Programme for today’s SpaceTweetup at ESA’s ESTEC technical centre in Noordwijk, The Netherlands.

Time slot Activity
10:30-11:00 Welcome & technical set-up at Space Expo, the ESTEC Visitor Centre
11:00-12:30 Tour of ESTEC facility. Visit Test Centre, Telerobotics lab, 3D tour ISS
12:30-13:00 Coffee & sandwiches, spacetweeps/twitternauts introductions
13:00-13:30 Meet Franco Ongaro, Director of ESA’s Technology Centre ESTEC
13:30-14:15 Meet Christer Fuglesang, ESA astronaut – Space Shuttle flights STS-116 (Celsius mission) and STS-128 (Alissé mission) to the ISS
14:15-14:30 Movie presentations at Space Expo Arianezaal: “ESTEC – ESA’s Technical heart” and “Andre Kuipers introduces ESTEC”
14:30-14:50 Walk over to ESA Telerobotics Laboratory
14:50–15:30 Hands-on activities at the ESA Telerobotics Lab
16:00-17:00 Visit SpaceExpo
17:00 End of the SpaceTweetup – don’t forget that group picture!