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SPHERE brings the adventure of space missions to your classroom:

◉ Equipping your students with cutting-edge tools and involving them in real contemporary research.

◉ Guiding them through the curriculum content while embarking on a simulated analog space mission where they will mimic the challenges of astronauts in foreign worlds.

◉ Opening doors for students to collaborate with schools and researchers across borders in a genuine research journey, working with data from AMEDEE missions.

A group of students will also take part in simulations during two analog space missions in Alqueva, Portugal, and Piła, Poland.

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SPHERE summer School 2026

SPHERE Summer School 2026

Dates: 12-17 July 2026
Venue: Lake Alqueva Observatory, Monsaraz, Portugal
Join us, in a beautiful region in Portugal, near the Alqueva Lake, for a week in which we will delve into the importance of space exploration and its future prospects, as well as the unique characteristics of Earth and the relevance of preserving our environment.

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SPHERE kickoff meeting - October 2025. Partners

SPHERE Project Kicks off in Vienna!

The first meeting of the Space Schools Exploration and Research Mission (SPHERE) project took place in Vienna, Austria, 8-9 October 2025, hosted by the lead partner the Austrian Space Forum (OeWF) on their premises.

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