Space Forum activities - Space Week
Did you know…?
The basis for the design of the solar panels we use today…
was the response in 1954 to the need for an efficient and lightweight energy source for space missions
The distance of one light year in kilometres is approximately…
9.46 trillion kilometres! It is the length travelled by light in 365 days and is used to measure the distances between most celestial bodies
To be considered a planet, a celestial body must…
orbit around a star, be nearly spherical, and not share its orbit with other objects. Pluto lost its status as a planet in 2006 for failing to meet this last requirement
The distance between the Earth and the Sun is…
approximately 149 million kilometres on average, although it varies between 147 and 152 million kilometres because the Earth's orbit is elliptical
Computed axial tomography or CAT…
uses digital image processing technology that originated in NASA's Apollo programme to study samples collected on the Moon
The first artificial satellite launched into space was…
Sputnik 1, launched by the Soviet Union on 4 October 1957, marking the beginning of the space race in the midst of the Cold War with the United States
The cameras on most mobile devices…
are based on the CMOS sensor developed by NASA in the late 1980s to take photos of Earth from space while consuming very little energy
The mass of a star determines…
its temperature, its luminosity, and its color, as well as the way it will live and die
The Sun contains 99.9% of…
all the matter in our Solar System
The driving force behind the design of the first space suit was…
Emilio Herrera, a military and aerospace engineer from Granada who, in 1935, created the ‘stratonautical diving suit’, a pressurised suit to be used in stratospheric flights
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4 events,
The Sky Live
The Sky Live allows participants to observe the sky using Stellarium, a program that displays a highly realistic three-dimensional image of the sky, just as it would appear to the [...]
3€
Moon: an experience that takes you beyond what you ever imagined
LUNA is the new exclusive experience from Virtual Zone (2025) that transforms the history of space exploration into something close, immersive, and accessible to everyone. Thanks to cutting-edge virtual reality, [...]
Planets and Stars Days, Nights, Seasons and Constellations
Would you like to know why we have day and night? And seasons? Why do we see the Moon in different ways? Discover also how human beings, since ancient times, [...]
ESA GNC & ICATT Conference
The ‘ESA GNC & ICATT Conference 2026’, focusing on guidance, navigation and control (GNC) technologies and related space applications and technologies, will be held from 27 September to 2 October [...] |
13 events,
Cajasol Film Club – World Space Week Special
The Cajasol Foundation presents ‘A Screen for the Space Race’, a film series that invites us to explore the universe and the history of the conquest of space through cinema. [...]
Dark Biosphere
Discover the search for exoplanets and life in the universe through the study of microorganisms found beneath the Earth’s crust, which could hold the key to the origin of life. [...]
Online screening of ‘Seville, City of Space’ at the Cajasol Foundation
To mark World Space Week, the Cajasol Foundation is screening two space-themed videos on the screens at its premises and will be sharing them via its social media channels. The [...]
3CLIPSE
Workshop: The Solar System – a huge neighbourhood
A workshop in which, through scale models, interactive games and visual aids, participants will learn about the planets of the solar system, their size, their position relative to the Sun, [...]
Launching Easy Rockets from Little Alchemists
Pequeños Alquimistas is organising a workshop in which participants will learn how to launch small rockets using the pressure generated inside a tin or a bottle. Open to all primary [...]
Dark Biosphere
Where does life begin? Are we alone in the universe? Science advances and questions find their answers, but at the frontiers of knowledge lies one of the most astonishing phenomena [...]
3€
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Launch of the association’s first weather balloon, which is expected to reach an altitude of 22 km. Time: 4 October (Sunday) between 9.00 and 14.00 Venue: The launch will be [...]
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Embark on an extraordinary journey to different locations in the inner Solar System, discovering what the Moon, Venus, Mars, Earth, asteroids and comets look like. Times: Sunday 4 October, 13:00–13:45 [...]
-
Searching for life in the universe Is there life on other planets? Through three simple experiments (extracting DNA from a tomato, simulating impact craters on the lunar surface and recreating [...] |
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10 events,
The Sky Live
Moon: an experience that takes you beyond what you ever imagined
Cajasol Film Club – World Space Week Special
Dark Biosphere
Online screening of ‘Seville, City of Space’ at the Cajasol Foundation
3CLIPSE
Workshop: The Solar System – a huge neighbourhood
Launching Easy Rockets from Little Alchemists
Dark Biosphere
Space-themed Pasapalabra at the Cajasol Foundation
Space-themed Pasapalabra at the Cajasol Foundation The Cajasol Foundation is celebrating World Space Week 2026 with a fun version of the famous word game, devoted entirely to the universe and [...] |
15 events,
Beyond the Sun
Join Celeste, an 8-year-old girl, on a journey through time and space to discover exoplanets (planets outside our solar system) and meet the ‘planet hunters’ – the astrophysicists who are [...]
