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With over 14 000 registrations for ESA\u2019s Open Day in the Netherlands on 6 October 2019 another attendance record was achieved. People from all over Europe and the world met astronauts, space experts and saw behind the scenes of Europe\u2019s space adventure at ESA\u2019s largest establishment.<\/p>\n
The theme of 2019 was \u2018ESA to the Moon\u2019. Dutch ESA astronaut Andr\u00e9 Kuipers was joined by pioneering Apollo astronauts Walt Cunningham, who flew on the first crewed Apollo mission, and Rusty Schweickart, who was the first person to fly the Lunar Module and use an Apollo lunar spacesuit for a spacewalk.<\/p>\n
With areas for children organised by ESA education, and the NL Space Tent to meet with Dutch space professionals. ESA\u2019s open days are the opportunity to come nose to nose with space hardware, hear where we\u2019re going next and meet Europe\u2019s space agents \u2013 space scientists, engineers and mission designers.<\/p>\n
Talks and events were organised with astronauts, space experts and celebrities such as Scott Manley.<\/p>\n
ESA hosts the annual open day at ESA\u2019s technical centre ESTEC where new missions are designed, their industrial development is managed and the resulting satellites are tested for flight in space.<\/p>\n