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First ESA Lunch Lecture with NL Space Campus on June 26 from 12:00 – 13:00 at ESTEC
deadline to register 19 June!!
Dear students,
ESA ESTEC and NL Space Campus are launching a new lunch lecture series for students to get to know more programmes happening with ESTEC, starting with a session on blood flow in microgravity with YPSat-2 on 26 June. Titled “Space Medicine meets Engineering: How YPSat-2 will study blood flow in microgravity”. The lecture will explore how the mission combines space medicine and engineering research in microgravity conditions.
Why join?
🛰 Learn how ESA Young Professionals are building a real space mission
🛰 How an ESA mission is being produced
🛰 Discover how microgravity affects blood flow and astronaut health
🛰 Explore the intersection of space medicine and engineering
🛰 Connect with fellow students and young professionals during lunch
The lecture is presented by ESA about YPSat-2 at ESTEC and will be open to students with any background. You can also find more info about the mission here: ESA - About YPSat-2 and the page for the general YPSAT programme here: ESA - ESA Young Professionals Satellites.
Programme 26 June at ESTEC
11:00-11:40 - Check in at Gatehouse (Keplerlaan 3)*
11:40 - Walk to Erasmus
12:00 – 13:00 Lecture
- Opening by Leopold Summerer – Department Head of ESTEC & Marc Sandelowsky – Director NL Space Campus
- Lecture by YPSat-2 team
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The speakers
- Roberto Capasso and Alexander Eckervogt covering Project Management and System Engineering.
- Arnaud Nizet covering the Science subsystem.
- Nelly Maugis covering the Structure subsystem.
- Luc Rajer covering the Electronics subsystem.
- Thomas Scarinzi moderating an interactive session on design trade-offs.
- Marte Medina Leon covering the Thermal subsystem.
- Michal Krepa covering the Flight Software subsystem
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13:00 – 14:00 - Optional lunch
*Please note: Registration is mandatory. There is a maximum number of participants possible; if the limit has been reached, there will be a waiting list. Access is restricted to visitors born into an EU nationality; bring your passport for the check-in.
About YPSat-2
YPSat-2 brings together around 60 ESA Young Professionals from different disciplines who are working together to design, build, and deliver a mission ready for orbit. The programme provides hands-on experience across all phases of a real space mission while fostering collaboration between the next generation of European space professionals.
