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Robert Pearlman
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posted 07-04-2016 09:12 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Robert Pearlman   Click Here to Email Robert Pearlman     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
European Space Agency (ESA) release
ESA-ESTEC Open Day 2016

Oct. 2, 2016, Noordwijk, Netherlands

Save the date: this year's ESA's Open Day in the Netherlands will take place on Sunday, 2 October. ESA's technical heart will be thrown open to visitors in the midst of one of the most exciting times in Europe's space history, as part of the Netherlands' national Weekend of Science and World Space Week.

All visitors will need to book to attend.

Visitors will be able to wander around the sprawling facility at their own pace, meeting astronauts, scientists and mission designers while seeing special exhibits and actual space hardware.

The Open Day will come just days after ESA's Rosetta comet-chaser — designed and tested at ESTEC — follows its Philae lander down to the rugged surface of Comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko, squeezing the maximum amount of data out of this historic mission.

Meanwhile, ESA's ExoMars mission will be drawing near to the Red Planet, ahead of entering martian orbit on 19 October. Its Schiaparelli lander will make Europe's first controlled landing on Mars at the same time – right in the midst of the Red Planet's global dust season.

Back around our home planet, Europe's Sentinel-5P satellite will be readying for launch, the latest in the Sentinel family of satellites supporting Europe's Copernicus global environmental monitoring initiative.

The satellite's main sensor will survey the changing state of Earth's atmosphere in unprecedented detail. Its development supported by the Dutch government, this Tropomi state-of-the-art instrument can map trace gases and pollutants at high resolution.

The theme of this year's Open Day is "Breath of Life" – the ExoMars orbiter will be searching out methane and associated rare gases in the thin alien atmosphere as evidence of either surviving Mars microbes or a different kind of 'life' – subsurface volcanic activity, which would mean the planet remains geologically active.

At the same time, Sentinel-5P will be on the verge of producing a rich new vision of the thin sliver of terrestrial atmosphere that we all call home.

Full details of the ESTEC Open Day will be given later this summer.

Because we are obliged to limit the total number of visitors, to ensure a great experience for all who do attend, we urge you to book early to avoid disappointment.

spaceman
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posted 07-09-2016 09:15 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for spaceman   Click Here to Email spaceman     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Tickets booked, these events are a great day out. It is possible to do in a day from the UK. Any other collectSPACE members going?

heng44
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posted 07-09-2016 09:31 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for heng44   Click Here to Email heng44     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Yep.

NeilPearson
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posted 07-10-2016 06:27 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for NeilPearson   Click Here to Email NeilPearson     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
I'm planning on going from the UK, making a long weekend of it.

Henk Boshuijer
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posted 07-10-2016 04:00 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Henk Boshuijer   Click Here to Email Henk Boshuijer     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
I go there every year. It's always a great well organized event. I wonder which astronauts will be there this time.

Rowland
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posted 07-11-2016 04:21 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Rowland   Click Here to Email Rowland     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
I'll be there with the family

carl walker
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posted 09-02-2016 09:49 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for carl walker     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Astronauts confirmed so far:
  • Andre Kuipers (NL), Soyuz TMA-4, Soyuz TMA-03M
  • Franco Malerba (IT) - STS-46
Still waiting on a couple more confirmations.

carl walker
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posted 09-12-2016 02:57 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for carl walker     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
German ESA astronaut Hans Schlegel now confirmed.

spaceman
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posted 09-16-2016 07:37 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for spaceman   Click Here to Email spaceman     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Great news Carl, keep them coming. These events are hard to beat, astronauts guests in a cutting edge environment with a relaxed family atmosphere.

carl walker
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posted 09-22-2016 09:03 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for carl walker     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
ESA astronaut and former Director of Human Spaceflight & Operations, Thomas Reiter, now also confirmed at attending.

NeilPearson
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posted 09-22-2016 10:40 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for NeilPearson   Click Here to Email NeilPearson     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
ESA tweeted today that 10,000 people have registered for this event!

spaceman
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posted 10-04-2016 04:04 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for spaceman   Click Here to Email spaceman     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Great event, well attended. The astronauts, Franco Malerba, Thomas Reiter and Hans Schlegel were all on top form. They were patient and had time for everyone in the autograph line. Nice one ESA, ESTEC and everyone involved in organising the event.

Nice to meet up with Roland (Armchair Astronaut), his better half Vicki and son Stuart (future space explorer) and not forgetting Paxi.

Philip
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posted 10-14-2016 08:07 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Philip   Click Here to Email Philip     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Waaw didn't realise there were so many collectSPACE forum members around. I know of at least four more.

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