Sibiu County has a special relationship with the space research having been home to Conrad Haas, the inventor of the multi-stage rocket, and to Herman Oberth, father of astronautics, who taught physics and mathematics in Medias. 2007 is not only the fiftieth anniversary of the start of the space era, but also as the year Sibiu acted as the European Capital of Culture. It is, therefore, not surprising that Sibiu would bring its contribution to the 2007 edition of the World Space Week.
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The Octavian Goga National College under the coordination of Prof. Elisabeta Ana Pica, organized the national competition Europlanet. The competition was widely popularized in the mass media, resulting in the participation of 28 schools from Arad, Bacau, Barlad, Bucharest, Cluj-Napoca, Constanta, Dumbravita de Codru, Galati, Moreni, Sibiu and Targoviste, with 734 pupils coordinated by 52 teachers. Prizes were awarded in the junior and senior age groups, and for several categories. These were I like astronomy (questionnaire), the most beautiful drawing of a Solar System celestial body, photography, A present for the Solar System (video, poster). The partners were the Astronomical Institute of the Romanian Academy, the XXI Astronomia association, Brief Press, and the Sibiu County school inspectorate. On October 17th, the Octavian Goga National College hosted the scientific papers session for pupils Artificial Satellites 50 Years from the First Launch and Discover the Neighbors of the Solar System. Science was combined with art and with a film dedicated to Mars a Second Earth. The session featured three songs composed by pupils from the Arts Highschool of Sibiu with the theme For the Fifty Years of the Space Era.