First consortium meeting in Barcelona
The team of the ESA ‘ARRAKIHS’ mission meets at the Institute of Space Sciences July 31, 2023 The research team that will lead ARRAKIHS, the first mission of the European Space Agency (ESA), has gathered at the Institute of Space Sciences (ICE-CSIC) in Barcelona for three days, during which more than 30 researchers have discussed the status of the space mission, its initial steps, and its technical, operational, and scientific challenges. During the opening session, Ignasi Ribas, a researcher at ICE-CSIC and director of the Institute of Space Studies of Catalonia (IEEC-CSIC), welcomed the participants to the institute, and Rafael Guzmán, a researcher from the Institute of Physics of Cantabria (IFCA, CSIC-UC) and coordinator of ARRAKIHS, provided an overview of the mission. The closing of the session was conducted by the ICE and IEEC researcher, Santiago Serrano, who presented the mission concept. The ARRAKIHS mission (acronym for “Analysis of Resolved…
