Prof. Edmund Wittbrodt elected to chair the Committee of Space Sciences of Polish Academy of Sciences in Gdańsk | Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Ship Technology at the Gdańsk University of Technology

The Committee of Space Sciences is one of ten committees of the Gdańsk branch of Polish Academy of Sciences (others are: Committee of the Water Management of Wisła Delta; Committee of the History of Art and Culture of Sopot; Committee of Marine and Tropical Medicine; Committee of Space Sciences; Committee of Marine Law; Committee of Marine Sociology; Committee of Ecosphere; Committee of Information Technology; Committy of Shaping the Territory of Northern Poland; Committee of Medical Sciences).

The members of the Presidium of the Committee of Space Sciences includes professor Andrzej Stepnowski who presides over the Space and Satellite Technologies section. The Committee incorporates five sections: Space and Satellite Technologies; Space Law; Management of the Outer Space; Sea and Space; Safety; and Medical Sciences).