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Spaceonova begins
A new space education company takes its first step toward making space science more open, practical, and human.
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From a first idea to a growing space ecosystem, these are the programmes, people, campaigns, and discoveries that have shaped our path.
26 MAR 202005 FEB 2025
THE SPACEONOVA ARCHIVE
One journey.
Many orbits.
Explore the programmes, discoveries, and people behind Spaceonova. Follow the years, find a subject you love, or revisit the original stories.
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2020
The first orbit
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Solar Astronomy at SpaceScience@Home
Spaceonova brings solar astronomy into a live home-learning session with an IASC master teacher.
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Announced 23 Apr
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Space entrepreneurship at home
Sunny Kabrawala joins SpaceScience@Home for a practical conversation about building in the space ecosystem.
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Announced 26 Apr
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Astrobiology & planetary sciences at home
A second SpaceScience@Home session opens a window onto astrobiology and planetary science with Siddharth Pandey.
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Announced 26 Apr
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Systems engineering, live
A Facebook Live session with Bailey Burns brings systems engineering into Spaceonova’s first wave of public programming.
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Announced 18 May
COMMUNITY LAUNCH
Spaceonova opens its Telegram channel
A new community channel brings masterclasses, webinars, quizzes, and space-science conversations into one place.
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Know Your Telescopes
The first telescope masterclass turns the eye of the astronomer into a hands-on, certified learning experience.
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Star & Planet Formation
A three-day astrophysics masterclass follows the birth of stars, planets, and the systems that connect them.
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Summer Training & Internship Programme
Spaceonova opens its second batch to space enthusiasts across CubeSat design, radio astronomy, rocketry, drones, and operations.
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LIVE SESSION
Where science meets art
An Instagram Live with AstroAthens explores science communication through the people and stories behind astronomy.
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Space belongs to everyone
A short community campaign asks people to record what space science means to them and help grow Spaceonova’s ecosystem.
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Lens Your Voice astrophotography contest
A photography challenge invites the community to share a view of the sky and get featured by Spaceonova.
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Second Telescope Masterclass
A four-day guided programme takes learners from the night sky to the instruments that help us read it.
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Careers in Astrobiology
Dr. Graham Lau joins Spaceonova for a free conversation about turning astrobiology curiosity into a career.
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Announced 28 Aug
COMMUNITY LAUNCH
Spaceonova Space Forum opens
A dedicated forum gives curious learners a place to ask questions about space science and get answers from experts.
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Space Science Challenge 2020 announced
Spaceonova introduces a challenge built around two practical tracks: rocketry and satellites.
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COMMUNITY MILESTONE
100 subscribers on YouTube
Spaceonova’s video community reaches its first 100-subscriber milestone as the live programme keeps growing.
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Newtonian Physics
A free webinar makes Newton’s laws, vectors, calculus, and n-dimensional mechanics more approachable.
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Engineering Aerodynamics
A free engineering session explores forces on rockets, Bernoulli’s principle, and the foundations of aerodynamics.
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World Space Week: Interplanetary Missions
Spaceonova marks World Space Week with an ISRO scientist-engineer live on YouTube.
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Rocketry Masterclass
A five-day learning experience opens up the science, aerodynamics, and systems behind rocketry.
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Free webinar 06 Oct
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Python with Space Applications
A five-day Python masterclass connects programming with real space-science applications and a guided workbook.
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Free webinar 17 Oct
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Winter internship intake
Spaceonova opens another route into the space ecosystem with a two-month, hands-on internship opportunity.
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GIVEAWAY
Telescope Masterclass scholarship giveaway
A community giveaway opens a free place in the Telescope & Astrophotography Masterclass.
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Telescope & Astrophotography Masterclass
A five-day programme moves from optical and radio telescopes to space telescopes, astrophotography, and a final quiz.
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Free webinar 03 Nov
COMPANY UPDATE
A new intern cohort joins Spaceonova
Fresh faces join the team to help build the growing space ecosystem from the inside.
