org/astro/astro.html

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