-
The Secretariat for Scientific Outreach at the University of Seville is organising a special edition of ‘Café con Ciencia’ to mark World Space Week. This is a breakfast event where [...]
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A two-hour guided tour of Seville’s historic centre, organised by Experiencias Positivas, which will allow you to discover some of the sundials featured on its monuments. The activity will begin [...]
-
As part of World Space Week 2026, ESA BIC Andalucía is organising a meeting dedicated to the experience of setting up and developing a business linked to the space sector. [...] |
14 events,
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The Descubre Foundation is organising a special ‘Coffee with Science’ event to mark World Space Week. The event will bring together four researchers working in the space sector with a [...]
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Seville will once again host the international event “New Space & Solutions”, which brings together leaders from the space sector to outline all the solutions that New Space offers to [...]
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The Official Association of Telecommunications Engineers (COIT) is organising a conference in Seville entitled ‘Challenges in satellite communications: LEO constellations and the 5G NTN standard’, an event dedicated to analysing [...] |
17 events,
Atlantic Constellation: From talent to space
The Spanish Space Agency is organising an event to honour the winners of the ‘Name the Satellites of the Atlantic Constellation’ competition, with the participation of the Spanish Space Agency’s [...]
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An open day organised by CATEC to introduce the educational community to its facilities, capabilities and key technological developments and projects in the aerospace sector. The event is aimed primarily [...]
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To mark Space Week, the Casa de la Ciencia in Seville is offering schools a special edition of ‘Find your scientific vocation!’, in which four professionals involved in space research [...]
-
The Scientific Outreach Secretariat at the University of Seville is organising a round-table discussion aimed at the general public on the challenges posed by the increasingly intensive use of space. [...] |
17 events,
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The IBiS —Seville Institute of Biomedicine— is organising a talk entitled ‘Hibernation in small animals as a proxy for long-term preservation of the brain’. Aimed at the general public, the [...]
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The IBiS – Seville Institute of Biomedicine – is organising a talk entitled ‘The impact of the space environment on our genome’. Led by researcher Fernando Gómez Herreros, we will [...]
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Constelación Atlántica: From talent to space The Spanish Space Agency is dedicating the second day of World Space Week to young talent and careers in science, combining creativity in schools [...] |
15 events,
Conference at CaixaForum: Hypatia—Exploration and Science on a Space Mission to Mars
During this family-friendly conference, you will learn about the Hypatia project, an analog mission that simulates life on Mars in the Utah desert, presented by the Hypatia Mars crew themselves. [...]
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Pequeños Alquimistas is organizing a workshop in which participants will create rocket launch platforms using LEGO WeDo. Registration: pequenhos.alquimistas@gmail.com Schedule Saturday, October 10 10:30 a.m.–12:00 p.m. Venue Pequeños Alquimistas3 Calle [...]
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CLOSING EVENT: SOLAR OBSERVATION / #Eclipse2027_ Date: 10 October 2026, from 10.30 am to 2.00 pm Venue: Torre Sevilla next to Caixaforum (C. López Pintado, s/n, 41092, Seville) Organised by: [...]
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Ready for a space adventure? Dive into the study of the Sun, our closest star and essential for life on Earth. Participants will explore the Sun’s layers, its magnetic properties, [...] |
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4 events,
The Sky Live
Moon: an experience that takes you beyond what you ever imagined
Cajasol Film Club – World Space Week Special
Dark Biosphere
|
5 events,
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The Cajasol Foundation hosts the lecture “To Infinity and Back! The Space Race in Cinema,” presented by Emilio González Romero (Cine Club Vida). The lecture will explore the films that [...] |
5 events,
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Innovation has established itself as one of the main drivers of transformation and competitiveness in the aerospace industry. Andalusia, with its leading business, technological and knowledge ecosystem, is driving forward [...] |
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5 events,
The Sky Live
Moon: an experience that takes you beyond what you ever imagined
Cajasol Film Club – World Space Week Special
Dark Biosphere
Walk Through the Cajasol Foundation Space
The Patio of the Cajasol Foundation will be transformed into a space dedicated to space exploration and science outreach, with activities designed for families to learn and have fun together. [...] |
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3 events,
The Sky Live
Moon: an experience that takes you beyond what you ever imagined
Dark Biosphere
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- 10 October a las 18:00 - 11 October a las 12:00CaixaForum
- 5 October a las 11:00 - 9 October a las 21:00Fundación Cajasol
Events
Calendar of Events
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Wednesday
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Thursday
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Friday
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Sunday
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4 events,
The Sky Live
The Sky Live allows participants to observe the sky using Stellarium, a program that displays a highly realistic three-dimensional image of the sky, just as it would appear to the [...]
