Odysseus II Contest – The 2016 Final

The 2016 Odysseus Contest Final took place from 5th to 8th July 2016, at the Euro Space Center in Transinne, Belgium, under the high patronage of the European Parliament.   The Final gathered the top Pioneers teams  and Explorers, winners at the national and regional stages, organized during the past academic year. The 31 Odysseus finalists […]

Regional Event, Space Research Centre, Warsaw, Poland

The Odysseus Semi – Final for Poland, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia took place in Warsaw between 12 and 15 of April. A considerable part of the semi – final consisted of presentations of the participating entries. All teams had the chance to demonstrate their knowledge and skills during their 20 – minute presentation and to […]

Regional Final in Turin, Italy

Altec and Politecnico di Torino organized the regional finals for Italy, Croatia, Slovenia and Malta in Turin at Altec premises. Six Pioneers teams coming from Italy and Croatia participated to the activities. The two Explorers teams from Italy and Croatia as well joined the other contestants in Graz, Austria. During the two days there were […]

Regional Final, iQLANDIA Science center, Liberec, Czech Republic

The Odysseus regional semi-final for Czech Republic, Slovakia and Romania was organised by the Czech Space Office in iQLANDIA Science center in Liberec from 4th April to 8th April 2016. The event featured an extensive hands-on activities programme and excursions when in addition to presenting their project entries in front of a jury, the semi-finalists […]

Regional Final in Graz / Gnas, Austria

The University of Graz hosted the regional event for Austria, Germany and Hungary in the Pioneers category and for Croatia, Czech Republic, Germany, Greece and Italy in the Explorers category. The team Hibah_977 from India, which toped the first round among non-EU entries, also participated in the regional semi-final for Pioneers. It was really hard […]

Semi-final at Science Talents, Denmark

The Semi-final of the Odysseus II Contest for Pioneers and Explorers from Denmark, Sweden, Finland and the United Kingdom took place at Science Talents, Sorø, Denmark from Sunday 10th April to Wednesday 13th April 2016.  The contestants took part in a four-day Space Camp at the Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller Science Centre on the grounds of the […]

Regional Final, NOESIS Science Centre, Thessaloniki, Greece

The semi final of Odysseus II for Bulgaria, Cyprus and Greece in the Pioneers’ category took place on 2 – 4 April 2016, at NOESIS Science Centre, in Thessaloniki, Greece. Seven teams, which had qualified from the first round of the contest, competed in the regional final and presented their projects in front of a […]

Regional Final, Cite de l’espace, Toulouse, France

The semi-final for the national finalists from France and Belgium was organized on March 30-31st and April 1st  in Cité de l’espace, in Toulouse, France. For this occasion, the Pioneers contestants met with the former ESA astronaut Reinhold Ewald, who came to the event especially to share his experience on Mir space station and exchange […]