The Committee on Space Research (COSPAR) Scientific Assembly was held in Mysore, India from 14 - 22 July 2012. SANSA was represented at COSPAR 2012 by Dr Lee-Anne McKinnell (MD Space Science), Dr Andrew Collier (SANSA Researcher), Dr Zama Katamzi

[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="1024"] Image Source: NASA/JPL-Caltech[/caption] Dr Jakob van Zyl the associate director of Project Formulation and Strategy at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in California gave a public presentation on 16 July 2012. His presentation titled "Are We Alone?

The SANSA Space Science Technology group visited Laboratoire Souterrain à Bas Bruit, an underground scientific laboratory in France. The team conducted magnetic surveys of the tunnel structure where a SQUID (superconducting quantum interference device) magnetometer is located.  The SANSA team