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All about the Institute of Aeronomy in less than seven minutes!

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In 2019, BIRA-IASB’s Communication Cell took up the challenge to create an appealing and dynamic presentation film. This film had to summarize, in less than 7 minutes, the work accomplished by all our researchers and support services. A year later, we are proud to announce that this challenge has been brilliantly achieved, thanks to the contribution of the firm Zen-it. As a picture (and in this case a movie) is better than a long presentation, we invite you to watch the movie.
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The Royal Belgian Institute for Space Aeronomy: Science between Heaven and Earth

The BIRA-IASB promotional film “Science between Heaven and Earth” (YouTube) presents our federal research institute, active in both fundamental and applied sciences, whose research fields extend from the atmosphere of the Earth to the atmospheres of other planets and celestial bodies.

However, our institute is more than that, and it are exactly this complexity and diversity that have been difficult to sum up in such a short story. We also study space physics and the interactions between the Sun and the Earth's atmosphere, between the Earth's atmosphere and space. In this film, we also wanted to present the B.USOC, whose objective it is to provide operational support to scientists who have missions in space, and to show the fantastic work of our engineering and IT department.

The Royal Belgian Institute of Space Aeronomy: an impressive societal tool

With this film, we illustrate how studying space using measurements and data from satellites, groundbased stations or even models, allows us to better understand the universe that surrounds us. This better understanding is key to preserving it. Therefore, this promotional tool shows our direct societal importance to as large a public as possible.

Our goal has been achieved: in the meantime, the film, which exists in three language versions (English, French, and Dutch), has already been viewed more than 1000 times and we are pleased with all the enthusiastic feedback.

We would like to express our explicit thanks to BELSPO, the Belgian Scientific Policy, without whose support this achievement would not have been possible.

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The BIRA-IASB promotional film “Science between Heaven and Earth” presents our federal research institute, whose research fields extend from the atmosphere of the Earth to the atmospheres of other planets and celestial bodies.
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