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Citizen Science Research in Astronomy
Two live sessions introduce citizen science in astronomy through RAD@home and a visiting aerospace researcher.
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Through Python to the Stars
A free session gives learners a practical introduction to Python and its applications in space.
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GIVEAWAY
Python Masterclass scholarship giveaway
A quiz giveaway awards a free place in the Python with Space Applications Masterclass.
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CONTEST
The Great Conjunction astrophotography contest
The Saturn–Jupiter conjunction becomes a community observing and photography moment, visible after centuries apart.
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2021
Learning becomes a movement
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Space Law Enforcement
LLM Filipe Velez leads an accessible session on the legal systems that shape activity beyond Earth.
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CITIZEN SCIENCE CAMPAIGN
National Spaceonova Asteroid Search Campaign 2021
Spaceonova and IASC invite citizen scientists to find their own asteroids using real astronomical data.
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Python with Space Applications
Learners use programming as a tool to explore, analyse, and build for the universe.
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Announced 28 Jan
LIVE WATCH
Mars Perseverance touchdown
Spaceonova gathers its community for a live look at NASA’s Perseverance rover landing on Mars.
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NATIONAL CHALLENGE
India’s first Space Science Challenge
A multi-round challenge brings teams together across satellite and rocketry tracks, ending in a national grand finale.
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Astrobiology: How did life begin?
A free preview webinar opens the questions that the April Astrobiology Masterclass will explore in depth.
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Astrobiology: When Life Met Cosmos — April edition
A week-long masterclass drifts from Earth into the world of astrobiology, with a guided sequence of lessons and discussion.
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Free webinar 11 Apr
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Astrobiology careers & the next masterclass
Subhrajit Barua answers the big questions about life beyond Earth in a free LinkedIn webinar.
INVITED TALK
Astrobiology reaches ITMO University
Spaceonova’s Head of Astrobiology takes the field to young minds in Russia through an invited university talk.
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Astrobiology: When Life Met Cosmos
A flagship learning experience explores life, planetary science, and the biggest questions in the cosmos.
COMMUNITY CAMPAIGN
Gravity Doesn’t Discriminate
A Pride campaign turns Newtonian physics into a simple invitation: science, like gravity, belongs to everyone.
WEBINAR
Ethical Marketing
A YouTube Live collaboration with Hack the Mountain explores how marketing can stay useful, honest, and human.
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Automating Space Exploration Using Python
Soutik Nandy and Jishant Talwar show how Python can take the manual work out of exploration and astronomy.
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COMPANY UPDATE
A bigger, bolder Spaceonova
Spaceonova announces a rebrand and invites its community into the next chapter of the mission.
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LIVE SESSION
Space careers on Clubhouse
Spaceonova’s CTO joins a Clubhouse conversation about astronaut training, exploration, and the future of space work.
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Space Science Challenge: Rocketry finale
The rocketry track reaches its grand finale after months of building, testing, and qualifying rounds.
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NATIONAL CHALLENGE
Space Science Challenge: Satellites finale
The satellites track closes the first Space Science Challenge with a final round of practical problem-solving.
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PEOPLE
Anubha Maneshwar joins as advisor
Spaceonova welcomes a new advisor and recognises the people helping the community grow with care.
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Python with Space Applications — July batch
A month-long Python programme moves learners through computational astronomy, automation, and simulation.
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PARTNERSHIP
Rocketeers India joins the ecosystem
Spaceonova partners with a model-rocket maker to make rocketry more tangible, practical, and fun.
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PARTNERSHIP
SpaceKidz India becomes a knowledge partner
A new collaboration brings Spaceonova closer to the people building India’s next generation of space capability.
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CITIZEN SCIENCE CAMPAIGN
NSASC opens its 2021 call
Spaceonova and IASC open a new citizen-science campaign around high-quality astronomical data.
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WEBINAR
Web development with GFG BITD
Soutik Nandy joins a live session on the habits and decisions that make web development work.
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FunSat with SpaceKidz India
Students get the chance to design a prototype spacecraft, launch it, and work with real-time data.
