Past SSP’s

Discover all previous Space Studies Programs since 1988!

June 8 - august 3, 2024

SSP24 Houston

USA

ISU SSP24 POSTER

Host Institutions:

155 participants from 35 countries

Team Projects:

  • LUNAR GATEWAY
  • ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY
  • SMART TRANSPORTATION
  • INTERNATIONAL LUNAR UNIVERSITY (ILU)

June 26 – August 25, 2023

SSP23 - São José dos Campos

Brazil

Strathclyde

Host Institutions:

93 participants from 27 countries

São José dos Campos: from 26 June to 25 August 2023, SSP23 Brazil, hosted in collaboration with INPE and ITA

Team Projects:

  • Water Security
  • Space Situational Awareness and On-Orbit Collision Avoidance
  • Smart Cities in the Context of Latin America: Space-Based Solutions
  • The Metaverse Role in the Future of the Space Sector

June 27 – August 26, 2022

SSP22 - Oeiras

Portugal & online

Host Institutions:

107 participants from 37 countries

Oeiras: from 27 June to 26 August 2022, SSP22 Oeiras, hosted at Instituto Superior Técnico Taguspark Campus, 92 participants
Online: from 27 June to 5 August 2022, SSP22 Live Online Program, hosted online in one single time zone (UTC), 15 participants

Team Projects:

  • Space and Non-Space Synergies and New Opportunities
  • Space-Ocean-Climate Interactions
  • Microgravity Business – Space R&D for the
    Benefit of Society
  • International Cooperation on the Chinese Space Station
  • New Methodologies in the Search for Life

SSP22 Retrospective

June 28 – August 27, 2021

SSP21 - Granada, Strasbourg

Spain, france & online

Host Institutions: 

111 participants from 33 countries

Online: from 28 June to 6 August 2021, SSP21 Live Online Program, hosted online in one single time zone (UTC), 36 participants
Strasbourg: from 28 June to 27 August 2021, SSP21 Strasbourg, hosted at the ISU Central Campus, 38 participants
Granada: from 28 June to 27 August 2021, SSP21 Granada, hosted by the University of Granada at its Faculty of Sciences campus in Granada, Spain, 37 participants

Team Projects:

June 23 – August 22, 2019

SSP19 - Strasbourg

france

Host Institution: International Space University


127 participants from 37 countries


Team Projects:

  • Fast Transit to Mars,
  • Enhancing Industrial Space Competitiveness: Global Trends and Local Positioning,
  • Space for Urban Planning,
  • Next Generation Space System Swarms

SSP19 Website
SSP19 Retrospective

June 25 – August 24, 2018

SSP18 - The Netherlands

Host Institutions: The Netherlands Space Office (NSO), in collaboration with three leading Dutch space organizations: the Delft University of Technology (TU Delft)Leiden University and ESA’s European Space Research and Technology Centre (ESA-ESTEC).


135 participants from 36 countries


Team Projects:

  • Space-aided climate change adaptation : Adapting to Water and Air Realities on Earth (AWARE)
  • Active Debris Removal And Mitigation (ADAM)
  • Lunar nights survival
  • FAST weather solutions : Forecast and Alert System for Terrestrial applications

SSP18 Website

SSP18 Retrospective

June 26 – August 25, 2017

SSP17 - Cork, Ireland

Ireland

Host Institution: Cork Institute of Technology,
112 participants from 26 countries,
Team Projects:

  • ARESS – A roadmap for emerging space states
  • Astropreneurs – The galactic guide to space entrepreneurship
  • A new vision: the future of ISS : a journey to the future beyond 2024
  • NetSpace – The Internet of Things and future applications for energy and space

SSP17 Retrospective

July 12 – September 1, 2016

SSP16 - Haifa

israel

Host Institution: Technion Institute


103 participants from 25 countries


Team Projects:

  • aMARTE : a Mars roadmap for travel and exploration,
  • Space big data : overcoming barriers, creating value,
  • Starport 1

SSP16 Retrospective

June 8 – August 7, 2015

SSP15 - Athens

USA

Host Institution: Ohio University


99 participants from 30 countries


Team Projects:

  • Vision 2040
  • Planetary Defense
  • Monitoring environmental effects of hydraulic fracturing using remote sensing: tracking fracking

