Press briefing with ESA's Director General


Jean-Jacques Dordain
 
ESA's Director General during the annual press briefing on 14 January 2009
 
 
14 January 2009
 
Today ESA's Director General, Jean-Jacques Dordain, met with the press at ESA Headquarters in Paris for the annual press briefing. Listen to the audio of the conference.
 
During the press briefing Dordain reviewed the Agency’s activities in 2008 and looked ahead to those of 2009, a year set to be full of events and marked by several major launches (Herschel-Planck, GOCE, SMOS and CryoSat-2).

Human spaceflight will also be under the spotlight this year with the final selection of astronauts and two European astronauts joining the International Space Station: Frank De Winne, for a long-duration mission, and Christer Fuglesang.
 
 
Annual press briefing at ESA HQ
 
Annual press briefing at ESA Headquarters
 
 
 
Annual press briefing at ESA HQ
 
Press briefing with ESA Director General Jean-Jacques Dordain
 
 
 
Jean-Jacques Dordain
 
ESA's Director General during the annual press briefing on 14 January 2009
 
 
 

Related links

 •  Herschel (http://www.esa.int/esaSC/120390_index_0_m.html)
 •  Planck (http://www.esa.int/SPECIALS/Planck/index.html)
 •  GOCE (http://www.esa.int/SPECIALS/GOCE/index.html)
 •  SMOS (http://www.esa.int/esaLP/LPsmos.html)
 •  CryoSat-2 (http://www.esa.int/esaLP/LPcryosat.html)
 •  International Space Station (ISS) (http://www.esa.int/esaHS/iss.html)

Downloads

 •  ESA Budget 2009 (pdf) (http://esamultimedia.esa.int/docs/corporate/ESA_2009_Budgetsweb.pdf)

Audio

 •  Listen to the press briefing (English) (http://download.esa.int/mp3/dg_pressbriefing2009.mp3)
 •  Listen to the press briefing (French) (http://download.esa.int/mp3/dg_pressbriefing2009_fr.mp3)