From Asteroid Hunting to Satellite Launch Vehicles: Iranian Teenagers on the Path to Conquering Space | From the Astronomy Olympiad to Satellite Launcher Technology

Iranian teenagers were honored at the closing ceremony of World Space Week. At the event, the head of the Iran Space Agency announced the agency's readiness for educational cooperation with the Institute for Intellectual Development of Children and Young Adults and for nurturing a new generation of space specialists.

Emphasis on the teaching of space science from childhood and the use of satellite data in the final ceremony of the World Space Week

Iranian teenagers were honored in the final ceremony of the World Space Week. In this ceremony, the head of the Iran Space Organization announced the organization's readiness for educational cooperation with the center for the intellectual development of children and adolescents and the training of a new generation of space experts.

Ambassador Arjan-Yekta Farahani: The future of the space industry does not depend only on satellites and satellite launchers; Raising a generation of curious and creative teenagers who can go from observing the sky to scientific research and designing advanced technologies is a part of this path. The closing ceremony of the World Space Week at the Center for Intellectual Development of Children and Adolescents was an opportunity to introduce the scientific achievements of adolescents and emphasize the expansion of space education; A ceremony in which the winners of Astronomy Olympiad, asteroid search groups and aerospace structures activists were honored.

Cultivation of space specialists from childhood

Hassan Salarieh, the head of the Iran Space Organization, announced the organization's readiness to expand educational and promotion cooperation with Iran's Science and Technology Center and emphasized the need to identify talents in this field from childhood.

Referring to the strategic importance of the space industry, he said that education and investment in this field are effective factors in the country's growth and development. According to him, the development of this industry needs interested, hard-working and thoughtful forces, and the cultivation of such human forces should start from a young age.

According to Salarieh, spatial data, along with scientific applications, can also be used in water resource management, investigation of vegetation changes, and better understanding of floods and other natural phenomena. Acquainting teenagers with these applications provides the possibility of linking scientific education with the real issues of the country.

From searching for asteroids to building rockets

In the honoring section of the scientific groups of the center, members and trainers active in the field of asteroid search in Golestan, Alborz, Tehran and Semnan provinces were appreciated. Elaha Gheinaghi, director general of the Golestan province center and head of the executive secretariat of the International Asteroid Search Campaign, was also honored.

In the field of aerospace structures, Mahmoud Shabani, the coach of the Gilan province group, and the members of this group were honored. Activists in the field of rockets and satellites in Semnan province, including Ali Mohammadian, were among the other honorees of the ceremony.

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Honoring the winners of astronomy and space painting

In this ceremony, the proud teenagers in the World Astronomy and Astrophysics Olympiad were also appreciated. Also, Mahshid Ghasemi, a member of the Center for Intellectual Development of Children and Adolescents, was honored for winning a prize in the painting festival and a conversation with Chinese astronauts.

Ghasemi presented his painting to Hassan Salarieh on behalf of the members of Iran's Center of Modern Sciences and Technologies. Awarding of prizes to the winners of the TV competition "Dotzazan" focusing on the construction and launch of water rockets was also one of the other parts of the ceremony.

Hamed Maghati, CEO of the Center for Intellectual Development of Children and Adolescents, emphasizing the connection between children and adolescents with scientists and the space industry, considered World Space Week as an opportunity to strengthen questioning and get to know scientific achievements. He also emphasized on providing equal opportunities for children and teenagers from different regions of the country to access scientific activities.

Seyedreza Hosseini, Deputy Minister of Education and Head of the Young Scholars Club, also pointed to the success of teenagers in scientific competitions and emphasized the capacity of the new generation to continue the path of Iranian scientists.

In another part of the ceremony, the memory of Halma Sadat Ahmadzadeh, the daughter of the Martyr of Ramadan war from Lamard city of Fars province, was commemorated and the attendees expressed their sympathy to her family by telephone.

The final ceremony of the World Space Week was held on Tuesday, October 21, 1405, at the same time as the last day of the National Children's Week and with the slogan "Satellite Carrier Revolution" at the center of cultural and artistic creations of the center. At the end of the ceremony, the officials visited the exhibition of the scientific achievements of the members of the Center of Science and Modern Technologies of Iran.