Josef Aschbacher : Taking the pulse of our planet from space

1. Josef Aschbacher: Taking the Pulse of our Planet from Space Josef Aschbacher is the ESADirector of Earth Observation Programmes and Head of ESRIN, ESA’s centre for Earth Observation, located in Frascati (near Rome), Italy. Born in Austria, he studied at the University of Innsbruck, graduating with a Masters and a Doctoral Degree in Natural Sciences.  He has an accomplished international career in space, with more than 35+ years combined work experience at the European Space Agency, European Commission, Austrian Space Agency, Asian Institute of Technology and University of Innsbruck.

2. Recent Space News 2021-2023 CEOS Strategic Implementation Team Chair Nomination: Josef Aschbacher as the ESA RepresentativeAt the 34th CEOS Plenary meeting October 2020, ESA was chosen as the 2021-2023 Committee’s Strategic Implementation Team (SIT) Chair.

3. Covid visualized from Space: International Cooperation ESA, NASA and JAXA The coronavirus pandemic constitutes an unprecedented challenge with severe societal and socio-economic consequences. In order to shed new light on these changes taking place, ESA and the European Commission have worked closely together to create the ‘Rapid Action Coronavirus Earth observation’ dashboard. The platform, which was unveiled today during an online event, uses Earth observation satellite data to measure the impact of the coronavirus lockdown and monitor post-lockdown recovery.

4. Contact Josef Aschbacher Please feel free to contact Josef Aschbacher directly if you have any questions, comments or concerns. ESA – European Space AgencyDirector of Earth Observation ProgrammesHead of ESRIN Largo G. Galilei 1, 00044 Frascati (RM), Italyjosef.aschbacher@esa.int | T +39 06 94180 300 | www.esa.int | @AschbacherJosef Wikipedia: Josef Aschbacher Twitter: Josef Aschbacher You Tube: Videos on Josef Aschbacher