Visit from outer space:
Space Travelers Make a Guest Appearance at the AEC
(Linz, September 28, 2016) Michael Fincke (US) is a NASA flight engineer and co-pilot, Oleg Germanovich Artemyev (RU) is a flight engineer for Roskosmos, and Kimiya Yui (JP) is a JAXA staff researchers and test pilot—and all three will be making a guest appearance at the Ars Electronica Center on Wednesday, October 5, 2016 in conjunction with this year’s Planetary Congress. In Deep Space and the Seminar Room, the three space travelers will give fascinating accounts of everyday life in the International Space Station, talk about what it feels like to see Earth from outer space for the first time, and elaborate on the missions international space researchers are actively pursuing at the moment.
The Ars Electronica Center Presents: The Fascination of the Cosmos
Wednesday, October 5th is Community Day at this year’s Planetary Congress of the Association of Space Explorers. More than 100 astronauts and cosmonauts will be touring Austria—delivering speeches, leading workshops and giving presentations. One of the prime Community Day venues is Linz’s Ars Electronica Center, where Michael Finke, NASA flight engineer and co-pilot, Oleg Germanovich Artemyev, flight engineer for Roskosmos, and Kimiya Yui, JAXA staff researchers and test pilot, will be the stars of fascinating presentations in Deep Space and the Seminar Room at 2, 3, 4 and 5 PM. Plus, Ars Electronica will be offering quickie tours of the new Spaceship Earth exhibition between 2 and 4:30 PM, and there’ll be space-themed arts & crafts activities for kids in the Museum of the Future’s Lobby from 2 to 5 PM. Rounding out the lineup are a speech especially for teachers from 5 to 7 PM, as well as a special edition of Deep Space LIVE from 6:30 to 7:30 PM.
29th Planetary Congress of the Association of Space Explorers (ASE) in Austria
The ASE is an association of over 400 astronauts and cosmonauts from 37 countries. Since 1985, it has organized an annual Planetary Congress to get across the fascination of space travel to the general public, and the 2016 event is taking place in Austria. Most of the events on the conference’s program October 3-7 will be held in Vienna, but on Community Day on October 5th, about 100 astronauts and cosmonauts will be touring the entire country. Austrian cosmonaut Franz Viehböck and the OeWF–Austrian Space Forum are the official hosts of this 29th Planetary Congress.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/arselectronica/29334723403/Mike Fincke / fotocredit: NASA / Printversion
http://www.flickr.com/photos/arselectronica/29959720885/Kimiya Yui / fotocredit: NASA / Printversion
