Exciting insights with mission leader Volker Schmid
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28. June 2024 -
10:45 Uhr |
| End | 28. June 2024 - 11:45 Uhr |
Date: 28.06.
Time: 10:45 a.m. (The event lasts about 45 to 60 minutes.)
Location: Zittau site, Zittau campus, House IV, large lecture hall, Theodor Körner Allee 8
Target group: Pupils from approx. 6 to 10 years old
An exciting journey into space awaits all young explorers! Volker Schmid, the mission leader of the last three major ESA missions of German astronauts, will share fascinating insights and experiences. He was the head of Alexander Gerst's BlueDot and Horizons missions and Matthias Maurer's Cosmic Kiss mission.
His topics for the session:
About Volker Schmid: Volker Schmid heads the DLR mission team for Alexander Gerst's Horizons mission. After an apprenticeship as a precision mechanic and three years working in industry, he studied aerospace engineering at Aachen University of Applied Sciences. He then completed a Master of Space Systems Engineering at TU Delft. At DLR, he was in charge of the ISS sub-programs of the European space transporter ATV and the rescue vehicle CRV. In 2011, he took over as head of the ISS specialist group and initiated the CIMON project. Volker Schmid is responsible for the ISS experiment MagVector/MFX and MFX-2 as well as the Horizons mission.