2017 - 2019 Events Archive

2019/12/18

Many interested people are watching the launch of CHEOPS with fascination.
Photo: © University of Bern / Sylviane Blum

CHEOPS successfully launched

The relief was huge when the Soyuz Fregat rocket with CHEOPS on board took off shortly before 10 a.m. MEZ on Wednesday, 18 December 2019. The spectators at the University of Bern followed the ESA live coverage from Kourou, French Guiana, with great applause.

2019/11/19

Photo: © ESA/Roscosmos/CaSSIS, CCBY-SA 3.0 IGO

The Red Planet: 50 years of Mars exploration / La planète rouge : 50 ans d'exploration de Mars

Conférence publique en français avec Nicolas Mangold, Directeur-Adjoint du Laboratoire de Planétologie et Géodynamique de Nantes. Introduction par Nicolas Thomas et Antoine Pommerol, Institut de physique, département recherche spatiale et planétologie de l’Université de Berne. Événement en collaboration avec l'ambassade de France en Suisse.

2019/12/17

Thomas Beck, System Engineer CHEOPS talking about the many tests the space telescope had to pass.
Photo: © University of Bern / Vera Knöpfel

CHEOPS launch postponed

This morning the CHEOPS satellite should have started its journey into space. Less than an hour and a half before lift-off, the launch system was stopped. Despite everything, this event was celebrated in a well-attended event and short presentations provided insights into current exoplanet research. The launch is currently scheduled for Wednesday, 18 December 2019 at 9:54:20 CET.

2017/03/09

Event Trappist
Photo: © University of Bern / Sylviane Blum

Dreams of another world

Public reading with science fiction author Laurence Suhner at the CSH. Science fiction author Laurence Suhner and Brice-Olivier Demory, professor at the CSH of the University of Bern and part of the discovery team of the TRAPPIST-1 system.