3€
Moon: an experience that takes you beyond what you ever imagined
LUNA is the new exclusive experience from Virtual Zone (2025) that transforms the history of space exploration into something close, immersive, and accessible to everyone. Thanks to cutting-edge virtual reality, [...]
Planets and Stars Days, Nights, Seasons and Constellations
Would you like to know why we have day and night? And seasons? Why do we see the Moon in different ways? Discover also how human beings, since ancient times, [...]
ESA GNC & ICATT Conference
The ‘ESA GNC & ICATT Conference 2026’, focusing on guidance, navigation and control (GNC) technologies and related space applications and technologies, will be held from 27 September to 2 October [...] |
13 events,
Cajasol Film Club – World Space Week Special
The Cajasol Foundation presents ‘A Screen for the Space Race’, a film series that invites us to explore the universe and the history of the conquest of space through cinema. [...]
Dark Biosphere
Discover the search for exoplanets and life in the universe through the study of microorganisms found beneath the Earth’s crust, which could hold the key to the origin of life. [...]
Online screening of ‘Seville, City of Space’ at the Cajasol Foundation
To mark World Space Week, the Cajasol Foundation is screening two space-themed videos on the screens at its premises and will be sharing them via its social media channels. The [...]
3CLIPSE
Workshop: The Solar System – a huge neighbourhood
A workshop in which, through scale models, interactive games and visual aids, participants will learn about the planets of the solar system, their size, their position relative to the Sun, [...]
Launching Easy Rockets from Little Alchemists
Pequeños Alquimistas is organising a workshop in which participants will learn how to launch small rockets using the pressure generated inside a tin or a bottle. Open to all primary [...]
Dark Biosphere
Where does life begin? Are we alone in the universe? Science advances and questions find their answers, but at the frontiers of knowledge lies one of the most astonishing phenomena [...]
3€
-
Launch of the association’s first weather balloon, which is expected to reach an altitude of 22 km. Time: 4 October (Sunday) between 9.00 and 14.00 Venue: The launch will be [...]
-
Embark on an extraordinary journey to different locations in the inner Solar System, discovering what the Moon, Venus, Mars, Earth, asteroids and comets look like. Times: Sunday 4 October, 13:00–13:45 [...]
-
Searching for life in the universe Is there life on other planets? Through three simple experiments (extracting DNA from a tomato, simulating impact craters on the lunar surface and recreating [...] |
|||||
10 events,
The Sky Live
Moon: an experience that takes you beyond what you ever imagined
Cajasol Film Club – World Space Week Special
Dark Biosphere
Online screening of ‘Seville, City of Space’ at the Cajasol Foundation
3CLIPSE
Workshop: The Solar System – a huge neighbourhood
Launching Easy Rockets from Little Alchemists
Dark Biosphere
Space-themed Pasapalabra at the Cajasol Foundation
Space-themed Pasapalabra at the Cajasol Foundation The Cajasol Foundation is celebrating World Space Week 2026 with a fun version of the famous word game, devoted entirely to the universe and [...] |
15 events,
Beyond the Sun
Join Celeste, an 8-year-old girl, on a journey through time and space to discover exoplanets (planets outside our solar system) and meet the ‘planet hunters’ – the astrophysicists who are [...]
-
The Secretariat for Scientific Outreach at the University of Seville is organising a special edition of ‘Café con Ciencia’ to mark World Space Week. This is a breakfast event where [...]
-
A two-hour guided tour of Seville’s historic centre, organised by Experiencias Positivas, which will allow you to discover some of the sundials featured on its monuments. The activity will begin [...]
-
As part of World Space Week 2026, ESA BIC Andalucía is organising a meeting dedicated to the experience of setting up and developing a business linked to the space sector. [...] |
14 events,
-
The Descubre Foundation is organising a special ‘Coffee with Science’ event to mark World Space Week. The event will bring together four researchers working in the space sector with a [...]
-
Seville will once again host the international event “New Space & Solutions”, which brings together leaders from the space sector to outline all the solutions that New Space offers to [...]
-
The Official Association of Telecommunications Engineers (COIT) is organising a conference in Seville entitled ‘Challenges in satellite communications: LEO constellations and the 5G NTN standard’, an event dedicated to analysing [...] |
17 events,
Atlantic Constellation: From talent to space
The Spanish Space Agency is organising an event to honour the winners of the ‘Name the Satellites of the Atlantic Constellation’ competition, with the participation of the Spanish Space Agency’s [...]
-
An open day organised by CATEC to introduce the educational community to its facilities, capabilities and key technological developments and projects in the aerospace sector. The event is aimed primarily [...]
-
To mark Space Week, the Casa de la Ciencia in Seville is offering schools a special edition of ‘Find your scientific vocation!’, in which four professionals involved in space research [...]
