Programmes
How the work reaches people.
Training, lectures, stargazing, school outreach and research — the recurring work students, teachers and members take part in, year after year.
Summer Space Training
Astronomy, space and aerospace engineering, hands-on.
Space Public Lecture Series
Space science, in person, from the people who do it.
Space Internship Programme
Three months inside the Society's work.
Through the year
Every month
Nights under the sky and evenings with a book.
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Monthly Stargazing
Observing and photographing the night sky, with invited professionals on hand to answer questions.
- Ad Astra Book Club → Members reading and discussing space science literature together.
Every year
The gathering the year is built around.
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General Assembly
The members' gathering, with youth presentations and children's sessions alongside the main assembly.
All year round
In schools and classrooms, whenever they are ready.
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Teacher Training Programme
Training teachers to bring astronomy and space science into their own classrooms.
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School Outreach
Basic space science lectures, demonstrations and stargazing, taken into schools.
With the world
Ethiopia’s part in worldwide celebrations of space.
- World Space Week Outreach during the annual 4–10 October celebration. 4–10 October
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Yuri's Night
Celebrating space exploration — hosted by ESSS since 2017.
April
- International Observe the Moon Night An evening of lunar observation and education — hosted since 2018. Since 2018
- 100 Hours of Astronomy Outreach linked to the International Astronomical Union's worldwide initiative.
Most programmes start with membership
Members hear first about trainings, lectures, stargazing nights and calls for the research programme — and can join a branch near them.