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WEBINAR
Startup 101: starting from scratch
Spaceonova’s founder shares the practical lessons behind starting a space company from the ground up.
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RESEARCH UPDATE
Two papers selected for the International Astronautical Congress
Spaceonova celebrates two research papers being selected for official presentation at the International Astronautical Congress.
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COMMUNITY LAUNCH
The Spaceonova Discord community grows
A shared online home keeps the space-exploration community connected between programmes, sessions, and discoveries.
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DISCOVERY
Two provisional asteroid discoveries
Spaceonova congratulates its citizen scientists on two provisional asteroid discoveries recognised by the Minor Planet Center.
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Careers in the Space Industry
Spaceonova’s founder joins a YouTube Live conversation about the many routes into the space industry.
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PEOPLE
A thank-you to Spaceonova’s mentors
On Teachers’ Day, Spaceonova recognises the mentors who have carried the learning community forward.
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Cosmic Voice goes live
Spaceonova launches its official podcast to keep conversations on astrobiology, space robotics, and exploration moving.
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PEOPLE
The Astrobiology team
Spaceonova introduces the people making astrobiology feel more interdisciplinary, curious, and approachable.
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PEOPLE
Celebrating an early Spaceonova builder
Spaceonova celebrates Rashmi Sheoran and the early community work that helped make space science more accessible.
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Rockets: A New Means of Transportation
A free preview webinar with Spaceonova’s founders explores where rockets could take transportation next.
COMMUNITY PROGRAMME
Astrobiology Ambassador programme
Spaceonova invites curious learners to help grow the astrobiology ecosystem in their colleges and communities.
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COMMUNITY SCREENING
From the Earth to the Moon
The community gathers on Discord for a shared screening and a chance to revisit the story of lunar exploration.
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COMMUNITY SESSION
The fifth Human Book session
A human-centred community session creates room for stories, shared experiences, and honest conversation.
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Careers in Space Industry
Shivam K. Singh shares a founder’s view of the skills and paths that can lead into the space industry.
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Black Holes on Clubhouse
A live discussion dives into black holes and makes a complex cosmic subject feel like a shared conversation.
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WORKSHOP
Astrobiology outreach workshop
Spaceonova mentors meet students and faculty at Silver Jubilee Government College for a hands-on astrobiology session.
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WORKSHOP
Space Applications of Programming
A seven-day Girlscript education-outreach workshop gives more young people a practical way into programming for space.
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GIVEAWAY
Astrobiology Training scholarship
Upasana Mohanty wins free access to the Astrobiology Training Programme.
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Careers in Astrobiology
A LinkedIn Live conversation helps learners understand the career possibilities around astrobiology.
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Astrobiology Training Programme
A month of hands-on learning explores extraterrestrial life, astrobiology tools, and the research questions behind them.
2022
New capabilities
26 milestonesPARTNER WORKSHOP
Space Robotics with SEDS VIT
A two-day Space Robotics workshop takes Spaceonova’s hands-on learning programme to the SEDS VIT community.
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PARTNER WORKSHOP
Space Robotics with NIT Rourkela
Spaceonova and the NIT Rourkela student community explore planetary robotics across a two-day workshop.
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Python with Space Applications — January batch
A new month-long Python cohort helps modern astronomers move from code to computation, automation, and simulation.
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Seats opened 21 Dec
PARTNER WORKSHOP
Space Robotics with Lovely Professional University
A Space Robotics workshop brings real-world rover and robotics concepts to the LPU space community.
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PARTNER WORKSHOP
Space Robotics with AISA MACE
AISA MACE hosts Spaceonova for a two-day introduction to the systems and decisions behind space robotics.
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PARTNER WORKSHOP
Space Robotics with MIT-ADT
MIT-ADT students join a focused Space Robotics workshop on the technologies used beyond Earth.
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COMMUNITY CHAPTER
Shoolini Astrobiology Club opens
Spaceonova and Shoolini University launch an Astrobiology Club to make the study of life in the cosmos part of campus life.
