Save the date for this year’s annual ESA Open Day in the Netherlands for people with a disability, which will take place on Saturday 5 October, at the Agency’s ESTEC technical centre in Noordwijk.
The venue will be our European Space Research and Technology Centre, ESTEC, which is the largest space establishment in Europe, offering visitors to the chance to meet space engineers and astronauts and see actual space hardware.
The theme for this year is Generation Space: Shaping the Future Together, and it will explore how it takes a community to realise ESA’s vision for the future. As in previous years, the goal of the event is to give people first-hand experience of the cutting edge of space science with the help of scientists, engineers, astronauts, and space professionals.
The idea behind the Saturday 5 October Open Day is to give visitors with a disability (and their carers) the opportunity to tour ESTEC at their own pace. This day is also linked to the Dutch Week of Accessibility, Week van de Toegankelijkheid.
The visitor route is being designed to include rest areas with refreshments available approximately every 150 m, and visitors will be able to choose whether to venture along the entire route or just part of it. The route’s door widths are standard for wheelchair accessibility.
To attend, registration is obligatory, the registration link will follow soon.
For further details of the Open Day, keep an eye on their webpage and social media.
This event is followed by a general ESA Open Day the next day, open to everyone.