-
The Scientific Outreach Secretariat at the University of Seville is organising a round-table discussion aimed at the general public on the challenges posed by the increasingly intensive use of space. [...] |
17 events,
-
The IBiS —Seville Institute of Biomedicine— is organising a talk entitled ‘Hibernation in small animals as a proxy for long-term preservation of the brain’. Aimed at the general public, the [...]
-
The IBiS – Seville Institute of Biomedicine – is organising a talk entitled ‘The impact of the space environment on our genome’. Led by researcher Fernando Gómez Herreros, we will [...]
-
Constelación Atlántica: From talent to space The Spanish Space Agency is dedicating the second day of World Space Week to young talent and careers in science, combining creativity in schools [...] |
15 events,
Conference at CaixaForum: Hypatia—Exploration and Science on a Space Mission to Mars
During this family-friendly conference, you will learn about the Hypatia project, an analog mission that simulates life on Mars in the Utah desert, presented by the Hypatia Mars crew themselves. [...]
-
Pequeños Alquimistas is organizing a workshop in which participants will create rocket launch platforms using LEGO WeDo. Registration: pequenhos.alquimistas@gmail.com Schedule Saturday, October 10 10:30 a.m.–12:00 p.m. Venue Pequeños Alquimistas3 Calle [...]
-
CLOSING EVENT: SOLAR OBSERVATION / #Eclipse2027_ Date: 10 October 2026, from 10.30 am to 2.00 pm Venue: Torre Sevilla next to Caixaforum (C. López Pintado, s/n, 41092, Seville) Organised by: [...]
-
Ready for a space adventure? Dive into the study of the Sun, our closest star and essential for life on Earth. Participants will explore the Sun’s layers, its magnetic properties, [...] |
|
4 events,
The Sky Live
Moon: an experience that takes you beyond what you ever imagined
Cajasol Film Club – World Space Week Special
Dark Biosphere
|
5 events,
-
The Cajasol Foundation hosts the lecture “To Infinity and Back! The Space Race in Cinema,” presented by Emilio González Romero (Cine Club Vida). The lecture will explore the films that [...] |
5 events,
-
Innovation has established itself as one of the main drivers of transformation and competitiveness in the aerospace industry. Andalusia, with its leading business, technological and knowledge ecosystem, is driving forward [...] |
||||
5 events,
The Sky Live
Moon: an experience that takes you beyond what you ever imagined
Cajasol Film Club – World Space Week Special
Dark Biosphere
Walk Through the Cajasol Foundation Space
The Patio of the Cajasol Foundation will be transformed into a space dedicated to space exploration and science outreach, with activities designed for families to learn and have fun together. [...] |
||||||
3 events,
The Sky Live
Moon: an experience that takes you beyond what you ever imagined
Dark Biosphere
|
Space news
Published On: 24 September 2026The Final Year Project (TFG) entitled ‘Implementation of a Flight Termination System module for CubeSats’, carried out by Álvaro Hanekan Gómez, a student on the Bachelor’s Degree in Industrial Technology [...]
Published On: 21 September 2026Andalucía Emprende, a foundation attached to the Regional Ministry of Universities, Industry, Energy and Innovation, and the Spanish Space Agency are launching in Seville a new edition of the ‘NASA [...]
Published On: 17 September 2026Seville, Spain’s Space Capital, congratulates the European Space Agency and all the teams involved in this new milestone for Earth observation and the European space sector. The European Space Agency(ESA) [...]
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Published On: 21 September 2026
Andalucía Emprende, a foundation attached to the Regional Ministry of Universities, Industry, Energy and Innovation, and the Spanish Space Agency are launching in Seville a new edition of the ‘NASA [...]
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Published On: 17 September 2026
Seville, Spain’s Space Capital, congratulates the European Space Agency and all the teams involved in this new milestone for Earth observation and the European space sector. The European Space Agency(ESA) [...]
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Launched by Seville City Council in 2018 to boost the city’s involvement in ‘World Space Week’—in which Seville had already been participating since 2016— the Space Forum was established as a public-private governance model with a supra-local focus, committed to strengthening the space sector through communication, outreach and education.
The Space Forum has established itself as a space for collaboration, dialogue and shared strategy based on trust, generosity and the voluntary participation of the more than 50 organisations that make it up, including public administrations, research centres, universities, associations, major companies in the sector and start-ups.
SEVILLE Spain's Space Capital
Seville is consolidating its position as one of the world’s leading aerospace hubs by integrating the space sector as a key driver of its economy. Against this backdrop, Seville City Council is championing the ‘Seville Spanish Space Capital’ initiative, with the goal of solidifying the city’s standing as a leader in space sector research, development, and innovation. This initiative is coordinated through the Seville Space Forum, a platform that brings together over 50 sector entities, and is reinforced by Seville’s membership of the Ariane Cities Community (ACC), a network integrating the leading European cities in the space sector.