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PARTNER WORKSHOP
Space Robotics with IIT Dhanbad
A Space Robotics workshop connects IIT Dhanbad learners to the practical questions behind robots in space.
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PARTNER WORKSHOP
Space Robotics with NIT Meghalaya
Spaceonova takes the Space Robotics workshop to NIT Meghalaya for a two-day learning sprint.
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Space Robotics Workshop with CIT Kokrajhar
A hands-on robotics workshop brings ROS simulation and space-robotics thinking to students at CIT Kokrajhar.
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Careers in Space Robotics
Monika Ekal joins a free webinar on the people, research, and career paths behind space robotics.
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Space Robotics Training Programme
India’s first Space Robotics Training Programme connects learners with experts, ROS simulation, and real-world applications.
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Announced 30 Jan
PARTNER WORKSHOP
Astrobiology with Thapar Institute
A Spaceonova Astrobiology workshop invites Thapar students to investigate how life begins, adapts, and might exist beyond Earth.
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PARTNER WORKSHOP
AI with Space Applications at SEDS KCT
Spaceonova and SEDS KCT run a two-day workshop on using AI to approach space-science problems.
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PARTNER WORKSHOP
Astrobiology with Osmania University
A two-day workshop with Osmania University turns the big questions of life in the universe into a hands-on learning experience.
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SpacePython at IIT Delhi
Spaceonova joins TRYST at IIT Delhi for a two-day Python with Space Applications workshop covering computational astronomy, Astropy, Pandas, exoplanets, star systems, and X-ray astronomy.
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PARTNER WORKSHOP
Astrobiology with SRM
An Astrobiology workshop with SRM brings the search for life and planetary habitability to a new student community.
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PARTNER WORKSHOP
AI with Space Applications at Gagan Vedhi
Gagan Vedhi hosts Spaceonova for a practical two-day workshop on artificial intelligence in the space domain.
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AI with Space Applications
Artificial intelligence and space science meet in a new learning programme for curious builders.
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Announced 25 Mar
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IIST joins the Mars Analogue Site Expedition
The Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology becomes a formal partner for the MASE 2022 programme.
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PARTNERSHIP
Microgravity research with Skyroot Aerospace
Spaceonova and Skyroot Aerospace announce plans to launch an Indian life-science microgravity research platform.
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Mars Analogue Site Expedition
Spaceonova and IIST take the learning outdoors for a Mars analogue expedition across Rajasthan’s field sites.
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IIST partnership announced 02 Jun
RESEARCH INTERNSHIP
Astrobiology Research Internship & Training
Spaceonova opens its Astrobiology research internship, from the origin of life to extremophiles, biosignatures, and Mars missions.
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CHALLENGE FINALE
Space Science Challenge 2022
The Space Science Challenge reaches its finale, showcasing projects across satellites, space robotics, and rocketry.
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CITIZEN SCIENCE
NSASC 2022
The asteroid-search campaign returns with real data from IASC, NASA, Pan-STARRS, and Catalina Sky Survey for the next group of citizen scientists.
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RESEARCH INTERNSHIP
Space Robotics Research Internship — batch two
The second virtual Space Robotics research cohort opens with hands-on training, project work, expert sessions, and industry connections.
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2023
A wider search
3 milestonesPARTNERSHIP + COMPETITION
Let’s Pitch the Moon
Spaceonova partners with a lunar business-pitch competition for International Moon Day 2023.
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PARTNERSHIP
A new collaboration with Global STEM Initiative
Spaceonova and Global STEM Initiative begin a collaboration designed to widen access to space education and research opportunities.
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NSASC 2023
The National Spaceonova Asteroid Search Campaign returns, inviting global teams to make real discoveries from astronomical data.
2025
The next discovery
1 milestone
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NSASC 2025
A new campaign with NASA and IASC puts real asteroid-search data in the hands of the next generation of citizen scientists.
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Announced 05 Feb
THE JOURNEY CONTINUES
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