On Friday 18 July, His Excellency Christian Stocker, Federal Chancellor of Austria, visited ESA Headquarters in Paris receiving a tour of the location from Director Basic Josef Aschbacher.
It was the Chancellor’s first go to to an ESA institution following his swearing in earlier this yr. Visiting the Astrolabe interpretive centre, Mr Stocker noticed how Austria’s participation in ESA contributes to the objectives of sustainable growth and scientific excellence, and in addition heard how industrial house has undergone speedy growth in Austria. He was accompanied by the Austrian ambassador to France, Barbara Kaudel-Jensen.
Austria grew to become ESA’s twelfth Member State when it ratified the ESA Conference in December 1986 and whereas at all times strongly dedicated to Earth commentary and house functions, Austria has just lately diversified its house pursuits, turning into extra concerned in launchers, navigation and human and robotic exploration. Austrian Carmen Possnig was chosen as a member of ESA’s astronaut reserve in 2022 and can start her second section of coaching within the autumn. Carmen joined the go to and enthusiastically answered questions from the assembled Austrian media.
As a part of Austria’s innovation neighborhood, the ESA PhiLab opened final yr and has a present name for proposals open till 8 October. Simply final month, Austria hosted the Dwelling Planet Symposium, which introduced collectively 6500 members of the Earth commentary neighborhood to current scientific outcomes and plan future actions. It was supported by a citywide ‘House within the Metropolis’ pageant in Vienna, organised by the Federal Ministry for Innovation, Mobility and Infrastructure (BMIMI) and City Innovation Vienna GmbH (UIV) and demonstrating the on a regular basis connections between residents and house.
