DIAS - 50 years as space research pioneers

The Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies (DIAS) conducts advanced studies exploring big questions of the 21stcentury and beyond. Its research gains insights into Celtic society and its legacy; progresses our understanding of our island, our planet and the universe; and deciphers the underpinning mathematical principles of nature.The Institute leads Ireland’s participation in a number of international and global initiatives that focus on big unanswered questions for mankind.When it was founded in 1940, DIAS was the world’s second-only institute for advanced studies – and the first such institute in Europe. For 80 years, it has pushed the boundaries of discovery and, today, it is a globally-embedded institution that attracts high-calibre researchers from all over the world in its core disciplines of Celtic Studies, Theoretical Physics, Astrophysics and Geophysics. DIAS Dunsink Observatory is a designated European site of historical significance for physics.

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Panel discussion on DIAS as Ireland's space research pioneers.

<p>As part of the Dublin Festival of History, Professor Tom Ray of DIAS School of Astronomy and Astrophysics will lead a panel discussion on DIAS' involvement in space research, and its notable associations with the Apollo 11 and 16 missions, Irish experiments on the International Space Station and future collaborations.</p>

DIAS - 50 years as space research pioneers

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