Project description
Paving the way for planetary science
Investing in space infrastructures such as in the Copernicus and Galileo programmes, Europe has historically been at the forefront of space exploration. The Commission has made ambitious proposals for the period 2021–2027. These include a dedicated Space programme for a total of EUR 16 billion. It is within this context the EU-funded EPN-2024-RI will provide infrastructure necessary to address the major scientific and technological challenges facing modern planetary science. Its aim is to ensure Europe’s position is at the forefront of space exploration. To do this, the project will provide Transnational Access (TA) to an enhanced set of world-leading field and laboratory facilities, Virtual Access (VA) to state-of-the-art data services and tools linked to the European Open Science Cloud (EOSC), and Networking Activities (NA) to widen the user base and draw in new partners from around the world.
Objective
The Europlanet 2024 Research Infrastructure (EPN-2024-RI) will provide the pan-EU infrastructure needed to address the major scientific and technological challenges facing modern planetary science and strengthen Europe’s position at the forefront of space exploration. EPN-2024-RI builds on the foundations of a series of highly successful EU-funded projects that have created the leading Virtual Observatory for planetary data and the largest, most diverse collection in the world today of field and laboratory facilities capable of simulating and analysing planetary environments. EPN-2024-RI will provide Transnational Access (TA) to an enhanced set of world-leading field and laboratory facilities, Virtual Access (VA) to state-of-the-art data services and tools linked to the European Open Science Cloud (EOSC), and Networking Activities (NA) to widen the user base and draw in new partners from Under Represented States (URS), non-EU countries, industry and interdisciplinary fields, and to train the next generation of RI leaders and users. With 56 beneficiaries, from both industry and academic sectors, providing access to 31 TA facilities on 5 continents and 4 VA services linking over 100 data services and catalogues, EPN-2024-RI represents a step-change in ambition for planetary science worldwide. Innovations include the establishment of a ground based observation network to support space based missions, the launch of an interactive mapping service to provide virtual exploration of planetary surfaces, and the development of machine learning tools for data mining to fully exploit and analyse planetary data sets. EPN-2024-RI will establish global collaborations and an international userbase for the RI through inclusion of partners in Africa, Asia and South America. Ultimately, EPN-2024-RI will support the transition of this unique infrastructure to a sustainable future within the structure of the Europlanet Society.
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CT2 7NZ Canterbury, Kent
United Kingdom
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67080 Strasbourg Cedex
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75794 Paris
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67081 Strasbourg
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38058 Grenoble
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91190 Gif-Sur-Yvette
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31062 Toulouse Cedex 9
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1081 HV Amsterdam
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06904 Sophia Antipolis Cedex Biot
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61 712 POZNAN
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BT61 9DG Armagh
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4026 Debrecen
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8000 Aarhus C
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Palapye
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EC2A 2BB London
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28006 Madrid
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00 716 Warszawa
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814 99 Bratislava
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EC3M 6BN London
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51147 Koln
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106 71 Athina
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8092 Zuerich
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00560 Helsinki
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141 31 Praha 4
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1180 Bruxelles / Brussel
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00136 Roma
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98128 Kiruna
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4025 Debrecen
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1010 Wien
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28725 Bremen
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8010 GRAZ
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971 87 Lulea
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113 Reykjavik
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Mekelle
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8010 Graz
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SW7 5BD London
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75014 Paris
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91120 Palaiseau
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MK7 6AA Milton Keynes
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FK9 4LA Stirling
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WC1E 6BT London
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66013 Chieti
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40126 Bologna
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94032 Passau
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35122 Padova
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EH8 9YL Edinburgh
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48940 Leioa
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01513 Vilnius
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1121 Budapest
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48149 MUENSTER
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100083 BEIJING
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100871 BEIJING
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250000 JINAN SHANDONG
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119992 MOSCOW
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100190 BEIJING
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305 333 DAEJEON
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34132 DAEJOEN
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136-791 Seoul
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971 89 LULEA
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430072 WUHAN
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C1425FQB Buenos Aires
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