SSP15 Retrospective

June 9 – August 8, 2014

SSP14 - Montreal

Canada

Host Institutions: ÉTS (École de Technologie Supérieure) & HEC Montréal


123 participants from 31 countries


Team Projects:

  • AMOOS: Autonomous Mission for On-Orbit Servicing
  • Exoplanet exploration collaboration initiative
  • Open innovation in space: powering a new era
  • Space4health

June 24 – August 23, 2013

SSP13 - Strasbourg

France

Host Institution: International Space University


100 participants from 24 countries


Team Projects:

  • Solar Max
  • Koastal
  • AMBIEnT

June 4 – August 3, 2012

SSP12 - Melbourne

USA

Host Institution: Florida Institute of Technology & NASA Kennedy Space Center


134 participants from 29 countries


Team Projects:

  • TP Space Debris
  • TP Spaceports: Operations and Service Infrastructure for Space (OASIS)
  • TP STEM: Space, One Giant Leap for Education
  • TP Next Generation Space Stations: Beyond LEO Into the Solar System (BLISS)

July 11 – September 9, 2011

SSP11 - Graz

Austria

Host Institution: Graz University of Technology


119 participants from 21 countries


Team Projects:

  • Small Satellites: Go SSP
  • Human Robotic Co-operation: CHARM
  • Fresh Water: H2OPE

June 28 – August 27, 2010

SSP10 - Strasbourg

France

Host Institution: International Space University


121 participants from 29 countries


Team Projects:

  • Astra: ASteroid mining Technology Roadmap & Applications
  • RE-FOCUS: Respect Earth – Future Opportunity in Carbon Understanding and Sustainability
  • EcoSpace

June 29 – August 28, 2009

SSP09 - NASA Ames Research Center

USA

Host Institutions: NASA AMES Research Centre


131 participants from 35 countries


Team Projects:

  • ACCESS Mars: Assessing Cave Capabilities Establishing Specific Solutions
  • SAFEN EARTH: Space Aid for Energy Needs on Earth
  • DREAM: Disaster Risk Evaluation and Management

View some SSP pictures on the NASA website

June 30 – August 29, 2008

SSP08 - Barcelona

SPAIN

Host Institutions: UPC Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya, BAIE Barcelona Aeronautics & Space Association


112 students from 27 countries


Team Projects:

  • TP Volcano (VAPOR): Use of Space Technologies for Monitoring Volcano Hazards
  • TP Spaceports (FuturIST): The Necessary Infrastructure for a Private Spaceflight
  • TP Lunar X-Prize (Noumenia): Return to the Moon in a New Way

June 25 – August 28, 2007

SSP07 - Beijing

china

Host Institutions: Beihang University, CASC


117 students from 26 countries


Team Projects:

  • TP Archive – Phoenix
  • TP Servicing – DOCTOR
  • TP Traffic – Space Traffic Management
  • TP Earthquake – TREMOR

July 3 – September 1, 2006

SSP06 - Strasbourg

France

Host Institutions: International Space University, Pôle Universitaire Européen de Strasbourg


104 students from 27 countries


Team Projects:

  • TP SOL – Earth Observation Systems for Small Countries and Regions
  • TP LUNA GAIA – A Closed Loop Habitat for the Moon
  • TP MINI – Micro and Nanotechnology Initiative

June 22 – August 24, 2005

SSP05 - Vancouver

Canada

Host Institution: University of British Columbia


100 students from 27 countries


Team Projects:

  • Threat from Near Earth Objects (“TP NEOs”)
  • Robotic Exploration of the Inner Solar System (“TP Robotics”)
  • Wildfire Mitigation using Space Technologies (“TP Fire”)

June 22 – August 24, 2005

SSP04 - Adelaide

Australia

Host Institutions: University of South Australia, The University of Adelaide


114 students from 27 countries


Team Projects:

  • LunAres: International Lunar Exploration in Preparation for Mars
  • STREAM: Space technologies for the Research of Effective Water Management
  • CONNECTS: The Role of Satellite Communications in the Development of Rural and Remote Regions

July 5 – September 6, 2003

SSP03 - Strasbourg

France

Host Institution: Pôle Universitaire Européen de Strasbourg


107 students from 31 countries


Team Projects:

