Media event at ESA/ESOC - 3 December 2003
"Europe lands on Mars"
Press Programme
| 10:30 | Welcome by Gaele Winters, ESA Director of Technical & Operational Support Mars Express flight operations : a great challenge for an experienced team |
| 10:40 | Dr Rudolf Schmidt, Mars Express Project Manager Global mission objectives : Why is Europe flying to Mars? |
| 10:50 | Mr Michael McKay, Flight Operations Director Status of the spacecraft, latest and upcoming manoeuvres |
| 11:00 | Question & Answer session for the "operations" part |
| 11:10 | Dr Augustin Chicarro, Mars Express Project Scientist The mission's key scientific objectives : an introduction |
| 11:20 | Prof. Gerhard Neukum, Principal Investigator, Free University of Berlin (D) The high-resolution stereo camera HRSC, on board the orbiter, takes a sharp look at Mars |
| 11:30 | Dr Martin Pätzold, Principal Investigator, University of Cologne, Institute for Geophysics and Meteorology (D) Preparing for Mars with MaRS (Mars Radio Science experiment) |
| 11:40 | Prof. Colin Pillinger, Principal Investigator, Planetary Sciences Research Institute (UK) Beagle 2 landing on Mars : its instruments and scientific objectives |
| 11:50 | Dr Lutz Richter, Co- Principal Investigator, German Aerospace Center DLR, Cologne (D) The operations of the "Mole" instrument on board Beagle-2 |
| 12:00 | Question & Answer session on "science" and the mission as a whole |
| 12:10 | Conclusions by Gaele Winters |
| 12:15 | Filming opportunities at the ESOC Main Control Room, MCR |
| 12:30 – 12:45 | Opportunity for individual interviews with scientific and operations experts |