#shareEGU20: US5 The future of Earth and planetary observations from space
Channel: European Geosciences Union
Date: 07/05/2020

This online Union Symposium highlights international space agency plans on current and future planetary exploration including Earth as seen by ESA, NASA, JAXA and the Russian Space Agency. The speakers highlight flagship missions observing the Earth and other planetary bodies and discuss the challenges of organising future missions in an international framework as well as a forward look at potential future candidate missions. The first three presentations focus, primarily, on Earth Observation missions and the following three on planetary and solar system missions. Speakers include the directors of Earth Observation and Planetary Science from ESA, NASA, JAXA and the Russian Space Research Institute.

Moderators: 
- Jonathan: Professor in physical geography at the University of Bristol

 -Håkan Svedhem: European Space Agency (ESA) 


Speakers:
- Takeshi Hirabayashi: Director, Earth Observation Research Center (EORC), Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)
- Josef Aschbacher: Director of Earth Observation Programmes and Head of ESRIN, European Space Agency, Italy

- Sandra Cauffman: Director (Acting) Earth Science Division, NASA Headquarters, USA
- Lori S. Glaze: Director, Planetary Science Division, NASA Headquarters, USA
- Anatoli Petrukovich: Director of Space Research Institute (IKI) of Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia
- Günther Hasinger: ESA Director of Science, European Space Astronomy Centre, ESA, Spain

The slides from Josef Aschbacher’s presentation can be found: https://egu.eu/50M7LZ/ 
 The slides from Sandra Cauffman’s presentation can be found: https://egu.eu/7PQ0FO/


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