  • Ecosphere: Earth Climate Observation System Promoting Human Ecological Research & Education
  • TRACKS TO SPACE: Technology Research Advancing Cooperative Knowledge Sharing to Space
  • METZTLI: An International Space Station Approach to Lunar Exploration

30/06/2002 – 31/08/2002

SSP02 - Pomona

USA

Host Institution: Cal Poly Pomona
99 students from 30 countries
Team Projects:

  • Alone? A Sourcebook for Astrobiology
  • HI-STAR: Health Improvement using Space Technology and Resources

July 14 – September 15, 2001

SSP01 - Bremen

Germany

Host Institution: ZARM Center of Applied Space Technology and Microgravity


81 students from 26 countries


Team Projects:

  • C.A.S.H. 2021: Commercial Access and Space Habitation
  • CASSIOPEE: Concepts for Advanced Small Satellites to Improve Observation and Preservation of Europe’s Environment

June 4 – September 2, 2000

SSP2000 - Vina Del Mar & Valparaiso

Chile

Host Institution: UTSFM Universidad Tecnica Federico Santa Maria


81 students from 26 countries


Team Projects:

  • Space Tourism: From Dream to Reality
  • ENSO (El Nino and the Southern Oscillation): A Global Challenge and Keys to a Solution

June 26 – September 4, 1999

SSP99 - Nakhon Ratchasima

Thailand

Host Institution: SUT Suranaree University of Technology


88 students from 24 countries


Team Projects:

  • Out of the Cradle: an International Strategy for Human Exploration away from Earth
  • SEADS: South East Asia Disaster Management System

June 17 – August 22, 1998

SSP98 - Cleveland

USA

Host Institution: CSU Cleveland State University
88 students from 29 countries
Team Projects:

  • MAGIC – Moving Aside Gravity’s Influence and Constraints
  • Hazards to Spaceflight

June 7 – August 15, 1997

SSP97 - Houston

USA

Host Institution: Rice University


96 students from 25 countries


Team Projects:

  • Technology Transfer: Bridging Space and Society
  • International Strategies for the Exploration of Mars

July 2 – September 5, 1996

SSP96 - Vienna

Austria

Host Institution: Austrian Society For Aerospace Medicine


104 students from 26 countries


Team Projects:

  • DOCC – Distant Operational Care Center
  • RA: the SUN for Science and Humanity

June 11 – August 18, 1995

SSP95 - Stockholm

Sweden

Host Institution: KTH Royal Institute of Technology


106 students from 29 countries


Team Projects:

  • Earth’s Polar Regions: Observation, Protection, and Applications
  • Vision 20/20

June 26 – September 2, 1994

SSP94 - Barcelona

Spain

Host Institution: UAB Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona


125 students from 29 countries


Team Projects:

  • GATES – Global Access Tele-health and Education System
  • SSE – Solar System Exploration Program

June 19 – August 28, 1993

SSP93 - Huntsville

USA

Host Institution: UAH


98 students from 26 countries


Team Projects:

  • GEOWARN – Global Emergency Observation and Warning
  • IFLOSS – International Lunar Far side Observatory and Science Station

June 16 – August 26, 1992

SSP92 - Kitakyushu

japan

Host Institution: Kitakyushu

International Conference Center


126 students from 28 countries
Team Projects:

  • ISU net
  • SSPP: Space Solar Power Program

June 25 – August 30, 1991

SSP91 - Toulouse

France

Host Institution: ENAC, FIAS


138 students from 26 countries


Team Project:

  • IMM: International Mars Mission

June 23 – September 1, 1990

SSP90 - Toronto

canada

Host Institution: York University 


130 students from 30 countries


Team Projects:

  • IAM: International Asteroid Mission
  • IPEO: International Program for Earth Observations

June 30 – September 1, 1989

SSP89 - Strasbourg

France

Host Institution: ULP Universite Louis Pasteur


125 students from 25 countries


Team Projects:

  • ARTEMIS: An International Lunar Polar Orbiter
  • NEWTON: Variable Gravity Research Facility

June 20 – August 20, 1988

SSP88 - Cambridge

USA

Host Institution: MIT


104 students from 21 countries


Team Project:

  • International Lunar Initiative Organization

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