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ESTEC open house, October 07, 2018
« on: 10/06/2018 10:18 am »
1 DAY to go!

Tomorrow we open the doors to our largest establishment, ESTEC in the Netherlands, to ticket holders for the annual #ESAOpenDay. We'll have three astronauts giving talks and signing autographs: André Kuipers, Paolo Nespoli and Thomas Reiter
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Re: ESTEC open house, October 07, 2018
« Reply #1 on: 10/06/2018 10:19 am »
Jacques :-)

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Re: ESTEC open house, October 07, 2018
« Reply #3 on: 10/06/2018 10:20 am »
Open Day Programme

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Re: ESTEC open house, October 07, 2018
« Reply #4 on: 10/06/2018 10:23 am »
ESA - European Space Agency

It is buzzing with preparations around our #ESTEC centre in the Netherlands this afternoon, getting everything ready to welcome 12 000 visitors to this Sunday’s #ESAOpenDay. See you there?


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Re: ESTEC open house, October 07, 2018
« Reply #5 on: 10/06/2018 07:16 pm »
Oh yeah. Like last year I’ll be there at the NL Space tent. It’s gonna be fun to meet up with some old friends.

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Re: ESTEC open house, October 07, 2018
« Reply #6 on: 10/07/2018 10:12 am »
Andre kuipers and Marillion lead singer Steve Hogarth held a nice talk about space music.
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Re: ESTEC open house, October 07, 2018
« Reply #7 on: 10/07/2018 02:56 pm »
Here some photos I took today at ESTEC

All photos: Jacques van Oene
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Re: ESTEC open house, October 07, 2018
« Reply #8 on: 10/07/2018 02:59 pm »
Space Rocks..

Andre Kuipers and Marillion singer Steve Hogarth
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Re: ESTEC open house, October 07, 2018
« Reply #9 on: 10/07/2018 03:01 pm »
Back Stage...
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Re: ESTEC open house, October 07, 2018
« Reply #10 on: 10/07/2018 03:03 pm »
Test Center: LEAF
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Re: ESTEC open house, October 07, 2018
« Reply #11 on: 10/07/2018 03:07 pm »
Test center
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Re: ESTEC open house, October 07, 2018
« Reply #12 on: 10/07/2018 03:09 pm »
Hertz radio-frequency test chamber.
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Re: ESTEC open house, October 07, 2018
« Reply #13 on: 10/07/2018 03:10 pm »
Mars Rover
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Re: ESTEC open house, October 07, 2018
« Reply #14 on: 10/07/2018 03:11 pm »
NL space tent with Andre Kuipers
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Re: ESTEC open house, October 07, 2018
« Reply #15 on: 10/07/2018 03:13 pm »
And ofcourse autographs....

Last photo is me...with Paolo. ::)
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Jacques :-)

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Re: ESTEC open house, October 07, 2018
« Reply #16 on: 10/07/2018 06:47 pm »
And for once the camera was aimed at Jacques, without him being aware of it.  ;D

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Re: ESTEC open house, October 07, 2018
« Reply #17 on: 10/07/2018 06:50 pm »
Q&A session for kids with Dutch astronaut Andre Kuipers. This took place just 30 minutes after the opening of the ESTEC Open Day, at the NL Space tent.

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Re: ESTEC open house, October 07, 2018
« Reply #18 on: 10/07/2018 06:53 pm »
Tropomi and Sentinel 5P at the NL Space tent. The prototype of the Tropomi instrument is shown here. Second image shows a scale-model of the Sentinel 5P satellite.

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Re: ESTEC open house, October 07, 2018
« Reply #19 on: 10/07/2018 06:55 pm »
Access to the ESTEC terrain was guarded by a small squad of Stormtroopers and a few assorted Imperial officers.
Courtesy of the 501st Legion, the Dutch garrison.

Edit: oh cr*p. There's that "won't-orientate-properly"-thingy again.
« Last Edit: 10/07/2018 07:00 pm by woods170 »

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