For information only - not an official document
UNIS/MA/96
Vienna, 2 February 2015
VIENNA, 2 February (UN Information Service) - Media are invited to attend several side-events during the 52 nd session of the Scientific and Technical Subcommittee of the United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (COPUOS), 2-13 February, at the Vienna International Centre.
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Joint US-Russian One-Year Mission to the International Space Station
Thursday, 5 February, 12:30, Vienna International Centre (VIC), C-building, 7 th floor, Conference Room 6
Dr. Julie A. Robinson, Chief Scientist for the International Space Station (ISS) for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) at Johnson Space Center
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Simonetta Di Pippo, Director of the UN Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA), will discuss international cooperation of the upcoming Joint US-Russian One-Year Mission to the International Space Station of NASA Astronaut Scott Kelly and Russian cosmonaut Mikhail Kornienko. The benefits of this historic mission will be discussed.
The press conference will be webcast live at: http://www.unis.unvienna.org/unis/en/webcast.html
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Rosetta's s journey - unlocking the origins of life
Thursday, 5 February, 13:00, Board Room D, VIC
The European Space Agency's Rosetta Mission launched in 2004 and arrived at Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko on 6 August 2014. Prof Mark McCaughrean, Senior Scientific Advisor in the Directorate of Science and Robotic Exploration, ESA, will recount how Rosetta became the first mission in history to rendezvous with a comet, escort it as it orbits the Sun, and deploy a lander to its surface.
Followed by a reception.
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Monday, 2 February, 13:00, Coffee Corner, 7 th floor, C building, VIC
Ceremony and display of the Argentine ARSAT 1 satellite and Tronador rocket models along with a video and followed by a reception. Speeches by Matías BIANCHI VILLELLI, President of ARSAT, and Simonetta Di Pippo, Director of UNOOSA.
Wednesday, 4 February, 13:15 - UNOOSA Permanent Space Exhibit, DOE Corridor, VIC
A model of the Mars Orbiter Mission will be donated by India with a brief ceremony. Speeches by Mr. V.K. DADHWAL, Director, National Remote Sensing Center (NRSC), ISRO and Simonetta Di Pippo, Director of UNOOSA.
Monday, 9 February, 13:00, Rotunda, VIC
Inauguration ceremony and reception for the European Commission Galileo Global Navigation Satellite System interactive exhibition, followed by reception.Speeches by Ambassador Györgyi Martin Zanathy and Simonetta Di Pippo, Director of UNOOSA.
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For media accreditation:
Media representatives who wish to attend the side events and who are not accredited to the VIC should write to press@unvienna.org
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For more information please contact:
Sinead
Harvey
United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA)
Telephone: (+43-1) 26060-8718
Email: sinead.harvey[at]unoosa.org
