Diversity

Training like a parastronaut – a look into a unique first diving experience

Recently, our #DIVINAS member Tomas Ducai experienced his first underwater dive with a great instructor from Slovakia - Slovakia's one and only aquanaut Miroslav Rozložník! Paraplegic since birth, Tomas describes his feelings in this amazing parastronaut-like experience while he still prepares his selection for the next analog mission in the analog space habitat LunAres.

2023-08-26T01:43:28+02:00August 22nd, 2023|Tags: , , , |

Space4Diversity: Promoting Diversity in the Asia-Pacific Space Sector

Gender equality and diversity are becoming very important issues in the space sector. In the Asia-Pacific region, we can see a significant gap in this area. This is becoming heavily important particularly in promoting more women participation in the space sector in the region.

The third episode of the Our Giant Leap Podcast is out!

The Our Giant Leap Podcast (#RadiOGL) is a project from the Diversity and Gender Equality Project Group, brought to you by a team of five students and young professionals, volunteering for the Space Generation Advisory Council (SGAC). Its primary goal is to release podcasts to educate and raise awareness on the topic of gender equality and diversity in the space industry. The Our Giant Leap Podcast also aims at bringing visibility to professionals from the space sector, by letting them become potential future role models for the audience. On October 2nd 2022 the third episode, titled "Igniting Innovation: How Entrepreneurs are Changing the Space Domain" was released on Spotify!

2022-10-03T23:21:03+02:00October 3rd, 2022|Tags: , , |

Our Giant Leap at the International Astronautical Congress 2022!

Part of the Diversity and Gender Equality Project Group (also known as Our Giant Leap) team members will be attending and presenting at the International Astronautical Congress, which will take place in Paris (France) from 18 to 22 September 2022. Let's meet there!

2022-09-05T22:16:14+02:00September 5th, 2022|Tags: , , |

The second episode of the Our Giant Leap Podcast is out!

The Our Giant Leap Podcast (#RadiOGL) is a project from the Diversity and Gender Equality Project Group, brought to you by a team of five students and young professionals, volunteering for the Space Generation Advisory Council (SGAC). Its primary goal is to release podcasts to educate and raise awareness on the topic of gender equality and diversity in the space industry. The Our Giant Leap Podcast also aims at bringing visibility to professionals from the space sector, by letting them become potential future role models for the audience. On July, 28th 2022 the second episode, titled "Changing Orbits: How to Enter Space from a Different Domain" was released on Spotify!

2022-09-05T21:39:35+02:00September 5th, 2022|Tags: , , |

SGAC_Decode 2022

The NPoC from Nicaragua and the NPoCs of the Caribbean (Saint Lucia, Trinidad & Tobago, Jamaica, and Barbados) are organizing the first collaborative 8 weeks competition on CubeSat Mission Design, SGAC_Decode. The first of its kind competition that will not only be a competition but an opportunity of professional growth as well as learning. 

SGC 2022 x CNES x Our Giant Leap Call for Artwork

In an effort to highlight the beauty and inspiration that is intrinsic to the space sector, the Space Generation Congress (SGC) 2022 Paris and the SGAC Diversity and Gender Equality Project Group (also known as Our Giant Leap) are collaborating on an artwork competition.  We are therefore inviting artists to submit their original artwork under this year’s Space Generation Congress motto: “Diversity, Access and Inclusion” before August 7th 2022.

2022-08-23T13:34:22+02:00July 20th, 2022|Tags: , , , |

Celebrating Pride Month 2022 with Our Giant Leap

Every year, during the month of June, also known as “Pride Month”, the LGBTQIA+ community is raising its voice even louder all over the world. Embracing the visibility the LGBTQIA+ community is developing, this year we are adhering to this celebration. Especially since we now have a Research subteam focusing on working on making the aerospace sector more inclusive with respect to the LGBTQIA+ community. Throwback to our communication campaign on Twitter and Facebook!

2022-07-07T09:02:57+02:00July 7th, 2022|Tags: , , , |

The first episode of the Our Giant Leap Podcast is out!

The Our Giant Leap Podcast (#RadiOGL) is a project from the Diversity and Gender Equality Project Group, brought to you by a team of five students and young professionals, volunteering for the Space Generation Advisory Council (SGAC).  Its primary goal is to release podcasts to educate and raise awareness on the topic of gender equality and diversity in the space industry. The Our Giant Leap Podcast also aims at bringing visibility to professionals from the space sector, by letting them become potential future role models for the audience. On June, 15th 2022 the first episode, titled "Adding Stars to the Sky: How to Enter Space from an Underrepresented Background" was released on Spotify!

2022-07-03T12:40:36+02:00July 3rd, 2022|Tags: , , |
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