From Exoplanets to Distant Galaxies: SPICA's New Window on the Cool Universe 13 May 2013 The first international conference on the science of SPICA will be held on 18-21 June 2013, in Tokyo, Japan. Deadline for abstracts is 15 May (15:00 JST, 06:00 GMT); deadline for registration is 31 May. Read more

ESA chooses three scientific missions for further study 19 February 2010 Dark energy, habitable planets around other stars, and the mysterious nature of our own Sun, have been chosen by ESA as candidates for two medium-class missions to be launched no earlier than 2017. Read more

Technical Review Report - SPICA 08 December 2009 Reference: SRE-PA/2009/071/GC; Issue 3, Revision 2. This technical review report for the SPICA candidate mission presents the outcome of ESA's internal review of this M-class candidate mission in the Cosmic Vision 2015-2025 plan. Read more

SPICA assessment study report (SRE-2009-6) 02 December 2009 This report presents an overview of the assessment study phase of the SPICA candidate M-class Cosmic Vision mission. Read more

SPICA Telescope Assessment Study - Executive Summary (EADS Astrium) 15 September 2009 Reference: INSF.TCN.ASF.SPICA.00021. This document provides a summary of the work performed between August 2008 and September 2009 as part of the SPICA assessment phase study. Read more

SPICA Telescope Assessment Study - Executive Summary (Thales Alenia Space) 31 July 2009 Reference: SPI-TAS-RP-100358212M. The objective of this paper is to provide to the reader an overview of the telescope design and performances of the HB-Cesic SPICA Telescope. Read more