European space events for 2002

During 2002 ESA will be involved in a series of international events worth
the attention and the attendance of the media. These are the major ones
that can already be pencilled in your diary.

16/01 – ESA’s Director General Antonio Rodotà meets the press in Paris.

(18/12)-27/01 – "Art and Science fiction exhibition" at the Noordwijk
Space Expo, Noordwijk, the Netherlands.

22/01 – Edinburgh, Scotland: "Space calling", lecture by ESA astronaut
Reinhold Ewald (with live link to the ISS, t.b.c.).

01-04/02 – Dublin, Ireland: "Opportunities 2002", career and education
fair with ESA astronaut participation on 01/02.

04-09/02 – Vienna, Austria: Dream or Reality? Science/ Science Fiction
exhibition at Donauzentrum, Vienna shopping mall.

21/02 t.b.c. – Hubble Space Telescope servicing mission 3B. Shuttle launch
(STS-109) from KSC, Florida.

t.b.c. – Launch of ESA’s environmental satellite Envisat on Ariane 5
(V145/ A511) from Kourou, French Guiana.

t.b.c. – Opening of the Cologne Health Centre at ESA’s European Astronauts
Centre.

t.b.c. – Signature of Vega launcher development contract at ESA/Frascati
(ESRIN), Italy.

18-22/03 – 32nd ESA Parabolic Flight campaign, from Bordeaux, France.

t.b.c. – ATV media day at ESA/Noordwijk (ESTEC), the Netherlands.

31-01/04 – National Dutch space days at Noordwijk Space Expo.

t.b.c. – Press day on the Rosetta spacecraft at ESA/Noordwijk (ESTEC)

02-06/04 – Physics on Stage 2: teachers conference at ESA/Noordwijk
(ESTEC), the Netherlands.

04/04 t.b.c. – 13th ISS Assembly flight (8A). Shuttle launch (STS-110)
from KSC, Florida.

15-20/04 – Hannover Fair, Hannover, Germany: ESA Technology Transfer
stand.

t.b.c. – Envisat first image: press day at ESA/Frascati (ESRIN), Italy
and in other locations.

27-02/05 – Soyuz taxi flight to the International Space Station with ESA
astronaut Roberto Vittori on board.

02-13/05 – Shuttle flight (STS-111) to the International Space Station
with French astronaut Philippe Perrin on board.

06-12/05 – ILA International Aerospace Exhibition and Conference, Berlin,
Germany.

11-14/06 – ESA/NASA Spaceflight Safety Conference at ESA/Noordwijk
(ESTEC), the Nehterlands.

18-21/06 – Rome, Italy: Global Disaster Information Network- annual
conference.

27/06-13/07 – Shuttle flight (STS-107) to the ISS from KSC, Florida
with ESA payload on board.

10-26/07 – Students parabolic flight campaign in Bordeaux, France.

t.b.c. – Ariane 5 Plus ESC-A launch from Kourou.

t.b.c. – Columbus trainer delivery to the ESA/European Astronaut Centre,
Cologne. Press event.

22-28/07 – Farnborough air show.

01-12/08 – 15th ISS assembly flight (9A). Shuttle launch (STS-112) from
KSC, Florida.

t.b.c. – Launch of MSG-1 (Meteosat Second Generation) on Ariane 4 or 5
(t.b.d.) from Kourou, French Guiana.

06-16/09 – 16th ISS assembly flight. Shuttle flight (STS-113) from KSC,
Florida.

02-11/09 – Earth Summit 2002, Congress and exhibition in Johannesburg,
South Africa.

t.b.d. – Inauguration of ESA’s Deep Space Ground Station, New Norcia,
Australia.

t.b.d. – SMART-1 international press day at ESA/Noordwijk (ESTEC), the
Netherlands.

04-10/10 – International Space Week. Web marathon at ESA/Noordwijk
(ESTEC) for schools, with space specialists from around the world.

10-19/10 – World Space Congress in Houston, Texas.

t.b.c. – Launch of Integral on Proton launcher from Baikonur.

t.b.c. – 33rd ESA parabolic flight campaign from Bordeaux, France.

23-26/10 – New SITEF Congress and exhibition in Toulouse, France

04-14/11 – Soyuz taxi flight to the International Space Station with
ESA astronaut Frank De Winne on board

19-21/11 – CEOS (Committee on Earth Observation Satellites) plenary
meeting at ESA/Frascati (ESRIN), Italy.

t.b.c. – Netdays Europe. Youth-oriented events via the Web in
co-operation with the European Union.

t.b.c. – Ariane 5 Vinci engine test firing.

t.b.c. – Launch of SMART-1 on Ariane 5 from Kourou, French Guiana

Dates of certain events, especially those of launches, depend on various
factors such as readiness of the spacecraft and/or launcher, and thus
remain to be confirmed (t.b.c.) for some time. All Ariane launch dates,
for instance, are provisional; definite dates will be confirmed by
Arianespace.

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