Prof. Thierry Courvoisier Visited ISSI-BJ
Prof. Thierry Courvoisier Visited ISSI-BJ
On June 12, 2014, Prof. Thierry Courvoisier, President of the Swiss Academies of Arts and Sciences and director of the Data Centre for Astrophysics of University of Geneva, visited the International Space Science Institute Beijing Branch (ISSI-BJ). Nektarios Palaskas, the Science and Technology Counselor of the Swiss Embassy in China, accompanied the visit.
Prof. Thierry Courvoisier was invited to visit ISSI-BJ and the Concurrent Design Facilities in NSSC. Prof. DONG Xiaolong, the Administrative Director of ISSI-BJ introduced the progresses of the operations of ISSI-BJ and made a brief introduction of NSSC with emphasis on the progresses of the Strategic Priority Program on Space Science. During the discussions, both parties exchanged interests for European participations in future space science missions.
