Christmas Party and Lecture Tonight
Immediately after tonight’s Christmas Lecture we will have
our Christmas Party in the Lombard Inn, near Trinity College Dublin. Finger food
will be served up and you can meet and chat with other astronomy
enthusiasts!
Comet ISON may be gone but the ESA’s Rosetta
mission is on its way to Comet Churyumov-Gerasimenko. When it arrives at the
comet in 2014, it will enter orbit around the icy body and then release a lander
which will study and sample the comet’s surface as it makes its way around the
Sun.
The man in charge of this mission – and many others – is
Professor Alvaro Giménez Cañete, Director of Science and Robotics at the
European Space Agency. He will deliver Astronomy Ireland's special Christmas
Lecture tonight, December 9th in Trinity College Dublin, and we want everyone to
come along!
Professor Giménez’s directorate has a multi-billion euro
budget to operate the ESA's science programme and robotic exploration, and its
most recent milestone was the launch of the Swarm trio of spacecraft that will
measure our planet’s magnetic field.
Professor Giménez is one of the most important people in
Europe's presence in space, of which Ireland is a part. In his talk tonight, he
will discuss the current and upcoming space missions undertaken by the European
Space Agency, including:
- · Mars Express
- · International Space Station
- · Rosetta
- · Cassini-Huygens
…and more!
We are extremely lucky to have him come to Ireland to give
this special lecture, so make sure you book your tickets soon as this will be a
very popular lecture!
For more information and to book tickets, please click HERE.
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Old Drogheda Society - History, Archaeology & Heritage, Millmount, Drogheda, Co. Louth, Ireland. Tel. 041-9833097
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