Inside Europe's Largest Space Hub: A Day of Orbital Exploration
In short: Experience the scale of European space exploration through the lens of the 2013 ESTEC Open Day. This video captures a rare public look into the Netherlands' headquarters for the European Space Agency.
The event welcomed over 8,500 visitors to the Noordwijk facility, offering a behind-the-scenes look at the technical laboratories and the teams powering Europe's space missions. Highlights included interactive experiences like an inflatable planetarium, remote-controlled drone flights, and a demonstration of the ESTEC fire engine.
Attendees met three famous astronauts: Ulf Merbold, who completed a Space Shuttle Spacelab journey 30 years before this date; Reinhold Ewald, who reached the Mir station during 1997; and André Kuipers, who visited the International Space Station in 2004 and 2011-2012. Attendees also viewed components of the BepiColombo mission to Mercury.
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